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We present to your attention a selection of posters that have recently attracted attention. These posters were the most viewed, bought, and discussed on social media.
Why do I only draw civilian planes?
For many years I have been drawing only civilian aircraft. I did not choose this direction of my creativity by chance. Civil aviation is the least represented topic among aviation artists.
My mission is to provide civil aviation pilots around the world with the opportunity to preserve the memory of the most important steps in their flying career, to remember every plane they flew and pass this memory on to descendants.
I am one of those who looks at the sky.
My mission is to provide civil aviation pilots around the world with the opportunity to preserve the memory of the most important steps in their flying career, to remember every plane they flew and pass this memory on to descendants.
I am one of those who looks at the sky.
A random poster
Boeing 787-10 Saudia
Registration: HZ-AR32
Type: 787-10
Engines: 2 × GE GEnx-1B74/75
Serial Number: 40055
First flight: Jan 27, 2022
Registration: HZ-AR32
Type: 787-10
Engines: 2 × GE GEnx-1B74/75
Serial Number: 40055
First flight: Jan 27, 2022
Saudia is the first flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, headquartered in Jeddah. Its main hub is King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Saudia operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 100 destinations across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Charter flights are typically operated during the Ramadan and Hajj seasons. The airline has been a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance since 2012. Saudia is also a founding member of the Arab Air Carriers' Organization, having joined in 1965. The Saudia Boeing 787−10 Dreamliner is the airline’s highest-capacity Dreamliner variant. It is primarily used on high-demand long-haul routes, such as Jeddah to London, Bangkok, and Singapore.
A close look
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More about our posters
All the drawings on this site are made by me from the beginning (creating an airplane template) to the final product — the design of the finished drawing into a full-fledged artwork. Unlike the technical drawing, our posters, in addition to the profile of the aircraft, include a photo collage unique for each poster, logically related to the depicted aircraft. We were the first to use such a combination in the world, offering also, along with the design background, two more background options — a Dark theme and a Plain one — for aesthetes and collectors.
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The main character of the posters is an airliner.
The planes I drew are on the next page.
The planes I drew are on the next page.
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This July turned out to be a busy one, and even among the things I’d planned, not everything got done. Urgent orders kept coming in, forcing me to adjust my schedule, and the unexpected kept barging into an otherwise orderly lineup of work. But that’s what makes life more interesting — routine never gets a chance to take over.
This time, almost all the posters joining our collection in July are updates to my older work. Only one is entirely new — 100% from scratch. But let’s go in order.
MD-83 Andes
I first took on this commission nearly eight years ago. Back then, the aircraft was still flying regional routes for Andes, as well as charter flights carrying tourists to the most popular destinations in Argentina and Brazil on behalf of local tour operators. The printed poster went off, as expected, to Argentina. And in the wave of global upheavals that followed, this piece got buried somewhere in my archives. The aircraft itself didn’t come through that difficult period unscathed either — Andes retired these jets from service during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to some reports, LV-BEG is currently in storage at the airline’s home airport in Salta. The airline is still flying today, though, just on newer aircraft.
Setting out to bring the poster back into the catalog, I pulled the model out of the archive and would have blown the dust off it, if digital files could gather dust — the last time I worked with an MD-80 was back in December 2023. The updated poster is now back on our site, ready once again to become a gift for some aviation veteran or a treat for a collector.
Boeing 787-9 Air Tahiti Nui
This Dreamliner wears one of my favorite liveries. So much encoded meaning and storytelling about its people and lands scattered across the Pacific. When I was asked to draw a poster of Air Tahiti Nui’s first 787, registration F-OMUA, the aircraft was still on the factory floor, but the first photos of it were already starting to leak online. Working with that material, I realized I wasn’t just looking at patterns — I was looking at an entire legend. Earlier, before my site had a blog, I’d written about the airline and its enigmatic livery on another, not particularly popular platform. And since that platform has, let’s say, folded, I’m planning to move that article over to my blog soon. It’s good, interesting material.
That’s how the first poster of the Tahitian "Dreamliner," complete with a breakdown of its patterns, came to be. About a year later, again as a commission, I drew a second poster featuring F-ONUI, which recently returned to our catalog after a model update, improved background, and the addition of a "Dark Theme." In the past, these posters were popular across French Polynesia, in France, and beyond. I’m sure they’ll remain in demand going forward.
Boeing 747-100 Pan American
This piece is steeped in legend, both the aircraft and the airline. After all, the Boeing 747 owes its very existence to Pan Am. It was conceived in response to the carrier’s need for a jet twice the size of the 707, in order to bring down the cost of flying. The airline stopped flying in 1991, and although rumors occasionally surface about its revival as a premium charter operation, it has already become history. For that matter, the original version of the "Jumbo" is long gone from the skies too. Meanwhile, the updated poster is back in our catalog and available to buyers once again in its refreshed form.
Airbus A340-600 Iberia
Here’s a poster that’s both entirely new and updated at the same time — the Airbus A340-600 Iberia. Its first edition was in the works while the aircraft was still flying. But it was retired during the pandemic in 2020, and scrapped in 2022. So why is this both a new and an updated poster at once? Where’s this duality coming from, to borrow a phrase from quantum physics?
Here’s the story: once, five or six years ago, my computer suffered a crash. As you know, these things happen. At first glance, nothing seemed seriously wrong, but the very next day I noticed files starting to vanish. That was already an alarming sign. We replaced the hard drive right away, and saved backups helped bring almost the entire collection back to life. But three posters vanished without a trace regardless, and the Airbus A340−600 Iberia was one of them. So what you see here is, in fact, a completely new poster.
Airbus A321P2F Qantas Freight operated by Express Freighters Australia
Rounding out July’s lineup is a brand-new poster built on a fresh model from my collection — the freighter version of the Airbus A321. It features Express Freighters Australia, a new airline for our project, operating flights on behalf of Qantas Freight — also appearing here for the first time. Everything about this poster is new, which makes the print something special.
More new and updated posters are already on the way — some are ready for publication, others are in the process of being created right now, and a few more are still just plans in my head. The process doesn’t stop, no matter what.
This time, almost all the posters joining our collection in July are updates to my older work. Only one is entirely new — 100% from scratch. But let’s go in order.
MD-83 Andes
I first took on this commission nearly eight years ago. Back then, the aircraft was still flying regional routes for Andes, as well as charter flights carrying tourists to the most popular destinations in Argentina and Brazil on behalf of local tour operators. The printed poster went off, as expected, to Argentina. And in the wave of global upheavals that followed, this piece got buried somewhere in my archives. The aircraft itself didn’t come through that difficult period unscathed either — Andes retired these jets from service during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to some reports, LV-BEG is currently in storage at the airline’s home airport in Salta. The airline is still flying today, though, just on newer aircraft.
Setting out to bring the poster back into the catalog, I pulled the model out of the archive and would have blown the dust off it, if digital files could gather dust — the last time I worked with an MD-80 was back in December 2023. The updated poster is now back on our site, ready once again to become a gift for some aviation veteran or a treat for a collector.
Boeing 787-9 Air Tahiti Nui
This Dreamliner wears one of my favorite liveries. So much encoded meaning and storytelling about its people and lands scattered across the Pacific. When I was asked to draw a poster of Air Tahiti Nui’s first 787, registration F-OMUA, the aircraft was still on the factory floor, but the first photos of it were already starting to leak online. Working with that material, I realized I wasn’t just looking at patterns — I was looking at an entire legend. Earlier, before my site had a blog, I’d written about the airline and its enigmatic livery on another, not particularly popular platform. And since that platform has, let’s say, folded, I’m planning to move that article over to my blog soon. It’s good, interesting material.
That’s how the first poster of the Tahitian "Dreamliner," complete with a breakdown of its patterns, came to be. About a year later, again as a commission, I drew a second poster featuring F-ONUI, which recently returned to our catalog after a model update, improved background, and the addition of a "Dark Theme." In the past, these posters were popular across French Polynesia, in France, and beyond. I’m sure they’ll remain in demand going forward.
Boeing 747-100 Pan American
This piece is steeped in legend, both the aircraft and the airline. After all, the Boeing 747 owes its very existence to Pan Am. It was conceived in response to the carrier’s need for a jet twice the size of the 707, in order to bring down the cost of flying. The airline stopped flying in 1991, and although rumors occasionally surface about its revival as a premium charter operation, it has already become history. For that matter, the original version of the "Jumbo" is long gone from the skies too. Meanwhile, the updated poster is back in our catalog and available to buyers once again in its refreshed form.
Airbus A340-600 Iberia
Here’s a poster that’s both entirely new and updated at the same time — the Airbus A340-600 Iberia. Its first edition was in the works while the aircraft was still flying. But it was retired during the pandemic in 2020, and scrapped in 2022. So why is this both a new and an updated poster at once? Where’s this duality coming from, to borrow a phrase from quantum physics?
Here’s the story: once, five or six years ago, my computer suffered a crash. As you know, these things happen. At first glance, nothing seemed seriously wrong, but the very next day I noticed files starting to vanish. That was already an alarming sign. We replaced the hard drive right away, and saved backups helped bring almost the entire collection back to life. But three posters vanished without a trace regardless, and the Airbus A340−600 Iberia was one of them. So what you see here is, in fact, a completely new poster.
Airbus A321P2F Qantas Freight operated by Express Freighters Australia
Rounding out July’s lineup is a brand-new poster built on a fresh model from my collection — the freighter version of the Airbus A321. It features Express Freighters Australia, a new airline for our project, operating flights on behalf of Qantas Freight — also appearing here for the first time. Everything about this poster is new, which makes the print something special.
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More new and updated posters are already on the way — some are ready for publication, others are in the process of being created right now, and a few more are still just plans in my head. The process doesn’t stop, no matter what.
Thanks for being with us!
News from the Art Workshop
Mostly Updates, For Now
Boeing 747-100 Pan American World Airways
Registration: N755PA
Named: Clipper Sovereign of the Seas
Type: 747-121
Engines: 4 x PW JT9D-7A
Serial Number: 19 659
First flight: May 21, 1970
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial flag carrier of the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991. It was founded in 1927 as a scheduled airmail and passenger service operating between Key West, Florida and Havana, Cuba. It was a founding member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry association. Identified by its blue globe logo, the use of the word "Clipper" in its aircraft names and call signs, the airline was a cultural icon of the 20th century. Pan Am was a Boeing 747 launch customer, placing a $ 525 million order for 25 in April 1966.
Registration: N755PA
Named: Clipper Sovereign of the Seas
Type: 747-121
Engines: 4 x PW JT9D-7A
Serial Number: 19 659
First flight: May 21, 1970
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial flag carrier of the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991. It was founded in 1927 as a scheduled airmail and passenger service operating between Key West, Florida and Havana, Cuba. It was a founding member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry association. Identified by its blue globe logo, the use of the word "Clipper" in its aircraft names and call signs, the airline was a cultural icon of the 20th century. Pan Am was a Boeing 747 launch customer, placing a $ 525 million order for 25 in April 1966.
Boeing 787-9 Air Tahiti Nui
Registration: F-ONUI
Named: Tupaia
Type: 787-9
Engines: 2 x GEnx-1B74/75
Serial Number: 42 116
First flight: Dec 19, 2018
Air Tahiti Nui is a French airline with its head office in Papeete, Tahiti. It operates long-haul flights from its home base at Faa’a International Airport. Air Tahiti Nui was established on 31 October 1996 and commenced flight operations on 20 November 1998. It was the first international long-haul airline based in French Polynesia, which was formed to develop inbound tourism. With the introduction of the airline’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft in October 2018, the airline’s new livery incorporated markings derived from traditional Tahitian tattoos to the fuselage. Air Tahiti Nui’s names for its aircraft are predominantly derived from various islands and atolls across French Polynesia. An exception is F-ONUI, a Boeing 787-9 named after Tupaia, a historical Tahitian navigator.
Registration: F-ONUI
Named: Tupaia
Type: 787-9
Engines: 2 x GEnx-1B74/75
Serial Number: 42 116
First flight: Dec 19, 2018
Air Tahiti Nui is a French airline with its head office in Papeete, Tahiti. It operates long-haul flights from its home base at Faa’a International Airport. Air Tahiti Nui was established on 31 October 1996 and commenced flight operations on 20 November 1998. It was the first international long-haul airline based in French Polynesia, which was formed to develop inbound tourism. With the introduction of the airline’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft in October 2018, the airline’s new livery incorporated markings derived from traditional Tahitian tattoos to the fuselage. Air Tahiti Nui’s names for its aircraft are predominantly derived from various islands and atolls across French Polynesia. An exception is F-ONUI, a Boeing 787-9 named after Tupaia, a historical Tahitian navigator.
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Andes Líneas Aéreas
Registration: LV-BEG
Type: MD-83
Engines: 2 x PW JT8D-217C
Serial Number: 49 630
First flight: Apr 21, 1989
Andes Líneas Aéreas is an Argentine airline based in Salta. It operates regional services, as well as charter flights to tourist destinations in Argentina and Brazil on behalf of local tour operators. Its main hub is at Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport in Salta. Andes Líneas Aéreas began operations on 20 June 2006 with services between Salta and Buenos Aires. From its beginnings, the company has been one of the main charter flight providers in Argentina, covering local destinations as well as destinations in Brazil and in the Caribbean. It has also been the official transport of major Argentine football clubs such as River Plate, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo, etc. Until 2020, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 family of aircraft formed the basis of the airline’s fleet.
Registration: LV-BEG
Type: MD-83
Engines: 2 x PW JT8D-217C
Serial Number: 49 630
First flight: Apr 21, 1989
Andes Líneas Aéreas is an Argentine airline based in Salta. It operates regional services, as well as charter flights to tourist destinations in Argentina and Brazil on behalf of local tour operators. Its main hub is at Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport in Salta. Andes Líneas Aéreas began operations on 20 June 2006 with services between Salta and Buenos Aires. From its beginnings, the company has been one of the main charter flight providers in Argentina, covering local destinations as well as destinations in Brazil and in the Caribbean. It has also been the official transport of major Argentine football clubs such as River Plate, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo, etc. Until 2020, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 family of aircraft formed the basis of the airline’s fleet.
Airbus A340−600 Iberia
Registration: EC-JNQ
Named: Antonio Machado
Type: A340-642
Engines: 4 x RR Trent 556−61
Serial Number: 727
First flight: Nuv 30, 2005
Iberia, legally incorporated as Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal, is the flag carrier of Spain. Founded in 1927 and based in Madrid, it operates an international network of services from its main base of Madrid-Barajas Airport. Iberia Group airlines fly to over 109 destinations in 39 countries, and a further 90 destinations through code-sharing agreements with other airlines. Iberia, Compañía Aérea de Transportes, was incorporated on 28 June 1927. On 1 September 1999, the company joined the Oneworld alliance. Since 2003, Iberia has operated Airbus A340-600 aircraft, which have become the basis of a long-haul fleet for flights to Latin America until 2020.
Registration: EC-JNQ
Named: Antonio Machado
Type: A340-642
Engines: 4 x RR Trent 556−61
Serial Number: 727
First flight: Nuv 30, 2005
Iberia, legally incorporated as Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal, is the flag carrier of Spain. Founded in 1927 and based in Madrid, it operates an international network of services from its main base of Madrid-Barajas Airport. Iberia Group airlines fly to over 109 destinations in 39 countries, and a further 90 destinations through code-sharing agreements with other airlines. Iberia, Compañía Aérea de Transportes, was incorporated on 28 June 1927. On 1 September 1999, the company joined the Oneworld alliance. Since 2003, Iberia has operated Airbus A340-600 aircraft, which have become the basis of a long-haul fleet for flights to Latin America until 2020.
Airbus A321P2F Qantas Freight
operated by Express Freighters Australia
Registration: VH-ULY
Type: A321-231P2F
Engines: 2 x IAE V2533-A5
Serial Number: 1408
First flight: Mar 15, 2001
Qantas Freight is a cargo airline owned by Qantas. It is the owner of freight airline Express Freighters Australia, freight forwarder Qantas Courier and trucking company Jets Transport Express. Qantas Freight is also responsible for placing freight in the hold of Qantas and Jetstar operated international and domestic services. Express Freighters Australia was established in August 2006 and is wholly owned by Qantas Freight, a subsidiary of Qantas. Since 2020, Express Freighters has started operating converted Airbus A321P2F cargo aircraft operating flights across Australia to major airports such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Perth. As of 2026, the company has seven A321P2F aircraft in its fleet.
operated by Express Freighters Australia
Registration: VH-ULY
Type: A321-231P2F
Engines: 2 x IAE V2533-A5
Serial Number: 1408
First flight: Mar 15, 2001
Qantas Freight is a cargo airline owned by Qantas. It is the owner of freight airline Express Freighters Australia, freight forwarder Qantas Courier and trucking company Jets Transport Express. Qantas Freight is also responsible for placing freight in the hold of Qantas and Jetstar operated international and domestic services. Express Freighters Australia was established in August 2006 and is wholly owned by Qantas Freight, a subsidiary of Qantas. Since 2020, Express Freighters has started operating converted Airbus A321P2F cargo aircraft operating flights across Australia to major airports such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Perth. As of 2026, the company has seven A321P2F aircraft in its fleet.
Sorting Through Unpublished Work…
In the days leading up to my forced work pause, I was busy sorting through finished but unpublished drawings. This often happens: you submit an order, send a package to a client, and there is already another one waiting in line—and it’s urgent—followed by a third and a fourth… There is simply no time left to publish what has already been completed. As a result, I had accumulated finished drawings that were not yet in my catalog. And now is exactly the time to bring all unfinished projects to their logical conclusion.
Airbus A319 & A320 Spirit Airlines
I will start immediately with two posters from one airline—Spirit Airlines. In our last issue, I talked about the first poster in this series, featuring a bright yellow A320. This time we present two more prints that, together with the first one, illustrate a segment of the airline’s livery history starting from 2004.
The "Pixel" livery appeared in 2002 on McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft, but back then it was blue in color. In 2004, when new Airbus A320 family aircraft began joining Spirit’s fleet, it was modified to visually emphasize the beginning of a "new era." The color scheme underwent significant changes. It was the same livery, but now it was "Silver Pixel" on a light gray background.
Despite looking very solid, this new pixel livery lasted only three years. In 2007, the company introduced a completely new paint scheme that looked nothing like its previous sophisticated "suit." It was called "Birthday Cake." The second poster in today’s collection is dedicated to this.
I could talk about aviation liveries for a very long time—it's my favorite topic. I could write a blog article about how Spirit changed its styles, but for a complete picture I am missing a couple of posters from that era when they flew MD-80s. So maybe someday later if this material is in demand.
In conclusion, all three new posters from this airline (including one from our last news issue) were drawn by order of one of Spirit’s employees. And you can find several more posters drawn earlier in our catalog. Despite the relentless passage of time, Spirit will remain with us on Aviaposter prints.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Alitalia
This past winter and spring saw increased interest in Alitalia posters, so we expanded our collection of this former national carrier. A new poster was drawn by order at the beginning of spring. Our collection already has one MD-11 Alitalia poster that you can still find in our catalog.
The aircraft on these posters have one difference that is imperceptible to an ordinary person but very significant for an aviation fan. On the new poster, the aircraft is in an all-passenger configuration, while on the previous one it was a combi (passenger-freighter) model. Indeed, in the early 90s, MD-11s delivered to Alitalia’s fleet straight from the factory had different configurations.
Now that I have dug up these files from my hard drive archives, my collection has become more complete.
Boeing 767−300 Transaero
The next poster from my winter work is now mature enough for publication in our catalog.
Founded in December 1990, Transaero entered history as the first private airline to receive permission for scheduled flights in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. Over time, it grew into the country’s second-largest air carrier after state-owned Aeroflot.
The airline’s fleet numbered over a hundred aircraft, including these 17 beauties—the Boeing 767−300s. This poster is about one of them.
Boeing 737−200Adv America West Airlines
And again—a poster born last cold and snowy winter. The drawing was ordered and delivered to the client in "Dark Theme," so I created the background for it right before publishing it on the website.
For the landscape behind the aircraft, as usual, I used fragments of dozens of Arizona landscape photos. I did a bit of magic by equalizing their color palette and sharpness into a single picture. After that, all that was left was to "stitch" them together… and attach my version of the sky.
Every time this process starts with a blank canvas. Unfortunately, there is no button on my keyboard labeled "Background for Boeing 737−200Adv America West Airlines." And even that vaunted AI’s "eyes glaze over" at a request for an image at 12k resolution.
Douglas C-47 Four Star Air Cargo
In March we published a poster in our catalog featuring Tanzanian airline Indigo Aviation’s Douglas C-47 registered as 5H-DAK.
This time we have a similar story, but we move to another part of the world—to Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea.
A small Puerto Rican cargo airline, Four Star Air Cargo, connected Puerto Rico with the American and British Virgin Islands. Its fleet consisted of six Douglas DC-3/C-47s—old but still sturdy aircraft that handled their tasks well. But one of them stood out: N138FS had a small drawing on its nose fairing—the famous cartoon pilot Snoopy.
I never thought that as part of my project I would have to draw this dog. But here he is.
SAAB 2000 Aleutian Airways
The last poster in today’s selection is a turboprop from the Aleutian Islands. This is my fresh work that hasn’t made it into our archive yet.
It’s been a long time since I’ve drawn a SAAB 2000. To be honest, this is only my second poster with such an aircraft, so before starting I updated my template which was originally drawn back in 2019.
At the client’s request, the aircraft stands against the backdrop of Ballyhoo Mountain—a prominent peak 503 meters (1650 feet) high located on Amaknak Island within Unalaska city limits (Alaska). Being the highest point on the island, it juts sharply out of the water overhanging the local airport.
That’s what we have for this selection of posters this time around. I found time to complete all unfinished projects and publish them.
True enough, I’ve already started drawing several new posters, but finishing them will have to wait until after my doctor allows me to return to work.
Wishing everyone all good things and success!
In the days leading up to my forced work pause, I was busy sorting through finished but unpublished drawings. This often happens: you submit an order, send a package to a client, and there is already another one waiting in line—and it’s urgent—followed by a third and a fourth… There is simply no time left to publish what has already been completed. As a result, I had accumulated finished drawings that were not yet in my catalog. And now is exactly the time to bring all unfinished projects to their logical conclusion.
Airbus A319 & A320 Spirit Airlines
I will start immediately with two posters from one airline—Spirit Airlines. In our last issue, I talked about the first poster in this series, featuring a bright yellow A320. This time we present two more prints that, together with the first one, illustrate a segment of the airline’s livery history starting from 2004.
The "Pixel" livery appeared in 2002 on McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft, but back then it was blue in color. In 2004, when new Airbus A320 family aircraft began joining Spirit’s fleet, it was modified to visually emphasize the beginning of a "new era." The color scheme underwent significant changes. It was the same livery, but now it was "Silver Pixel" on a light gray background.
Despite looking very solid, this new pixel livery lasted only three years. In 2007, the company introduced a completely new paint scheme that looked nothing like its previous sophisticated "suit." It was called "Birthday Cake." The second poster in today’s collection is dedicated to this.
I could talk about aviation liveries for a very long time—it's my favorite topic. I could write a blog article about how Spirit changed its styles, but for a complete picture I am missing a couple of posters from that era when they flew MD-80s. So maybe someday later if this material is in demand.
In conclusion, all three new posters from this airline (including one from our last news issue) were drawn by order of one of Spirit’s employees. And you can find several more posters drawn earlier in our catalog. Despite the relentless passage of time, Spirit will remain with us on Aviaposter prints.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Alitalia
This past winter and spring saw increased interest in Alitalia posters, so we expanded our collection of this former national carrier. A new poster was drawn by order at the beginning of spring. Our collection already has one MD-11 Alitalia poster that you can still find in our catalog.
The aircraft on these posters have one difference that is imperceptible to an ordinary person but very significant for an aviation fan. On the new poster, the aircraft is in an all-passenger configuration, while on the previous one it was a combi (passenger-freighter) model. Indeed, in the early 90s, MD-11s delivered to Alitalia’s fleet straight from the factory had different configurations.
Now that I have dug up these files from my hard drive archives, my collection has become more complete.
Boeing 767−300 Transaero
The next poster from my winter work is now mature enough for publication in our catalog.
Founded in December 1990, Transaero entered history as the first private airline to receive permission for scheduled flights in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. Over time, it grew into the country’s second-largest air carrier after state-owned Aeroflot.
The airline’s fleet numbered over a hundred aircraft, including these 17 beauties—the Boeing 767−300s. This poster is about one of them.
Boeing 737−200Adv America West Airlines
And again—a poster born last cold and snowy winter. The drawing was ordered and delivered to the client in "Dark Theme," so I created the background for it right before publishing it on the website.
For the landscape behind the aircraft, as usual, I used fragments of dozens of Arizona landscape photos. I did a bit of magic by equalizing their color palette and sharpness into a single picture. After that, all that was left was to "stitch" them together… and attach my version of the sky.
Every time this process starts with a blank canvas. Unfortunately, there is no button on my keyboard labeled "Background for Boeing 737−200Adv America West Airlines." And even that vaunted AI’s "eyes glaze over" at a request for an image at 12k resolution.
Douglas C-47 Four Star Air Cargo
In March we published a poster in our catalog featuring Tanzanian airline Indigo Aviation’s Douglas C-47 registered as 5H-DAK.
This time we have a similar story, but we move to another part of the world—to Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea.
A small Puerto Rican cargo airline, Four Star Air Cargo, connected Puerto Rico with the American and British Virgin Islands. Its fleet consisted of six Douglas DC-3/C-47s—old but still sturdy aircraft that handled their tasks well. But one of them stood out: N138FS had a small drawing on its nose fairing—the famous cartoon pilot Snoopy.
I never thought that as part of my project I would have to draw this dog. But here he is.
SAAB 2000 Aleutian Airways
The last poster in today’s selection is a turboprop from the Aleutian Islands. This is my fresh work that hasn’t made it into our archive yet.
It’s been a long time since I’ve drawn a SAAB 2000. To be honest, this is only my second poster with such an aircraft, so before starting I updated my template which was originally drawn back in 2019.
At the client’s request, the aircraft stands against the backdrop of Ballyhoo Mountain—a prominent peak 503 meters (1650 feet) high located on Amaknak Island within Unalaska city limits (Alaska). Being the highest point on the island, it juts sharply out of the water overhanging the local airport.
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That’s what we have for this selection of posters this time around. I found time to complete all unfinished projects and publish them.
True enough, I’ve already started drawing several new posters, but finishing them will have to wait until after my doctor allows me to return to work.
Wishing everyone all good things and success!
News #15/2
More Posters!
Hey everyone! Welcome to another issue of our virtual newspaper where I talk about new posters. Lately, I've been busy sorting through unfinished works, cleaning up the archives, and, of course, fulfilling new orders. As a result, we have something to show you today. As usual, the characters for our prints are airplanes from different continents – both modern ones still flying and those long retired. Big and not so big. Let's go!
This selection includes two posters that were drawn not by commission, but to illustrate an article in a blog post about the branding agency Landor. In the previous issue, such a poster was the Saudia Boeing 787-10 in its new-old livery designed by this agency. Today, we present to your attention the last two posters from that publication: the Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-400 and the Garuda Indonesia McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Although these posters were created by me specifically for the website, their prints can be ordered and purchased in our catalog, on par with all my other seven hundred-plus works. Our blog post will tell you more about these aircraft, airlines, and liveries in a two-part series.
A bright yellow airplane against a deep blue sky – the Airbus A320neo Spirit Airlines poster has some sad notes to it. It's unusual to speak about this airline in the past tense; everything happened too quickly. About six or seven years ago, under one of my posts featuring a bright yellow plane on social media, someone left a comment with very critical remarks about the company. Back then, I advised them to look at the poster from a different angle and think that perhaps someone took their first flight on it, while someone else ended their flying career; for one person, it might have been a memorable journey towards their dream, and for another – a long-awaited return home. Behind every airplane lie thousands of unique personal stories. I remember my opponent's reply: "I never thought you could look at a simple drawing of an airplane from such a point of view." The poster is now available in the catalog, and soon two more will join it – they're already being worked on.
Boeing 747-400 Air France – this poster was drawn exactly ten years ago. It’s time to bring it up to modern standards and put it back into the catalog. The model has been updated, a new background has been drawn, a "Dark Theme" theme has been added, and a new description has been written. But there's something else here as well. In the future, this poster will appear in our news again – this is just the beginning of the next project. For now, this French "Jumbo" is simply another updated poster.
Two years ago, my wife and I visited Armenia – a mountainous country located beyond the Caucasus Range. We got a ton of unforgettable impressions from walking the streets of the ancient city of Gyumri, which isn't centuries old, but millennia! Getting acquainted with the history of such places has been my passion since childhood. On our way home, after our plane had vacated the runway at Vnukovo Airport, I saw out the window another plane landing right behind us, arriving from Armenia – that's how I met the Shirak Avia Boeing 737-500. And recently, we received a commission to draw this airplane – and here's the result.
And finally, today's issue features the "Speed Bird" from the shores of the "Foggy Albion" – the British Airways Boeing 777-200ER. This is just a standard update of a poster originally created in 2019. New background, new model, and "Dark Theme" – everything that's usually part of the update procedure.
Soon, several more new posters will appear here. They are all currently in production, at various stages of completion. I'll try to manage one more release before my hospitalization.
More posters – good and diverse!
Hey everyone! Welcome to another issue of our virtual newspaper where I talk about new posters. Lately, I've been busy sorting through unfinished works, cleaning up the archives, and, of course, fulfilling new orders. As a result, we have something to show you today. As usual, the characters for our prints are airplanes from different continents – both modern ones still flying and those long retired. Big and not so big. Let's go!
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This selection includes two posters that were drawn not by commission, but to illustrate an article in a blog post about the branding agency Landor. In the previous issue, such a poster was the Saudia Boeing 787-10 in its new-old livery designed by this agency. Today, we present to your attention the last two posters from that publication: the Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-400 and the Garuda Indonesia McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Although these posters were created by me specifically for the website, their prints can be ordered and purchased in our catalog, on par with all my other seven hundred-plus works. Our blog post will tell you more about these aircraft, airlines, and liveries in a two-part series.
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A bright yellow airplane against a deep blue sky – the Airbus A320neo Spirit Airlines poster has some sad notes to it. It's unusual to speak about this airline in the past tense; everything happened too quickly. About six or seven years ago, under one of my posts featuring a bright yellow plane on social media, someone left a comment with very critical remarks about the company. Back then, I advised them to look at the poster from a different angle and think that perhaps someone took their first flight on it, while someone else ended their flying career; for one person, it might have been a memorable journey towards their dream, and for another – a long-awaited return home. Behind every airplane lie thousands of unique personal stories. I remember my opponent's reply: "I never thought you could look at a simple drawing of an airplane from such a point of view." The poster is now available in the catalog, and soon two more will join it – they're already being worked on.
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Boeing 747-400 Air France – this poster was drawn exactly ten years ago. It’s time to bring it up to modern standards and put it back into the catalog. The model has been updated, a new background has been drawn, a "Dark Theme" theme has been added, and a new description has been written. But there's something else here as well. In the future, this poster will appear in our news again – this is just the beginning of the next project. For now, this French "Jumbo" is simply another updated poster.
***
Two years ago, my wife and I visited Armenia – a mountainous country located beyond the Caucasus Range. We got a ton of unforgettable impressions from walking the streets of the ancient city of Gyumri, which isn't centuries old, but millennia! Getting acquainted with the history of such places has been my passion since childhood. On our way home, after our plane had vacated the runway at Vnukovo Airport, I saw out the window another plane landing right behind us, arriving from Armenia – that's how I met the Shirak Avia Boeing 737-500. And recently, we received a commission to draw this airplane – and here's the result.
***
And finally, today's issue features the "Speed Bird" from the shores of the "Foggy Albion" – the British Airways Boeing 777-200ER. This is just a standard update of a poster originally created in 2019. New background, new model, and "Dark Theme" – everything that's usually part of the update procedure.
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Soon, several more new posters will appear here. They are all currently in production, at various stages of completion. I'll try to manage one more release before my hospitalization.
More posters – good and diverse!
News #15/1
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