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Learn how to draw airplanes starting with rough blobs and refining them into structured forms.
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Lenserd martell
17d
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14d
You even added gesture! These are amazing!
Filippo Galli
20d
I didn't use the 3D model as reference because I wanted a greater challenge after the last similar assignment which wasn't such a success.
I think I did a much better job this time around!

Miqdad (Mick Dad) Ali
30d
I drew a few planes solo before watching this video, and finally enough, I've ended up getting to a stage where I sometimes feel like eyeballing the vanishing points is helping me get a nicer feeling drawing than when I try to accurately use my tools. Perhaps this is because I'm able to keep more parts of my plane in mind and able to tie everything in to a "big picture" rather than getting fixated on individual parts. Or maybe I've just gotten better at freehanding my straight lines 🤷♂️. Either way, so much fun has been had.
Viacheslav [ki-Vi] Polianskii
1mo
And it doesn’t stop there! 🍯 🐝 🤘
Viacheslav [ki-Vi] Polianskii
1mo
Calling out Marshall👀
that technique is contagious
today all ideas started with blobs!
love it!
#sketchingoutside
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1mo
Super cool. Love the graphic style
J. Menriv
1mo
From Blobs to Airplanes
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1mo
The tilt to these adds extra excitement to your drawings.
Li Ming Lin
1mo
It was fun to follow along, here is a page of planes :)
I thought that the repetition was good. By the 7th demo, I drew a bit faster and had a better understanding of the plane's form.
@niesmiesznyzart
1mo
I don't know if I should draw vanishing points or just eye-ball it, also how to draw equal wings? ?
Any feedback welcome
Li Ming Lin
1mo
Hi there,
For the vanishing points, it seems that Demo 2 has some vanishing points. I personally don't fully understand vanishing points yet, however I don't think it is the focus of this lesson. It'll probably be its own lesson in the future.
For those wings that should be about the same size, I found those crisscross that Marshall drew on both wings quite useful. So the crisscross area of each wing should be about 'comparable' as mentioned from 16:00 - 16:30 minutes. It is also a good reminder that the crisscross areas will include any hidden areas (e.g. the part of the wing that is behind the plane's body).
In terms of feedback, I feel that the estimation for the size of the equal-sized wings was good, even without the crisscross! I think one thing to work on is the angle of the wings compared to the plane's body. For example, the middle plane's wings would be more parallel to the body's horizontal-ish lines. I think you were going for the vanishing points? However, using our imagination, I think it wouldn't be as big of an angle difference, similarly with the back tails; this is something I also need to work too, I had to redraw a lot of my wings again because they didn't look right with the plane's body. Finally, I liked how you started the blobs at the top and then the planes had more structured forms as we go down the page. Hope this helps :)
Léa
1mo
I had a lot of fun drawing these ! It definitely helped me with thinking in volumes and not just shapes. I feel like ellipses are a challenge though... Watching Philip DImitriadis' demo helped me a lot apprehending this in a more relaxed and fun way. Thanks so much for this wonderful course !
Moka
2mo
Lots of fun with these, drew along the video!
Michael Longhurst
2mo
These were a lot of fun. Great way to practice.

@lwel
2mo
Ok, so perspective exersises like these aren't new to me, but I'm still not very skilled at freehanding my lines so they are wonky and not always in the direction I wanted them to be. I also needs some tips on keeping the the wings simmatrical in size and shapes when there is a lot of foreshortening. the wings on the fourth plane are clearly not right.
It was good practice though. I did one airplane type that is a different variation, based of a photo.
Ishaan Kumar
2mo
Alright here are my attempts. I still fight the need to get it 'right' instead of just getting into the drawing but following this course has helped that feeling subside considerably. It has also really helped to train my brain to go from the big, simple forms down to the details.
Blondie the good
2mo
Trying to free hand these is such a pain but still I'm satisfied by how these turned out😁

Kevin Thon
2mo
I shameful to ask a question without submitting any work, but hey - Marshall seems to be a nice/forgiving guy:) I know we will be delving more into the line systems, but for now we are only using true verticals right,
i.,e the blobs are not “tilted” ? Also chatgpt says .. :)
Yes, there seems to be an inconsistency in vertical convergence that doesn't fully align with strict perspective rules. If this were a casual drawing, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but since it's a perspective course, it might be worth questioning.
Lin
2mo
This is a question I initially had too. After some drawing and observing, I think the only true verticals exist when the (1) the edge is facing the viewer directly or close to it, or (2) the object is on the horizon level or in 2 point perspective. As you start looking down or up on something, lines begin to converge more and more - sometimes subtly if the object is further and sometimes very radically with lots of distortion if the object is close to the viewer. Because when it’s close to the viewer the VPs move closer together so you get lots of distortion. I think it was d’amelio’s perspective book which basically said some simplify to complete verticals but stuff looks weird when you do that, and I tend to agree (which is why I went down this rabbit hole myself trying the blob to boxes exercise, something felt off and it was that doing true verticals was ruining the angles of the boxes which are 90 degrees but of course in perspective.) In the screencap above you can see the lines are subtly converging and not true verticals. You can test this out for yourself with the zolly app which is really helpful with confusions to remind how things change when it’s really subtle. As for tilting it, it’s up to you how much you’re comfortable with!

@rupertdddd
2mo
More Boxy Planes...

Angelica
2mo
Planes!!

@luvbuzz
2mo
Blobs to planes. Great to watch Marshall demo multiple times. Can’t wait for more. So good to see everyone’s drawings. 2025 is the year we are all getting perspective. Thanks Marshall and the Proko team

Pär
2mo
Fun to see all the activity in here :), here myself adding some stuff to a plane doing a very loosely A-10 based plane to turn around. Has to remind myself to be sure to check constistency within the basic three sets of lines. Proportions...ah, well..

Andy O
2mo
Hey all! Here is my hw for the week. Found that the orthos were super helpful here. Learning a lot about the relationships of the shapes!
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