Phantom Inspired Art

[SgtPappy]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to share my painting of the F-4E that I finished in February. With the hype at an all-time high during this pre-order period, I feel like now's a good time to show off a little  

Thank you Heatblur for creating inspiration. I had been intimidated to pick up the paintbrush again but the F-4 announcement (on my birthday no, less) really pushed me to make this.

I hope you like it!

And please, I absolutely love seeing others art as well so if anyone else wants to share their doodles, drawings, paintings of our favourite jet, please do so here!

 

Some info behind the piece:

"Phantoms over the Philippines" - Acrylic on 16"x12" canvas

Two McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II fighter aircraft - each equipped with two external fuel tanks and a single AIM-9P Sidewinder missile - tear through the skies somewhere over Luzon in the Northern Philippines in 1981 while on a training sortie.

After the Vietnam War, the 3rd TFW, USAF reorganized and moved from South Korea to Clark AFB near Angeles City in the Philippines (hence the PN tail codes) in 1974.

With the end of the tumultuous Marcos era in 1986, the fate of Clark AFB would fall on the shoulders of the new government, headed by Corazon Aquino. It was eventually agreed that US would return their largest overseas air base to the Philippines by 1992.

The eruption at Mount Pinatubo forced the USAF to return the base early in June 1991 but not before six of the 3rd TFW's F-4E's would temporarily join the 7440th Composite Wing in Incirlik, Turkey during February of that year to take part in Operation Desert Storm. These would be among the last combat missions the F-4E would see in US service.

Inspiration was a photo by SSgt. A. Taninggo.

[Alpiinoo]

4 hours ago, SgtPappy said:

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to share my painting of the F-4E that I finished in February. With the hype at an all-time high during this pre-order period, I feel like now's a good time to show off a little  

Thank you Heatblur for creating inspiration. I had been intimidated to pick up the paintbrush again but the F-4 announcement (on my birthday no, less) really pushed me to make this.

I hope you like it!

And please, I absolutely love seeing others art as well so if anyone else wants to share their doodles, drawings, paintings of our favourite jet, please do so here!

 

Some info behind the piece:

"Phantoms over the Philippines" - Acrylic on 16"x12" canvas

Two McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II fighter aircraft - each equipped with two external fuel tanks and a single AIM-9P Sidewinder missile - tear through the skies somewhere over Luzon in the Northern Philippines in 1981 while on a training sortie.

After the Vietnam War, the 3rd TFW, USAF reorganized and moved from South Korea to Clark AFB near Angeles City in the Philippines (hence the PN tail codes) in 1974.

With the end of the tumultuous Marcos era in 1986, the fate of Clark AFB would fall on the shoulders of the new government, headed by Corazon Aquino. It was eventually agreed that US would return their largest overseas air base to the Philippines by 1992.

The eruption at Mount Pinatubo forced the USAF to return the base early in June 1991 but not before six of the 3rd TFW's F-4E's would temporarily join the 7440th Composite Wing in Incirlik, Turkey during February of that year to take part in Operation Desert Storm. These would be among the last combat missions the F-4E would see in US service.

Inspiration was a photo by SSgt. A. Taninggo.

Awesome! Good work.

[MAXsenna]

@SgtPappy
Whoa! Just WHOA! That for sure needs reprints (for sale?)! Incredible! Huge applause!

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[G.J.S]

That Sir, is high-end art. What a piece! 
You have quite a talent.

[SgtPappy]

5 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

@SgtPappy
Whoa! Just WHOA! That for sure needs reprints (for sale?)! Incredible! Huge applause!

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Thank you! Yes, I'll send you a PM.

6 hours ago, Alpiinoo said:

Awesome! Good work.

 

40 minutes ago, G.J.S said:

That Sir, is high-end art. What a piece! 
You have quite a talent.

Thank you both very much!

[QuiGon]

[SgtPappy]

18 minutes ago, QuiGon said:

Woah this is amazing!! Did you make this?

[QuiGon]

15 minutes ago, SgtPappy said:

Woah this is amazing!! Did you make this?

Oh no, I'm not gifted with such a skill at all
I saw it on some Discord a few weeks ago. I guess this is the source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VgEmkX

Edited November 5, 2023 by QuiGon