airliner templates

Douglas DC-8-73 (and DC-8-73CF) blank illustration templates

Douglas DC-8-73 (and DC-8-73CF) blank illustration templates

Why is it that just when an aircraft manufacturer finally gets an airplane “right”, they kill it dead and sweep…

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde blank illustration templates

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde blank illustration templates

Despite the fact that the Concorde is one of the most unique looking commercial airplanes ever built, it’s also one…

Beechcraft 1900D blank illustration templates

Beechcraft 1900D blank illustration templates

Up until 3 weeks ago, I guess I never really appreciated how unique the Beechcraft 1900D really is. Illustrating these…

Douglas DC-8-53 blank illustration templates

Douglas DC-8-53 blank illustration templates

Better late than never, I have finally finished my side view templates for the legendary Douglas DC-8-50. It came out…

Boeing 757-200 blank illustration templates (plus freighter / cargo variants)

Boeing 757-200 blank illustration templates (plus freighter / cargo variants)

The Boeing 757-200 has always been (and always will be) my favorite commercial airliner. It’s big enough to be considered…

Boeing 737-400 (and 737-400SF / Combi) blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-400 (and 737-400SF / Combi) blank illustration templates

Of all the variants of the Boeing 737, it was the 737-400 that made the most sense to me (at…

Airbus A320 blank illustration templates

Airbus A320 blank illustration templates

Creating this full set of side view templates (and blueprints) for the Airbus A320 series was a fun challenge. It’s…

Boeing 737-800 blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-800 blank illustration templates

It wasn’t the most exciting set of illustrations that I’ve ever done, but I’m happy to say that I’ve completed…

Boeing 787-9 blank illustration templates

Boeing 787-9 blank illustration templates

Watching the evolution of the Boeing 787 play out in real time has been nothing short of fascinating. The Industrial…

Irkut MC-21-300 blank illustration templates

Irkut MC-21-300 blank illustration templates

One of the most interesting things about creating a large database of side view aircraft templates is the fun (and…

Comac C919 blank illustration templates

Comac C919 blank illustration templates

It’s been a while since I’ve last illustrated an aircraft that kept me scratching my head in confusion the entire…

Beechcraft B200 King Air blank illustration templates

Beechcraft B200 King Air blank illustration templates

I suppose it was bound to happen at some point. My side view aircraft template collection has finally reached the…

Boeing 707 MAX blank illustration templates

Boeing 707 MAX blank illustration templates

Don’t worry. You didn’t miss a major piece of news or anything. Despite what the title of this article might…

Side view templates of the Boeing 797 concept

Side view templates of the Boeing 797 concept

If you know me at all, you’re fully aware of the fact that I am a total perfectionist when it…

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 blank illustration templates

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 blank illustration templates

This is it. This is the big one! Ok, technically it’s the “medium” one, but…whatever. What exactly am I talking…

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40 blank illustration templates

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40 blank illustration templates

I may be slow, but at least I’m consistent! It was over two weeks ago since my last post when…

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 blank illustration templates

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 blank illustration templates

It feels so great to be back into the swing of things! After a nearly 3-month absence from creating aircraft…

Boeing 707-320C blank illustration templates

Boeing 707-320C blank illustration templates

I’m actually kind of surprised that it took me so long to create side view templates of the Boeing 707.…

Boeing 777-8 blank illustration templates

Boeing 777-8 blank illustration templates

As I promised three weeks ago, here are the full set of blank illustration templates for the Boeing 777-8 (also…

Boeing 777-9 blank illustration templates

Boeing 777-9 blank illustration templates

I hate to say it, but I’m thinking that illustrating the Boeing 777X was one of the most difficult set…

Boeing 737-800BCF blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-800BCF blank illustration templates

The more of these side view aircraft templates I create, the more I learn about myself and the way I…

Boeing 747-300 blank illustration templates

Boeing 747-300 blank illustration templates

Here we go with detailed side view templates of the last remaining major variant of the 747 series! I say…

Boeing 747SP blank illustration templates

Boeing 747SP blank illustration templates

I’m actually kind of amazed how many requests I’ve had to illustrate side view templates of the Boeing 747SP over…

Boeing 747-200 blank illustration templates

Boeing 747-200 blank illustration templates

I can’t even believe that I can see (and think) straight enough to hammer out this post of Boeing 747-200…

Boeing 747-100 blank illustration templates

Boeing 747-100 blank illustration templates

Huge thanks to everyone who voted over the past several weeks for what the next Norebbo aircraft template should be!…

Bombardier CRJ-1000 blank illustration templates

Bombardier CRJ-1000 blank illustration templates

It’s a weird sensation closing out June knowing that this is the third aircraft template I’ve created and posted this…

Embraer E195 blank illustration templates

Embraer E195 blank illustration templates

See? I told you that things were going to be boring for the next few weeks. Not only am I…

McDonnell Douglas MD-87 blank illustration templates

McDonnell Douglas MD-87 blank illustration templates

In what might be quite possibly the most boring Norebbo update ever, I present to you blank illustration templates of…

Tupolev Tu-154M blank illustration templates

Tupolev Tu-154M blank illustration templates

Why do I feel like it’s been so dang long since I’ve last created a side view aircraft template? It…

Embraer E175-E2 blank illustration templates

Embraer E175-E2 blank illustration templates

What an amazing feeling it is to wrap up yet another series of aircraft illustrations! This E175-E2 was the last…

Embraer E195-E2 blank illustration templates

Embraer E195-E2 blank illustration templates

Remember in my last post when I wrote about how much I grew to love the E190-E2 as I was…

Embraer E190-E2 blank illustration templates

Embraer E190-E2 blank illustration templates

OK, now I get it. Now I understand why I’ve received so many enthusiastic requests to create blank side view…

Airbus A340-200 blank illustration templates

Airbus A340-200 blank illustration templates

Before saying anything else, I need to declare that NO – this Airbus A340-200 illustration is not the next “all…

Boeing 737-10 MAX blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-10 MAX blank illustration templates

Once again, I’m going to kick off this post with a huge “thank you” to everyone who voted in the…

Fairchild-Dornier 328JET blank illustration templates

Fairchild-Dornier 328JET blank illustration templates

It feels really good when I make good on a promise. Especially promises relating to side view aircraft illustrations! Not…

Dornier 328-110 blank Illustration templates

Dornier 328-110 blank Illustration templates

I know that I can be pretty slow sometimes when it comes to creating side view aircraft illustrations, but it…

Saab 340B blank illustration templates

Saab 340B blank illustration templates

Thanks again to everyone who responded to the question at the end of my last post about which aircraft template…

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F / MD-10 blank illustration templates

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F / MD-10 blank illustration templates

Despite not having enough time to create an all new built-from-scratch airliner template this week, the one that I’m posting…

Airbus A300B4-600R blank illustration templates with General Electric engines

Airbus A300B4-600R blank illustration templates with General Electric engines

I’m not completely ignorant when it comes to the topic of commercial aviation, but every now and then I learn…

Boeing 747-400 blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce engines

Boeing 747-400 blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce engines

As I faithfully promised at the end of my last post (featuring the small but mighty BAe 146), here are…

British Aerospace BAe 146-200 / Avro RJ85 blank illustration templates

British Aerospace BAe 146-200 / Avro RJ85 blank illustration templates

Admit it. You’ve mistaken a BAe 146 / RJ85 for a 747 or A340 at least once in your life…

Airbus A321neo LR (Long Range) blank illustration templates

Airbus A321neo LR (Long Range) blank illustration templates

What a major letdown this illustration was! I fully admit that I haven’t been keeping up with all the latest…

Boeing 737-100 blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-100 blank illustration templates

There is no greater feeling in life than committing to draw every single variant of the Boeing 737 and then…

Boeing 737-200 blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-200 blank illustration templates

Remember when I posted my 727 template a few months ago and I explained how nostalgic it made me feel…

Boeing 737-300 blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-300 blank illustration templates

It’s only taken me six years to get to this point, but finally – here is the template for the…

Boeing 737-500 blank illustration templates (with and without blended winglets)

Boeing 737-500 blank illustration templates (with and without blended winglets)

I actually had to do a double take as I was uploading the images for this blog post, because I…

Boeing 737-600 blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-600 blank illustration templates

Now we’re getting to the good stuff! This post about the Boeing 737-600 marks the beginning of what will be…

Airbus A330-200F blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce engines

Airbus A330-200F blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce engines

Those of you who have been patiently waiting for my long-promised templates of the 737 family should know that it’s…

Douglas DC-8-61 blank illustration templates

Douglas DC-8-61 blank illustration templates

For all of you out there who have been hoping and wishing (and praying) that I would create templates of…

Fokker 100 (F-28-0100) blank illustration templates

Fokker 100 (F-28-0100) blank illustration templates

Just when I think that I’ve finally grown up and that I have elevated myself to “sensible adult status”, along…

ATR 42 blank illustration templates

ATR 42 blank illustration templates

Would it be impolite for me to say that I don’t think at the ATR 42 is a good looking…

Airbus A330-800 NEO blank illustration templates

Airbus A330-800 NEO blank illustration templates

Well, here it is. The side view airliner template that nobody asked for! Don’t worry, I’m not going to feel…

Airbus A330-900 NEO blank illustration templates

Airbus A330-900 NEO blank illustration templates

Does anybody know how I could apply for a position on the Airbus Board of Directors? You see, I’ve got…

Boeing 737-9 MAX blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-9 MAX blank illustration templates

I know that there are many of you out there who have been wondering why the hell it is taken…

McDonnell Douglas MD-11 blank illustration templates (with GE engines)

McDonnell Douglas MD-11 blank illustration templates (with GE engines)

I’m actually really glad that I spent the last week or so working on this MD-11 template, because it has…

De Havilland DHC-8-300 blank illustration templates

De Havilland DHC-8-300 blank illustration templates

Here’s another one that I’ve been getting a lot of requests for recently. It never would have occurred to me…

Embraer ERJ-135 blank illustration templates

Embraer ERJ-135 blank illustration templates

Well, I guess I have to stop kicking the can down the road and just get this over with. I…

Embraer ERJ-140 blank illustration templates

Embraer ERJ-140 blank illustration templates

Yeah, the process of completing my ERJ templates is going a bit slower than I had originally planned, but the…

Embraer ERJ-145 blank illustration templates

Embraer ERJ-145 blank illustration templates

Hold on a second! Before you dash on over to the Contact page and skewer me over the fact that…

Embraer ERJ-145XR blank illustration templates

Embraer ERJ-145XR blank illustration templates

One of the most interesting things about doing all these airliner templates is the fact that I learn a lot…

Boeing 727-200 blank illustration templates

Boeing 727-200 blank illustration templates

Before I begin, could you please give me a moment so that I can grab another tissue and wipe the…

McDonnell Douglas MD-90 blank illustration templates

McDonnell Douglas MD-90 blank illustration templates

Ok you guys…what is it about the MD-90 that makes you all seem to want a template of it so…

Airbus A318 blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney and CFM56 engines

Airbus A318 blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney and CFM56 engines

Did you know that the Airbus A318 has a taller vertical stabilizer than the A319? And that there is a…

De Havilland DHC-8-200 (Dash 8) blank illustration templates

De Havilland DHC-8-200 (Dash 8) blank illustration templates

I didn’t realize it before, but I think that the smaller turboprop aircraft such as this Dash 8 are actually…

Boeing 747-400F (SCD and BCF) blank illustration templates

Boeing 747-400F (SCD and BCF) blank illustration templates

OK, first of all, I just want to apologize in a very big way for the lack of regular uploads…

Boeing 777F blank illustration templates

Boeing 777F blank illustration templates

Just in time for the holiday shipping season, it’s time to start focusing on some cargo aircraft! I’m at the…

Airbus A319 NEO blank illustration templates

Airbus A319 NEO blank illustration templates

Have you been enjoying my A320 and A321 NEO side profile templates so far? I hope so. A lot of…

Airbus A321 NEO blank illustration templates

Airbus A321 NEO blank illustration templates

I suspect this is the one you’ve all been waiting for. The A321 NEO seems to be all the rage…

Airbus A320 NEO blank illustration templates

Airbus A320 NEO blank illustration templates

Here we go ladies and gentlemen. Finally, after more than two years of procrastination and kicking the can down the…

How to add realistic color and highlights to my free side view airliner templates

How to add realistic color and highlights to my free side view airliner templates

One of the most common questions I get about my free JPG sideview airliner templates is how to add realistic…

Boeing 787-10 blank illustration templates

Boeing 787-10 blank illustration templates

If you recall from my last post, I opened up the question about what my next template should be to…

Boeing 717-200 blank illustration templates

Boeing 717-200 blank illustration templates

I’ve been looking forward to this one. The Boeing 717 is probably one of my all-time favorite airplanes due to…

Cessna 208 Grand Caravan blank illustration templates

Cessna 208 Grand Caravan blank illustration templates

Ok, here we go. My first Cessna template, and the smallest aircraft I’ve ever illustrated! I realize that the 208…

ATR 72 blank illustration templates

ATR 72 blank illustration templates

Now that I’ve got most of the current large airliners from Boeing and Airbus illustrated, it’s time to turn my…

Boeing 757-300 blank illustration templates

Boeing 757-300 blank illustration templates

Have you ever been so busy that you start feeling hopeless and just stop trying to keep up anymore? That’s…

Airbus A340-600 blank illustration templates

Airbus A340-600 blank illustration templates

Here she is – my favorite A340 variant of them all! I’ve been really anxious to publish these templates because…

Airbus A340-500 blank illustration templates

Airbus A340-500 blank illustration templates

Here we go – now we are getting into the “fun” variants of the A340! The A340 templates I posted…

Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 900 blank illustration templates

Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 900 blank illustration templates

As promised, I’m still making pretty good progress on finishing out my A340 collection with the addition of the larger…

Boeing 737 MAX 7 blank illustration templates

Boeing 737 MAX 7 blank illustration templates

I’m on a roll now! Or at least it seems that way. After nearly a three month break from working…

Boeing 737-900ER with split scimitar winglets blank illustration templates

Boeing 737-900ER with split scimitar winglets blank illustration templates

Sometimes I really wonder if starting this airliner template project was a good idea or not. Of course I really…

Boeing 737 MAX 8 blank illustration templates

Boeing 737 MAX 8 blank illustration templates

Just when you thought I had abandoned my side view airliner template project all together, I present to you all…

Airbus 340-300 and A340-300X blank illustration templates

Airbus 340-300 and A340-300X blank illustration templates

One of the problems with taking a long time to do a single airliner template is that more often than…

Sukhoi SSJ-100 blank illustration templates

Sukhoi SSJ-100 blank illustration templates

At first I thought this was something that I was embarrassed to admit, but now I think that I’m proud…

Airbus A330-300 blank illustration templates with all three engine options

Airbus A330-300 blank illustration templates with all three engine options

I really wish that I could work on these side view airliner templates full time, because things would happen a…

Airbus A330-200 blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney engines

Airbus A330-200 blank illustration templates with Pratt & Whitney engines

Finally. Here is my third and last template for the Airbus A330-200 series! Rounding out the set is this illustration…

Airbus A330-200 blank illustration templates with GE engines

Airbus A330-200 blank illustration templates with GE engines

This has been a long time coming, but I’ve finally decided to go ahead and finish out my Airbus A330-200…

Bombardier CS300 (Airbus A220-300) blank illustration templates

Bombardier CS300 (Airbus A220-300) blank illustration templates

As I promised two days ago, here is the Bombardier CS300 side view template. This is the stretched version of…

Bombardier CS100 (Airbus A220-100) blank illustration templates

Bombardier CS100 (Airbus A220-100) blank illustration templates

Despite how many aircraft illustrations I’ve posted over the last year or so, I’m not a complete nerd when it…

Boeing 747-8F blank illustration templates

Boeing 747-8F blank illustration templates

The cargo version of the Boeing 747-8 is a really nice looking airplane from most angles, but I’ve got to…

Boeing 747-8i blank illustration templates

Boeing 747-8i blank illustration templates

One of these days I should put together a video or infographic of some kind to document some of the…

Airbus A350-1000 blank illustration templates

Airbus A350-1000 blank illustration templates

I normally hesitate to create side view templates of aircraft that haven’t even been built yet, and this A350-1000 is…

Embraer ERJ-175 templates with the new style winglets

Embraer ERJ-175 templates with the new style winglets

Creating airliner templates isn’t easy – especially when it comes to getting all the little details correct. It was only…

Embraer ERJ-175 blank illustration templates

Embraer ERJ-175 blank illustration templates

Creating derivative templates of a single aircraft type has always been a somewhat funny (and frustrating) experience for me. Whenever…

Bombardier DHC-8-402 Q400 blank illustration templates

Bombardier DHC-8-402 Q400 blank illustration templates

I’ve been getting a lot of requests for a Bombardier DHC-8 Q400 illustration over the past six months, so I…

Airbus A310-300 blank illustration templates

Airbus A310-300 blank illustration templates

In my last post, I mentioned how much I like the look of a short and stubby aircraft. I wouldn’t…

Airbus A350-800 blank illustration templates

Airbus A350-800 blank illustration templates

One of the biggest unknowns in the commercial airline industry at the moment is whether or not Airbus will ever…

Embraer 190 blank illustration templates

Embraer 190 blank illustration templates

Embraer has come a really long way since the 120 Brasilia, and this E190 is nothing like those old turboprops…

Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 700 blank illustration templates

Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 700 blank illustration templates

It took far longer than I thought it would, but finally – here is the line drawing and all white…

Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 200 blank illustration templates

Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 200 blank illustration templates

Finding the time (and energy) to create these side view airliner templates isn’t easy. Of course it’s fun, but it…

Lockheed L-1011-500 blank illustration templates

Lockheed L-1011-500 blank illustration templates

As promised, here is the shorter and stubbier -500 variant of my L-1011-1 TriStar template. It’s basically the same airplane,…