Another sample from the portfolio of retro airbrush master Philip Castle. Judging by the livery of the jet in the top right,  I’m guessing the image is a promotional piece for the “Blue Angels” that’s the US equivalent of the Uk’s “Red Arrows” – basically fighter jets performing formation acrobatic stunts.

I’ve borrowed this scan from a more extensive library of his work at: http://www.images2k6.com/supercoll/pcastle1.htm The original art is scanned from Philips Castle’s 1980 anthology “Airflow”.

F15 Fighter Jets soaring through the clouds and some gratuitous nudity feature on the cover of “Airflow” Philip Castle’s portfolio book published 1980. A design harking back to the tradition of  beautiful & scantly clad ladies painted on the noses of  WW2 American Bombers.

For a larger gallery of Philips Work check http://www.images2k6.com/supercoll/pcastle1.htm

Never mind the silicon implants, here’s A cybenetic Farah Fawcett!

Awesome Airbrushing from British artist Philip Castle, it’s taken from the Book “Airflow” A showcase of his work published in 1980.

Thanks again to Jim for the tip on that one!

(Above) Another sample of Chris Foss’s uber cool space hardware design style. This Example is especially interesting as it shows Foss’s style at it’s most minimal and therefore abstract, and as with all of his work has tremendous sense of scale.

See more of Chris Foss here http://www.chrisfoss.net/

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Quick Addendum Sept 2009 – Note that the Elite Poster Below is actually by Philip Castle NOT Chris Foss !!
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Looking at this piece made me wonder how much of an influence/inspiration Chris Foss’s Art must of been on David Braben & Ian Bell’s legendary 80′s computer game Elite. Original 80′s Elite Poster featured below, It’s not another Chris Foss By the way, but in fact another Airbrush Legend – Philip Castle, more on him soon… (thanks for the tip Jim!)