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Published: 2012-08-15 15:44:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 4489; Favourites: 77; Downloads: 37
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Among the various pieces of gadgets and equipment aboard your average whirly you will often find a simple kite. Made from lightweight wood, durable colorful paper and packed with plenty of string, pilots , particularly in the early days of copter aviation, would pack these along with them in case their copters went down in some out-of-the-way place. The kite, flown high above, would act as a signal to assist in any rescue effort.To see more whirlies be sure to visit my blog. [link] or get the book at my etsy store. [link]
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So, to say "go fly a kite" would be to hope one fails. Interesting. Nice work.
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Haha, yes I suppose that could have a very specific meaning for a pilot in the nineteen-teens.
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Looks great, but it really needs something... The background should be more detalic, there should be water shading or something.
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Yeah, I can see why you might think so. I was really trying to keep everything very flat in the background. In the first pencil sketches I did I had wave like shading throughout the water, but cut it out and when for the smooth and reflective option instead.
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It looks completely like book illustration. Great work.
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This is great. Simple, flat color zones really highlight the linework of the craft and pilot. I'd take a bullet for minimal palettes, too.
Stylistically kind of reminds me of the OG Howard and Nester comics from the earliest issues of Nintendo Power, the artist of which I was never able to find out but definitely love (ex: [link] ).
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Thank you so much. I wasn't familiar with Howard and Nester comics, they are very cool. I'll definitely have to hunt for some more of those.
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