I like your locomotive Evan. Razor1uk, I like your sketches of the bikes, very interesting. Those Japanese designed superbikes are very cool!
It's been a while since I posted something, here's some artwork, nothing new, just work that I haven't previously posted.
First one is a depiction of the Enola Gay, entitled Warpaint, as it's being prepped on Tinian for it's top secret mission in 1945. This painting is based on a photo that depicted a couple of ground crew repainting the tail of a B-29. I really liked the composition so I used it as the basis for a depiction of the Enola Gay. The Enola Gay is being modified for it's top secret mission to drop the atomic bomb. On August 1 it was given the circle R tail markings of the 6th Bomb Group as a security measure to avoid mis-identification with actual 6th Bomb Group aircraft and to confuse the enemy. More info on the Enola Gay can be found in this link.
The Enola Gay
Second one is a depiction of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Lancaster, one of only 2 flying examples in the world. The CWH Museum has dedicated its Mynarski Memorial Lancaster to the memory of Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, VC, of 419 (Moose) Squadron, 6 (RCAF) Group. Mynarski won 6 Group's only Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in battle. On the night of 12/13 June 1944, his Lancaster X was shot down by a Luftwafffe night fighter. As the bomber plunged earthwards, Mynarski, his flying clothing afire, tried in vain to free his trapped rear gunner from the jammed rear turret. Miraculously, the gunner lived to relate the story of Mynarski's bravery. Unfortunately, Mynarski died from his severe burns.
Third and Fourth are a couple of profiles that I rendered digitally with Adobe Illustrator. I've always wanted to do these for books or magazines, but there is a large volume of this type of work already being produced by a lot of talented artists.
The fifth is a small acrylic of a Hurricane on approach, flaps down.