Dayton's Ohka by bmac62
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
No volunteers needed today.
Link Cherry Blossom
Bill
Poster Edges
This was a WWII Japanese manned flying bomb.

Comments (31)
Oh gosh Bill - I'm so ignorant when it comes to these things... it looks like something between a submarine and some airplane... The capture however is superb and I love the treatment! Forgive me... :)
Fantastic capture, I've never seen one before but what a cool looking plane, very nice presentation!!
Good old flying suicide torpedos..... Nice work, isolating the aircraft's image from its very crowded setting and making it into a standalone graphic. Stray thought-- imagine some kit plane builder making modern flying replicas of these things!
The trainers had the landing skid and ballast instead of explosives . . . and the orange paint. Great shot.
Another winner from your extreme makeover series Bill :)
That is a cool looking vehicle for sure! And your post work really spices it up Bill! Nice work!
Spooky! The japanese have such a different mindset to us Westeners. great image.
I wonder if the pilots were volunteers... The power of mind games. Cheers, Clive
Superb!! I've seen pictures of the Ohka kamikaze bomb, but that's amazing!!! fantastic postwork!
that is beautiful ....Putting you on my prayer list! God speed to good health!
Very cool image!!
Really cool image! Almost looks like a submarine with wings. :)
Great Scott, an orange Divine Wind! A one way trip to join one's ancestors, baby! Cool POV and contrast against the dark background, Bill.
Different mindset, indeed. Glad most of the Bettys got splashed.
There is no light at the end of this tunnel, when you ride one.
I love the colouring of this one.
Oh! And with a link! Now THAT is minimalist work. Nice! :D
ISTR this was called a Baka Bomb.
I have no idea what this is, but wow, would I like to FLY on it--GREAT work!!
Wonderful render of this dangerous suicide plane. Good thing the transport bombers, usually "Bettys" were so vulnerable to USN fighters.
Wow! Love how you did this. That's some ka-boom red. Excellent work, Bill.
Superb capture Bill Never seen one before, ty for this post..Amazing!!
Hey Thats COOL My friend Jacques will race this weekend in NASCAR :) Walkins Gleen NY
Another wall print work I think here.. This one works well has to be said... Excellently done.. You are getting good at this now.. Hope your doing OK mate... Rob.
I thought it was a sub, just shows what I know!!!!!
I bet there are not many of those left. Good POV
Nice treatment and interesting information Bill!
really turned out excellent
nice work
lol on the 'no volunteers needed', though it was no laughing matter to the US & its allies, I'm sure. It was an effective war tactic, hard to beat at first, I know, and terrifying. I wasn't familiar with the Ohka, and how it was carried on other planes (just read the wiki article, thank you!), but it is indeed shaped like a bomb and looks like one. Once again, your silhouetting of these beasts is stunning, your use of pitch black makes them look like a Japanese print, and your filtering is done with real panache. Poster Edges can range from subtle to quite obtrusive (a look one wants sometimes), and you find the subtle range everytime. Breaking a smooth surface into separate 'color areas' can cause havoc, but you manage to keep the areas both subtle and harmonized; and the result is a quiet pastiche of light and variations on a theme (the 'theme' being a color, or family of colors). A quiet, beautiful silhouette, and strangely menacing for all its beauty. Amazing how you transform even a bird of prey into a strangely beautiful thing. Fine work.