Briefing at the Junkers

Model used: Revell Junkers Ju 88 A-1 | Free/premium assets utilised from Vecteezy.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop

about this artwork

German pilots and crew members of this Junkers Ju 88 A-1 gather around their plane on an airfield in France. They prepare themselves for a new attack mission across the English Channel. Initially conceived as a high-speed Schnellbomber, the Ju 88 was developed into a level and dive bomber, torpedo bomber, maritime-strike aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, heavy fighter, night fighter and ground-attack aircraft.

The process of making my artwork pieces consists of different steps. I start out with gathering images and assets. Next is visualising the composition in my head, sometimes I sketch the idea on a piece of paper. After this I place the main subject, in this case the Junkers Ju 88, on the Photoshop artboard. With a tool I ‘cut out’ the plane from the white background.

Now comes the fun part, matching the scene with the main subject, a process where you need to look at the general lighting, highlights and shadows in correlation with the light source. I do all of this with so called ‘adjustment layers’. By adding some extra figures and a fighter aircraft I’ve made the scene more compelling.

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