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Hi theinonen, I had thought about it in the past, but I just like the drawing part of the illustrations. There are some fantastic modelers around, and I've marvelled at some of the work they produce.

Gary I look on your advice as coming from the master. I appreciate your help. That's the only way we improve.

Thanks Gary, for your constructive comments. My only excuse is it was a quickie demo and I spent little time on refining it. I did make the changes you suggested though. Thanks again for your input.

OK, I'm going to call this small WIP done. Just created it to show any new members how I do these types of illustrations. I hope it helped in some small way to get others to create and post their...

Made a couple of changes on the plane (it's getting close to complete). Been doing a little more work on the background. The background is just as important if not more important and usually takes...

Thanks, Larry. Still quite a bit of work to do on the landscape. I'll see what it looks like as it progresses. It's supposed to rain later in the week, I'll get back at it then. At the moment I'm...

Not a bad idea at all, Gary. I'll look into that.
Ernie thanks, I'll get this finished yet. Been out in the yard at the moment since we're getting such great weather.

Been busy but had time to get a little more work done. More shapes drawn for the plane. Use a slight feather and transparency on each new shape. I'll post as I add more to this illustration.

Thanks Gary, getting there slowly.
Some more progress on details. The air force marking on the fuselage and wings are drawn, then the mould tool is used to get them to match the surface shape.
I...

Thanks, ernie-f. Yes indeed, layers are my friend.
A little more work on the camo and detailing. All the shapes are feathered and linear filled. Still have to add texture to the fuselage with the...

Some added work to the wings in the form of camo paint job. I feather the edges of all the shapes to soften them up a little. The camo are linear fills. To give the wings a little texture I use the...

Thanks Penny for having a look.
Egg,I use a very simple 3D program that is very limited in what it can do, but is very quick, which works just great for what I want. It's called RCcad. I've also...

Larry, I build the clouds in vector first, then I use a digital brush to finish them off. Just seems to work best for what I want. I used 6 different layers for these clouds so far.
Gary, yes I do...

I'm hoping I can do a WIP from start to finish on this illustration. Some new Xara users may be interested in the steps I use in drawing up these kinds of illustrations. If I'm in the wrong place the...