It's a Steampunk Thing: The Airship Mechanic

You're never too old to improve your craft. As for me, I always had trouble with people. Not their construction, or proportions, or things like that. The trouble was that all of my people looked the same. But real life isn't like that, is it? Enter Steve Huston and his fabulous free head drawing tutorial at New Masters Academy. Now, my people look like real people - different races, different ages, different backgrounds. I've also learned a few things about creating more dynamic and exciting poses. Note the above drawing The Airship Mechanic. This pen and ink drawing was inspired by the Australian TV series "The Airships", a surprisingly interesting documentary about the history of airships and airship travel. You can watch it in three parts for free on YouTube. It offers some excellent visual reference of airship construction and daily operation, which, in turn, can add that grain of realism and credibility to a work. In the sketch, a mechanic observes the damage to a bullet riddled engine somewhere above 5000 feet, a situation not unlike one faced by German pilots during the bombing of Great Britain.

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