If I had to fly a Buffalo into combat with some Japanese Zeroes, I think I'd get a little misty-eyed, too
Seriously, if anyone wants to commission something, I'm more than happy to make something for you (PM me for details). Otherwise, I generally follow my muse(although I DO pay attention to feedback...I've got a list of planes that I keep hearing mentioned around here that I intend to get to sooner or later). Right now, I've simply been drawing planes I haven't drawn yet, so that I can add t-shirt designs to my
gift shop
Typically, I work up a drawing of a particular plane, do the outlines with a brush and ink, scan it, vectorize it, paint in the color (in Flash, no less) and poof! t-shirt design. I then finish the line work on the ink drawing and add some action elements, mostly just for fun and practice.
For example, here's a line drawing I did of a Zero recently:
and here is the resulting t-shirt design:
I hope this way that I will eventually have a gift shop that will have a t-shirt devoted to just about anyone's favorite airplane.