The first time humans saw a message written in the sky was during World War I, when pilots in the British Royal Air Force used skywriting to communicate with troops. In 1922, a Royal Air Force captain ...

Skywriting is a rare art now. But less than a century ago, it was considered the future of advertising. The technique was relatively simple. Engine-heated paraffin oil mixed with exhaust to produce ...

“I am the sky and here follows a brief history of my life,” the poet Anne Carson begins her “Lecture on the History of Skywriting,” originally recited in New York City in the spring of 2016. The ...

Steve Oliver never had a chance to practice. And how could he? Writing mile-high letters across the sky is not something a pilot can just go out and do. All that paraffin oil—"liquid smoke," as it's ...

2001-03-04 04:00:00 PDT New York-- Do not ask Chris Loprinze why he spent Saturday afternoon drawing clouds in the sky above Manhattan. It was not his idea. Loprinze well knows that skies can muster ...

[Updated below with Microsoft statement on the issue with the image] Microsoft this week was awarded a patent on something it calls “virtual skywriting.” It’s a great phrase, but the reality isn’t as ...

Photoshop CC 2021 tutorial showing how to create the look of custom skywriting. This is an update of previous tutorials I did ...

From marriage proposals to ads for cigarettes and soft drinks, Australia's big blue skies have long been used as nature's billboard through skywriting. It's experienced a resurgence in popularity in ...

Photoshop CC 2017 tutorial showing how to create a vast, blue sky with cirrus, white clouds and realistic, sky-written text ...

Last Saturday, artist Bruce Nauman took the skies above Pasadena to make an environmental statement, of sorts. "Leave the Land Alone," a skywriting plane wrote. The piece, viewed from the city and ...

A group of artists used skywriting in 80 locations nationwide to bring attention to the immigration crisis in the U.S. on Independence Day. The signs flew over immigration detention facilities, jails, ...

Skywriting is one of those things that’s perhaps better in theory than practice, as these Valentine’s Day mishaps showed.These skywriting fails popped up on Instagram over Valentine’s Day, some of ...