For today's NYT Op Ed piece on the problems that limiting US air power in Afghanistan causes for troops on the ground.
Really enjoyed painting this piece, it took me back to my childhood "hobby" of building model airplanes. Nothing like trying to follow complicated directions when you are 8 yrs old and have a buzz from sniffing model glue. Too bad I blew them all up as soon as they were finished. I could have really used them as reference.
Art director was Aviva Michaelov, of course.

The rough ideas I sent in. Aviva picked my favorite, which ironically was the first idea I came up with, which is very rarely the case.

Preliminary drawing.