As a child of the 80’s, my memories of TWA only goes back as far as the Dual Stripe livery launched in 1975. It’s the TWA livery I grew up with, and the only one I think about whenever I see (or hear) a reference to this once great airline.| Norebbo
There have been six Air Canada liveries since 1965. All of them have used the color red in some form or another. Not just red, but murder scene / bloody severed arm style red. It’s always been intense.| Norebbo
Well, I guess I have to stop kicking the can down the road and just get this over with. I actually completed this ERJ-135 blank illustration template about a week and a half ago, but the problem is that I’ve pretty much run out of things to say about the ERJ family of aircraft since I’ve said so much about the -145XR, -145, and the -140 already. I was already scraping the bottom of the literary barrel when I wrote the post about the -140, so you can imagine how blank my mind is right abou...| Norebbo
Say what you will about the Learjet 45, but I think it was one of the best looking business jets ever produced. It’s ultra sleek, fairly compact, and it’s got a cool “retro” vibe to it that I don’t see in other business jets from this era.| Norebbo
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Those of you who visit my site frequently just to see if I have any new airliner templates available will be happy to know that I finally finished the L-1011 TriStar that I’ve been working on for nearly six weeks. No, it doesn’t take that long to create each template, but I’ve been really busy with a lot of other projects lately and I just didn’t have the time and energy to focus on this. Late last week I decided that I’ve been putting it off for far too long, so I rolled up my slee...| Norebbo
I’m slowly chipping away at my goal of building a large collection of blank airliner templates, and this EMB-120 illustration is my first turboprop. I wasn’t particularly looking forward to creating it, mostly because I’m not a fan of smaller aircraft such as this, and the 120 is not a very nice airplane to fly on (IMHO). It’s loud, cramped, and it’s small size means that it gets bounced around a lot in rough air.| Norebbo
It took far longer than I thought it would, but finally – here is the line drawing and all white template of the Bombardier CRJ-700. I was assuming that these illustrations would be really simple and all I would have to do is stretch the CRJ-200 template that I recently completed, but it turns out that the only thing the -700 shares with the -200 is the fuselage sectioning.| Norebbo
Over the past few days I’ve been tinkering with some of the new texture mapping tools in FormZ, and I’ve got to say that having the ability to place textures “live” in a 3d viewport is a huge help when it comes to composing a scene. In FormZ 6, the texture mapping tool was completely separate from the modeling windows and testing placements meant running test renders over and over again until the image map was positioned correctly.| Norebbo
Every Cathay Pacific livery from 1971 to present has been subtle and classy in a way that has made me compare everyone else in the industry to them. | Norebbo
I think that I’m really starting to like business jets. After spending the last two weeks working on this set of side view templates for the Gulfstream G650ER, I’m beginning to think about which business jet I’m going to buy the day I become obscenely rich.| Norebbo
Well, here I go. After years of politely telling y’all that “yes, business jet templates are coming”, I have finally made good on my word. Although these Citation X blank illustration templates didn’t come as quickly as I had hoped, it is significant in that it is the first of what will be many business and corporate jet templates to come.| Norebbo
The more side view aircraft templates I create, the more and more I appreciate the simplicity of modern business jets. The Bombardier Global 5000 side profile illustrations you see below were a refreshing change of pace from some of my more recent aircraft illustrations.| Norebbo
Finding the time (and energy) to create these side view airliner templates isn’t easy. Of course it’s fun, but it can be downright tedious at times and it’s hard to stay focused when I’d much rather be doing more creative work instead. But I’m staying on track with my goal of creating templates for as many commercial aircraft as I can, and this Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 200 is the next airplane in that series of illustrations.| Norebbo
I’ve always said that less is more when it comes to airline livery design. The two most recent Korean Air liveries are perfect examples of how to create a sleek and sophisticated airline color scheme with relatively simple design elements:| Norebbo
Formerly known as the Global 7000, the Bombardier Global 7500 ultra long-range business jet is one that I’ve been itching to make templates for. Of course, I knew very little about it until I actually sat down to create the illustrations.| Norebbo
The side profile of the Learjet 60 is one of the most interesting aircraft side profiles I have ever illustrated. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not declaring it to be the best looking. Not by a long shot.| Norebbo
You know you’re getting old when aircraft types you remember being launched brand new start to become the target of freighter conversion companies.| Norebbo
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Based on the sheer volume of requests I have received to illustrate the Douglas DC-3, it’s safe to say that it just may be the world’s most iconic aircraft.| Norebbo
I’m actually kind of surprised that it took me so long to create side view templates of the Boeing 707. It’s a set of illustrations that I’ve been promising for years, and I never intended to push it off for so long.| Norebbo
There are 6 main variants of the Airbus A300 family of aircraft. The A300-600 (A300B4) is one of them. Making things a bit more complicated is the fact that there are 6 sub-variants of just the 600/B4. It makes my head hurt just thinking about the entire lineup, but all you need to know is...| Norebbo
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is my second favorite aircraft of all time. This should be of no surprise considering that the DC-10 is numero uno. Fun fact: I illustrated a DC-10 with missiles and machine guns attached to the bottom of the wings when I was 10 years old (1984). I seriously considered writing McDonnell...| Norebbo
In my opinion, the UPS livery is a masterclass in airline livery design. There have been three versions of it since 1988, each featuring the same basic color scheme while iterating on the best elements of the previous one. It’s always been bold. Classy. And most importantly: unique. How many airline liveries can you name...| Norebbo
How embarrassed should I be that it has taken me this long to create side view templates of the legendary Boeing 727-100? Think of me what you will, but today is the day that I am checking it off my to-do list. Side view templates of the Boeing 727-100 As a reminder, I’ve already created...| Norebbo
Illustrating these side view templates of the Fokker 70 was as amusing as it was satisfying. On one hand, it was hard not to chuckle every time that I fired up Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to continue working on this little f**ker. On the other hand, it felt good to illustrate the much needed shortened...| Norebbo
With only 100 ever produced, I’m not really sure who wants (or needs) detailed side view illustrations of the British Aerospace Jetstream 41. No matter. There was very little that could’ve stopped me from spending the last three weeks of my life creating the set of drawings you see below. Side view templates of the...| Norebbo
