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Originally Posted by Gregvan
Hi,
Osprey has one in-house artist on contract to do all the cover art for their "Aircraft of the Aces" and "Aviation Elite Units" titles. He is Mark Postlethwaite, a very well-respected British aviation artist. His WWI work may not always impress everyone, but he's a very hard-working and productive guy; Osprey has him doing F-15's one week, then Japanese "Bettys" the next week, and D.H.2's the next. Thus, he really has to crank these things out and cannot really do in-depth research (that's the author's responsibility) or spend months doing composition and revisions.
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Mark is a tremendously talented artist, but his Osprey covers, IMO, are not where one would see the best examples of his work. To further emphasize how prolific he is - in addition to being able to crank out work for Osprey at breakneck speed he also regularly produces his own WW2 themed aviation art originals and prints, and it is with these images that Mark's talent really shines. Many of his images are really stunning. He painted what is perhaps the best Dambusters painting that I've ever seen. Here is his site:
Posart.com - The Aviation Art of Mark Postlethwaite GAvA
Russ