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Spitfire Over London by ~simonross46:iconsimonross46:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Technical Drawings

©2008-2009 ~simonross46
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A final piece for my A2-Level Art course.

Focusing on British aviation of WW2, here is my drawing (after 23 hours of work) of a Spitfire flying over war-time London.

All done in HB and 4B pencil, on A2 paper.

The scanner used to capture the drawing was not fantastic, so the quality has been reduced dramatically from the real piece. I hope you all respect this fact.

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~Flotter Nov 21, 2008, 12:17:40 PM
Wow what a perfect drawing ^^ I love the detail on the buildings [=
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~simonross46 Nov 21, 2008, 12:39:13 PM
I can always count on you for a positive comment! ;)

Although the obvious aim was to make the Spitfire as realistic as possible, I also wanted to create an exact interpretation of WW2 London beneath it, so I spent most of my time on the buildings. Since it is on A2 paper it would be very easy for someone to face it only a few inches away and criticise the accuracy if I wasn't careful.

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~Flotter Nov 23, 2008, 12:37:18 PM
haha well its true.. you are truly amazing in your drawings !! ><
A2 is hugeee omg .. that would have taken me a year.. its taking me a few months just to finish this dam A3 one.. although i haven't really been trying and left it on the side of my desk.. all dusty xD
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Mood: Wow! ~dominus-nox89 Apr 18, 2009, 7:08:05 AM
this definatly rules the roost, didnt realise at first it was on A2!

the spitfire looks amazing, did it take long to get the angles right? detail on the buildings is quality too.
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~simonross46 Apr 18, 2009, 1:32:43 PM
What I did with this piece is I took hundreds of photos of a real Spitfire (I live in the area where a lot of RAF operations were based during WW2) and then I picked one of the photos which gave the feeling that it was flying out of the picture - I did a simple line copy of the photo and applied different backgrounds on a computer, and the background I chose was of London during WW2 - With the angle and background sorted, it was just a matter of drawing everything as accurately as possible!

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Visit my Myspace profile for more Art and Music - [link]

This drawing is my pride and joy: [link]
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~dominus-nox89 Apr 20, 2009, 1:05:59 PM
you actualy took photos of a stationary spit or collected photos? cus that must of been smart being up close to one, their so rare now
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~simonross46 Apr 20, 2009, 2:11:20 PM
I took some actual photos myself. It was really impressive being next to a real one, but living in Lincolnshire I see quite a few WW2 aircraft. There are a few Lancaster bases nearby which I take great interest in.

My next drawing (which I'm starting tomorrow for my exam) will feature the Lancaster but in a subtle way ;)

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Visit my Myspace profile for more Art and Music - [link]

This drawing is my pride and joy: [link]
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~dominus-nox89 Apr 20, 2009, 2:17:03 PM
coolness
went to biggin hill airshow last year n got to see close up a few spits, including one with the uprated griffon engine. They done a display etc witch was nice to watch.

typhoon was there too, amazing plane!
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~dominus-nox89 Apr 20, 2009, 2:20:11 PM
oh and good luck with your exam
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