Flight Jacket Painting

[Russia]

I finished this a few days ago, but I forgot to upload an image here and show you guys.

Flight jacket painting is very common in the United States Navy and Air Force. Most of the artwork that appears on these coats is nose art (art taken from the nose of the airplanes and jets), but since I was not really interested in painting an image of a nude or scantily clad woman riding on a bomb, I just painted my favorite World War II plane on the back. In my favorite cartoonish style of course. ^^

I got the coat at an antique military shop in town and it is dated back to around the Korean War. The patch however, if an authentic Air Force patch from WW II. (They are cheap here in the States, because they are one of the most common WW II artifacts out there.) The 10 on the patch represents the "Tenth Air Force," which was located in Burma and India for the middle and latter part of the war. The paint (which is water based acrylic) is all shiny and distorted in places, because it has a layer of clear coat over the top to protect it from the rain.



And no I did not forget a star on the other wing. P-40 Warhawks only have one star on one of their wings. ^^

[North Korea]

Whoaaaa, this came out looking really good! I still think it's so cool that you painted a jacket.

[France]

Feb 10, 2011 22:30:17 GMT -5 North Korea said:

Whoaaaa, this came out looking really good! I still think it's so cool that you painted a jacket.

Aww thanks, North Korea. I am glad I did not ruin it completely. I swear the clouds actually don't look so crappy in real life. You can actually see more texture and detail in person.

Jacket painting is a pain, let me tell you. >< You have to prepare the surface, then use heavily diluted water based acrylics. It takes a lot of layers of paint, with stretching the leather every so often to make sure the paints don't crack when they dry. Small details don't show up in pictures either, hence why you can't see the lines of the metal slabs on the plane, or the engine details up near the front.

[Israel]

OMG that came out amazing! /stares at it/ I love it dear you did an amazing job!