Demonstration for Cutaway Technical Illustrations using Adobe Illustrator

Part 1 - Cruise Ship Line Art

Illustration Stats - Size: 36′ @ 350 dpi, 640 mb CMYK File with 35 Layers / Illustration Time: 720 hrs.
Software: Line Art - Adobe Illustrator, Color - Adobe Photoshop

All of the initial line art was done in vector based Adobe Illustrator. Most of the final color work (Page 2) was done in Adobe Photoshop. The techniques used in this demonstration tutorial are applicable to any 3 dimensional perspective drawing, regardless of scale or complexity.

This project presented many unique challenges. The actual ship was still in Germany being completed when I started the project. There was no photography or CAD reference to work from, only the paper blueprint you see below.

Kevin Hulsey Technical Illustrations - How-To Demonstration 1: