Learn to Draw a Battleship

"Bridge and Battleship" by albedo20 on flickr.

Battleships are a type of warship that is heavily armored and armed with high caliber guns. For decades they were the most important ships in a fleet, until aircraft carriers became more important in World War II. The type of battleship in this tutorial is the Iowa Class. Four battleships of this class were constructed by the U.S. during World War II, and they have been modernized and occasionally put into service until 1990.

Step 1: Draw the hull of the ship.

Step 2: Draw the side railing and the two main frontal turrets.

Step 3: Draw the lower part of the superstructure and a couple more turrets.

Step 4: Draw the rest of the superstructure and the smoke stacks.

Step 5: Draw the wires, cables,  antennae, and the number (BB-62 is the USS New Jersey, the BB-61 is the Iowa, BB-63 is the Missouri, and BB-64 is the Wisconsin).

Step 6: I went over all the lines in pen.

Step 7: I drew in the sea, you could also draw other ships in the fleet, aircraft flying above, or a battle.

How to Draw a Dalek

"The Dalek Invasion of Earth (colourised)" by Tom Newsom on Flickr.

Daleks are alien cyborg mutants from the long-running British science-fiction television show, Doctor Who. The show is 50 years old and the Daleks have been in many episodes, from the very second in 1963 all the way to the anniversary special this past November 23rd. The colors and shapes have changed over the years, but the basic design remains the same. The Dalek I drew the tutorial for is the design that first appeared in 2005.

Step 1: Draw the dome.

Step 2: Draw the two lights on the head as well as lines and the eye-stalk.

Step 3: Draw in the grill with three vertical and two horizontal bars.

Step 4: Draw in the middle section, with a bar on the bottom edge and mounts for the weapons.

Step 5: Draw in vertical boxes on the middle section.

Step 6: Draw in the laser-gun and the manipulator arm (plunger).

Step 7: Draw in the bottom section.

Step 8: Draw in the spheres.

Step 9: Draw in the black part at the bottom?

Step 10: Color it in. This particular version of the Dalek is sort of a bronze color, but it can be drawn as previous versions which were several other colors or combinations of colors (silver, grey, black, white, gold, etc.), and some more recent versions are quite bright colors (red, blue, yellow, orange, etc).

Special thanks to Ezra for letting me borrow his phone in the making of this post.

Learn to Draw a B-24 Liberator

"B-24 Gathering of Eagles Convention"  on en.wikipedia.org by Mike Haggerty. 

The B-24 Liberator is a heavy long-range U.S.-made bomber used by the allies from 1941-1945 during World War II. It was used in conjunction with the B-17 Flying Fortress. While it was easier to manufacture, had a longer range, was faster, and had a larger payload; the B-24 was more vulnerable than the B-17.

                                                   Step 1: Draw the body of the plane.

Step 2: Draw the wings.

Step 3: Draw in windows, engines, and propellers. Optionally, add turrets.

Step 4: Add the emblem, and write a numerical serial number on the tail.

Step 5: Draw over the pencil in pen, then erase the pencil once the ink is dry, to avoid smudges.

Step 6: Color the plane. There are many other color schemes used including a silver color, beige, olive drab, camouflage, blue, tan, etc. 

Step 7: Draw in a background. I drew clouds in the sky, but you could also draw a dogfight in the air, or flying over a city or airstrip.