How to draw a Good Enough airplane

[blockquote source=”Chuck Yeager”]If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.[/blockquote]
 
 
To me, airplanes are like bumblebees: at face value they “shouldn’t” to be able to fly, but they do because their ingenious designs challenge and expand our understanding of what is possible. As a result, both are miraculous.
 
Of course, in today’s world the miraculous can become mundane. Once a special privilege in childhood, airplane travel all-too-easily becomes simply how I commute for my business.
 
When I notice myself spending an entire flight immersed in a project on the computer or watching a movie, I do my best to stop myself and divert my attention to the world outside my airplane window. Whether we are zooming over the clouds or skimming snow-covered mountaintops, the fact that we can sit in relative comfort 30,000 feet above the world is pretty darn amazing.
 
So if it’s time for you to reclaim some of the magic for the mundane, why not draw an airplane of your very own and view the world from a different perspective? Here’s how:
 

How to Draw a Good Enough Airplane

 
Good Enough airplane

Three Tips

 

  • I find that it’s easiest to start my airplane at the tail-end. The size of the rudder helps me set the size for the rest of my plane, and I can resize my plane to better fit its rudder by lengthening the fuselage or by making it wider.
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  • The wing closest to me is a wee bit larger than the wing on the opposite side, to denote a bit of size in my drawing. That far wing’s start and end points align with the start and end points for our near-sided wing, but the fuselage blocks our view of part of the far wing. This is why I draw the far wing a little shorter/narrower than the wing closest to us.
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  • For this drawing tutorial, I added cockpit windows and passenger windows to my plane. However, if you look at the drawing in step five, you can still tell that it’s a plane. You don’t need all the finishing details for your drawing to read as a “plane.” Play with drawing different levels of detail in your own planes and pick the style that best works for you!
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    There you have it: instant airplane!
     
    What does YOUR airplane look like? Draw yours up, Tweet it out to @jeannelking #goodenough, and watch it soar!
     
    I cannot wait to see what you draw forth,
    Jeannel-blogsignature-leftslant
    P.S. Want to have fun drawing AND inspire others to pick up the pen at the same time?  Got something you wish you could draw, but you’re not sure how to approach it? [highlights color=”ffea00″]Tweet your drawing or idea to @jeannelking and tag it with #goodenough: it could be featured in an upcoming “how to draw Good Enough” blog post![/highlights]
     

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