442RCT
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I recently bought a used 4 or 5 year old copy of Photoshop Elements. I've been teaching myself how to use it so I could design art jackets which I used to do by printing the pictures, then cutting and pasting the layout on the back of a jacket.
For my design projects, I'll pick one of my favorite aeroplanes, then add picture elements to tell a story, that is if there is a story to tell, or sometimes, I just like a pin-up girl and go with that.
My first example is a tribute jacket for Korean War Ace, Boots Blesse, who I had the honor of meeting at a Friends Of American Fighter Aces luncheon and autograph my A-2. His ride was the swept wing F-86 Sabre when he flew into MIG Alley.
I started with Boots Blesse's Sabre at the top. The logo, " MIG KILLER", is in oriental script curved over the jet.
A pin-up girl from the same era is underneath the F-86 with the title of a book on aerial tactics authored by Blesse, " No Guts, No Glory". Arrayed on either side of the pin-up are red stars for the kill marks representing the 10 planes downed by Blesse.
For my design projects, I'll pick one of my favorite aeroplanes, then add picture elements to tell a story, that is if there is a story to tell, or sometimes, I just like a pin-up girl and go with that.
My first example is a tribute jacket for Korean War Ace, Boots Blesse, who I had the honor of meeting at a Friends Of American Fighter Aces luncheon and autograph my A-2. His ride was the swept wing F-86 Sabre when he flew into MIG Alley.
Major general Frederick C. Blesse was one of the greatest aces of the Korean War era. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1945, flew two combat tours during the Korean War, completing 67 missions in F-51s, 35 missions in F-80s and 121 missions in F-86s. During his second tour in F-86s, he was officially credited with shooting down nine MIG-15s and one La-9. At the time of his return to the U.S. in October 1952, he was America's leading jet ace.
I started with Boots Blesse's Sabre at the top. The logo, " MIG KILLER", is in oriental script curved over the jet.
A pin-up girl from the same era is underneath the F-86 with the title of a book on aerial tactics authored by Blesse, " No Guts, No Glory". Arrayed on either side of the pin-up are red stars for the kill marks representing the 10 planes downed by Blesse.