Profile Drawings

Profile Drawings

Profile drawings are the kind of technical illustration where you create a strictly side-on view of a subject. Artistic licence permitting, there should be no perspective evident in the illustration at all. We do bend the rules a little sometimes if something looks awkward, but it is a rare thing.

This is a collection of aircraft profiles, vehicle profiles and military prints. All these drawings are created on the computer from scratch and are full-blown digital renders, all highly detailed and very accurate.

They are not retouched photos. They are not screen grabs from a flight-sim game. They are not created an any kind of CAD program. Each line is added by hand, each area shaded, each colour selected, each badge redrawn. Each drawing is painstakingly researched and created with great care and attention to detail. My aim is to make them come alive on the page, despite the fact that they are essentially two-dimensional technical drawings.

The original files are around 1,000mm wide at 300PPI, which gives me great scope for including detail, and I try and get as much in as I can. It also means they can be comfortably printed at 2m wide with no loss of fidelity. This makes them ideal for banners and display pieces.

Print Sales

Prints are available for purchase directly from the Grubby Fingers webshop..


Airplane Drawings Gallery

The plane profile drawings. In this section you will find all the fixed-wing aircraft profiles I have created. The range runs from GA Pipers and Cessnas to fighter jets and Warbirds.

Click on the heading, the pic or the caption to be taken to the Airplane Drawings Gallery.

All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

Airplane Drawings Gallery

Helicopter Drawings Gallery

The helicopter profile drawings. In this section you will find all the rotary-wing aircraft profiles I have created. The range runs from Bell Hueys and 212s to Agusta A109 Powers.

Click on the heading, the pic or the caption to be taken to the Helicopter Drawings Gallery.

All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

Helicopter Drawings Gallery

AFV Drawings Gallery

The AFV profile drawings. Any profiles I have done of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) are here. In fact, they won't need to be armoured fighting vehicles, they can be soft-skinned, rear echelon, transport, whatever. Any military ground-bound vehicle, in fact. Maybe even hovercraft if I ever do any!

Click on the heading, the pic or the caption to be taken to the AFV Drawings Gallery.

All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

AFV Drawings Gallery

Ship Drawings Gallery

The ship profile drawings. Any profiles I have done of water-born vehicles are here. Sips, subs, battleships will all go here when they are done.

Click on the heading, the pic or the caption to be taken to the Ship Drawings Gallery.

All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

Ship Drawings Gallery

Emergency Vehicle Drawings Gallery

The emergency vehicle profile drawings. Fire trucks, tenders, rescue boats, ambulances ... they all go here.

Click on the heading, the pic or the caption to be taken to the Emergency Vehicle Drawings Gallery.

All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

Emergency Vehicle Drawings Gallery

Train Drawings Gallery

The public transport profile drawings. Profiles of trams, trains, buses, taxis, locos etc will be seen here.

Click on the heading, the pic or the caption to be taken to the cPublic Transport Drawings Gallery.

All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

Public Transport Drawings Gallery

Whimsical and Humorous
Drawings Gallery

Occasionally, just occasionally, a variation of an existing profile that is a little left-of-centre pops into my mind. I include them here.

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All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

Whimsical and Humorous
Drawings Gallery

Tribute Prints Gallery

Quite often I am asked to create a print for a special occasion, as a memento or even a memorial for the fallen.

I take real pride in these prints as I know they have special significance for the recipient. The creation of each tribute print involves open communication with the person organising it, to make sure they are getting precisely the feel they are after and that they are happy that the print is appropriate in content and emotion.

The prints included in this gallery are not available for sale. They are included here as a guide and, perhaps, inspiration for a tribute print of your own.

Click on the heading, the pic or the caption to be taken to the Tribute Prints Gallery.

All these profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

Tribute Prints Gallery

Personalisation, Commissions and Tribute Prints

Grubby Fingers prints make ideal gifts or mementos for pilots, service people and the aeronautically inclined. They can bring back memories of holidays, scenic flights, warbird flights, or service in the Forces. Commissions are welcomed and very reasonably priced. The profile drawing prints shown in the Tributes section have been created for specific occasions and are not available to the public. They are included here as a guide to what we can create, and hopefully as inspiration for a presentation or memorial for your own special aviator or warrior.

If you would like a quote for a tribute or memento profile drawing print, please drop me a line through the contact form..

Most of these works, those that are not commercial commissions or private tributes, are also available for hire for use in publications.