First pinup girl on leather...

[ties70]

Guys,

finished this last night.

It is a trial run for my first attempt to paint a leather jacket.
Definitely learned a lot, and lots of room for improvement...(seems as if I did a better boob job than I can paint faces...).

The complete design will look like this:

The girl has been "stolen" from Romain Hugault. It is slightly modified. I'll contact him to get his permission before I paint it on my jacket.

Ties

 

[ausreenactor]

You made her prettier than Romain did.. Great work as always.

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Looks great Ties, is it on a jacket or practice leather?

 

[atkins]

38 DD .great work Ties

 

[ties70]

Looks great Ties, is it on a jacket or practice leather?

It is a practice leather.

The final design will go on a cheap Avirex goat A-2 I got off Ebay for 56 USD.
It should look like this (sorry, John!):

Ties

 

[jack31916]

Hi Ties,

Cool design / layout for a jacket but the girl drawn by Romain looks like a former Eastblock wrestler (too muscular and a grim look on her face).

Why not replace her with a more sophisticated Alberto Vargas type girl? With your skills you'll manage that !

No offence, just an opinion and all the best

 

[dujardin]

really good start

go aheadddddddddddddd

you will be a great artist painting nice back of flight jacket

 

[ties70]

Hi Ties,

Cool design / layout for a jacket but the girl drawn by Romain looks like a former Eastblock wrestler (too muscular and a grim look on her face).

Why not replace her with a more sophisticated Alberto Vargas type girl? With your skills you'll manage that !

No offence, just an opinion and all the best

Though I kinda like her, I hear what you are saying!

So I decided to give it a more authentic approach and took a Baron von Lind girl as my "Pawhuska Princess".
The cheap Avirex arrived last week (I must admit that it is not a bad jacket! I expected much worse!), and work started right away.

First two pictures:

So far I have added a red outline to the yellow name and completed the girl.....I'll add some pictures later.

Best regards

 

[Silver Surfer]

not too shabby, my man. you have already made the girl less harsh looking, which is the way to go. however, i agree about the vargas girls, as they are the quintessential look for a-2s. and, there are so many to chose from. keep up the good work.

 

[dujardin]

go ahead, go ahead, go ahead ......

congrats Ties

who dares, win ....

 

[jack31916]

I see two beautiful silhouets there !!!

 

[ties70]

Hi Ties,

Cool design / layout for a jacket but the girl drawn by Romain looks like a former Eastblock wrestler (too muscular and a grim look on her face).

Why not replace her with a more sophisticated Alberto Vargas type girl? With your skills you'll manage that !

No offence, just an opinion and all the best

Though I kinda like her, I hear what you are saying!

So I decided to give it a more authentic approach and took a Baron von Lind girl as my "Pawhuska Princess".
The cheap Avirex arrived last week (I must admit that it is not a bad jacket! I expected much worse!), and work started right away.

First two pictures:

So far I have added a red outline to the yellow name and completed the girl.....I'll add some pictures later.

Best regards

So, here is the name complete with red outline:

..and the girl. Is she good enough for Vargas, Elvgren, von Lind or Urbaniak? Naah, but I guess she would have been good enough for some flyboy back in ´44:

 

[Steve27752]

A classic beauty.

 

[Vcruiser]

Starting to look very good Ties..!!
Van

 

[ties70]

Starting to look very good Ties..!!
Van

Thanks, Van!

I think I'll change the hair once more...

Ties

 

[Vcruiser]

Perhaps a bit thinner and brighter hair highlights.

 

[ties70]

Lots of panels and lines to reproduce:

 

[ties70]

Lots of panels and lines to reproduce:

Gentlemen,

almost there:

I have decided to change the hair color and personally think that improved the overall impression a lot:

...and a detail shot of the plane:

Just a little sanding paper and Tandy and it´s good to go.

Ties

 

[Cocker]

Dang, it looks good!!

 

[Vcruiser]

Nice change, Ties. Looks great.
Van