The South African Airways fleet illustrated in 3D - eight aircraft types rendered to one standard
3D Illustration & Publishing · 2013

South African Airways - The Fleet, Illustrated

ClientSawubona · SAA in-flight magazine
Category3D Illustration · Editorial
OutputFull fleet · eight aircraft types
ScopeModelled, rendered & finished solo

The brief

Sawubona, South African Airways’ in-flight magazine, needed the airline’s entire fleet illustrated for its “Our Fleet” page: every aircraft type the airline flew, from the Boeing 737 Freighter to the Airbus A340-600, presented to one visual standard alongside its specifications - passengers, length, wingspan, fuel capacity and cruising speed.

The page had to read at seat-back distance: a clean line-up a passenger could scan mid-flight and find the aircraft they were sitting in.

The approach

Each of the eight aircraft was built and rendered in 3D to a consistent angle, scale and lighting, with the SAA livery applied accurately against photographic reference - tail flag, cheatline and titles correct for every type.

The fleet reads as a family: one line-up, one standard, specifications typeset alongside each aircraft. Modelled, rendered and finished by one illustrator, start to finish.

SAA Airbus A340 render - consistent angle, scale and lighting
One standard - consistent angle, scale and lighting across the fleet

Outcome

8aircraft types illustrated
Onevisual standard throughout
PublishedSawubona magazine · From May 2013

The page ran in print in Sawubona’s May 2013 issue. The work was created in-house at the magazine’s publisher, before the studio traded as SBT20 - shown here as part of the capability record: 3D illustration, editorial systems and brand-accurate craft.

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