Sketching an Airship 

    Continuing from my last post, now we are ready to sketch an airship. I'm partially doing this to push outside my comfort zone as an artist. 

    Airships should be drawn in perspective like buildings. Drawing curvy, complex shapes in perspective is hard. Fortunately we can break it down into simple shapes. Here's the planning for sketching the ship's hull in a shape that curves up to a point in the front:

    Next I added more shapes in perspective including fins and the bridge. The squares on the side will become cannons.

    Finally I round out the corners, add details and cannons. Not bad for my first airship. Be sure to join me for more projects like this in the future.