The Mauretania's Design Genius | Grand Plans

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Our beloved companion Michael C. Brady from the KZbin video channel Oceanliner Designs and Illustrations 🥰

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[@stantheman9072]

Dude! Geeking out over century-plus grand ship plans! No wonder we love your channel. No one else would ever even think of doing anything like this for a 40-minute video post. Absolute class. 👏 👏 👏 Take a bow, sir!

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[@ThePrincessSabrina]

Mike! As a blind woman who loves ship, I really appreciate your videos. In this one, i felt like i was viewing the plans myself. Thanks for making your videos so accessible. 38:03

[@FloatingOnAZephyr]

Sabrina, my fellow ship lover, it occurs to me that you may not know what our friend Mike Brady looks like, so I offer you this description. A tall, dark, handsome young man with pomaded hair and immaculate spectacles, he is wearing a grey waistcoat and crimson tie adorning a classic white shirt. He is, in short, the best-dressed man on KZbin. He wouldn't look a bit out of place in the first class lounge of a classic liner of old. I hope that helps you visualise as you watch his videos! See you for the next one!

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@@FloatingOnAZephyr That definitely gives me a picture . Thanks a bunch!

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[@FloatingOnAZephyr]

@@Tony_417 Just living in a friendlier world mate. You’re welcome any time.

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[@peggyparsons83]

Only Mike Brady can get me interested in watching videos about ship plans & blue prints. He is amazing. 😊😊😊

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I took a mechanical drawing (sometimes called drafting) class in high school WAY back in the Jurassic Age (1970) and it was the real old-timey way of doing things. T-squares, French curves, triangles, bow compasses, scale rules and bow-ink pens so I can REALLY appreciate the skill and artistry that went into these plans! We never got to that level, let me tell you! Those plans for Mauretania are really astonishing works of skill, if not art. A lost art nowadays I'm afraid. Hey, time and progress wait for no one. Thanks Mike, another great show!

[@DonnieBrass]

I took that same class, back in 1980. Those were different times, to say the least

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@DonnieBrass Absolutely! Todays computer-driven methods of design weren't even dreamed of yet. You know, every once in a while I'll see a set of old drafting tools like pens and compasses for sale in antique shows and shops and wonder how many people know what they are.

[@DonnieBrass]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 lol...yup. I actually have a full set. All of it...right down to the triangular shaped ruler and all. The way I remember it, step one, was always to square up the paper. Measure and lay out a perfectly square boundary to be drawn around the edge of the paper since the paper was rarely cut exactly square.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@DonnieBrass Yep, you still remember!

[@gbentley8176]

Used to teach that as Technical Drawing. I am actually watching this whilst sitting in a dining arm chair from Mauritania. one of a pair..

[@Nerdsarena]

From Kenya Your videos are soo good it has reached a point where I will watch anything you publish🙂

[@paulreed8658]

My autism is flaring. This is my new favorite channel. Thank you for sharing your passion with us - it’s very contagious.

[@jonofarc443]

Same with the autism. I LOVED ships when I was a kid in the 90s. I used to draw pictures of the Titanic, Lusitania, and Edmund Fitzgerald in class, and I still have the notebooks with my drawings 😅

[@teresamckeown5594]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I told a friend about this channel and they wondered when I started “caring” about this subject. 😂 I said I sure didn’t plan on it!

[@Deadsea_1993]

Same with Autism also. 😂

[@daviddeutermann18]

At about 1:54 as you said you and some friends bought plans I'll bet a thousand others joined me in saying "Wait - you can DO that??"

[@jenniferhof9448]

My dad was a draftsman, and I always loved watching him draft plans for whichever home or building he was working on. Everything was so intricate and detailed. And then to see the final building once it was completely was amazing. My dad had the greatest handwriting too. Miss you, Dad, every day.

[@drgeoffangel5422]

Hi Mike, I was a design draughtsman in the UK, in the 1970s-80's working on aircraft undercarriages, wings etc, for the British Aircraft industry. As a young man back then, as for ship design, we had acres of drawing boards, full of designers and draughtsmen in huge halls, drawing by hand every aspect of the design of the parts of an aircraft. I remember being part of the undercarriage design team, producing a one to one size drawing of a nose wheel landing gear. I had a 3 meter long drawing board, and we worked on Mylar in a 0.1mm Rotoring ink pen. Why Mylar, and not paper, because the master layout drawing needed to be as precise as possible when drawn, and keep it's size when measured off of it. I would lay out the whole undercarriage in a sectional view, showing the internal parts in sectional views. No CAD back then , every drawing was a work of art as well as functional. As my time as a draughtsman, for over 20 years,I must have produced thousands of drawings, of which I am still very proud of! It was a very skilled job, that required so much diligence and patience to produce drawings for parts, that require manufacture. Its nice to see a young man such as yourself, appreciate the skills, and dedication of the draughtsman, for whom without, back then, nothing ever could be made!

[@BigDT.BigDenny]

Hi Mike! Watching this from Hotel in Philadelphia with a view of the funnels of the SS UNITED STATES!!!!

[@phaasch]

I thought United States had been moved from Philly?

[@Frank-Horrigan2]

No not yet

[@LorenzoFerrari-d5e]

Is she still there?

[@stevewhite3424]

​@@phaaschWhat is so sad is that there have been numerous reports etc about refurbing. Rebuilding moving etc, the United States and none of them have ever come to fruition as we watch that beautiful mechanical marvel rot away.

[@phaasch]

@@stevewhite3424 How true. There are so many ships which never should have found themselves in such positions. One is HMS Warspite, the other at the head of the list is SS United States. The trouble with ships is that, as human creations, they are dependent upon humans for their salvation. And the human money so often flows in the sh#ttiest of directions.

[@ericcriteser4001]

You could absolutely draw that, Mike. When I was a kid in the 1980s I would sit down and draw all sorts of things in pencil and pen. The insides of ships and skyscrapers and trains and houses, etc. Great share as always. I would have watched for another half hour, easily. Have a great day.

[@Spooky1862]

I was a teenager in the ‘80s-I used to dream up my own Titanic-era ocean liners and yachts, and would draw side views and deck plans of them. You can have a lot of fun with just a straightedge and some colored pencils and pens!

[@ronalddunn291]

When I want to know something about a ship 🚢 I go to Mike and I get the Best information about the ship out there.👍🚢

[@scottwatrous]

I love going through old drawings and draftings. Personally, I could stand to see a handful more videos going into this ship, I'm sure you could spend plenty of time on the deck plans. The key with historic drawings is often to look at the interesting details and compare/contrast revisions, updates, notes, changes, etc. British plans from 100+ years ago certainly don't follow modern convention to the letter, so it's always fun to see what the different formats and styles were compared to what we use today. I was checking out some drawings for the Spitfire and it was a huge change from what I'm used to.

[@davidtreeby3909]

totally agree with seeing some more plans on this ship plus some other ships. time has whizzed by watching show and how entertaining it is.

[@Gregm-l9r]

Thank you so much for this, Mike . Loved the groundbreaking Mauritania in colour . I saw your legendary father singing his song , up there Cazaly , at football, and it was awesome . Two legendary Mike Bradys in one family .

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

:)

[@jaggd2340]

As someone who has the skills to hand draw all of this I assure you that you can too. You would have multiple days or weeks to create (and sometimes revise) these types of drawings, and all the dimensions would have been set by the time the "final" revisions of the large rigging drawings were produced. It's all about scale length, knowing 1 inch on the paper represents e.g. 12 ft constructed. Keep in mind draftsperson was (and to some extent still is) a real profession, and teams of engineers would have teams of draftspeople supporting them. producing detail drawings and overview drawings from concepts and descriptions and calculations.

[@RG-Models86]

Thank you for this one, Mike Mauritania has a unique beauty about her that sets her apart from the other Cunard ships, even her older sister Lusitania, who again was uniquely beautiful in her own way. ❤

[@foodandlipstick]

I can’t hear Mauretania and not recall “I don’t see what all the fuss is about, it doesn’t look any bigger than the Mauretania.” 😂

[@nicolec7234]

It’s over a hundred feet longer than Mauretania….and FAR more luxurious.

[@FlakusCorporation]

YES! You should absolutely pick up a pen and start drawing. In fact, do an episode where you narrate what you’re drawing WHILE you’re drawing. Like Bob Ross. As for ships for review, we here in Carson City, Nevada would like a peek into the S.S. Tahoe, which still rests at the bottom of Lake Tahoe in excellent condition. Her wheel is on display behind the Governor’s desk here at the Capitol, and even the whistle was saved for installation on a small locomotive.

[@codymartin77]

Mike you should do a history of the liner RMS Justicia. A forgotten lost liner sunk in WW1.

[@F-Man]

Also, the background music is Mozart’s Piano Concerto number 23 (K.488).

[@onetoughcreampuff]

Thank you! He chooses good music but I don't know enough to identify the pieces

[@KaerriRainshadow]

Thank you!

[@scottie_2024]

The concept for this series makes me obnoxiously excited

[@JefferyHall-ct2tr]

Hello MIke! PLEASE make a Mauretania part TWO with the deck plans! This series is going to be SUPER!

[@Michael.Chapman]

0:24 I’ve always loved the nostalgia, classicism, natural light and quality architecture of this incredible workspace, at Harland & Wolf I believe? Yep, we finally have computers in every home that can almost model and render Titanic down to rivet detail-but it seems we’ll never return to, nor can modern architecture compete with, the high-points of the late Victorians when it comes to architectural design of both public and domestic spaces.

[@patrickbureau1402]

Btw Couz - watercolor was an essential skill for professionals - historically British Army Engineers were trained to make watercolor maps as well. Thx 🍀🇨🇦⚜️

[@bernieschiff5919]

Yes, skilled technical illustrators were an essential part of any large industrial organization thru the 20th century. Later, the airbrush began to replace watercolor and pen as a way to show form and color.

[@mrmudcatslim1004]

Its obvious you really enjoy the subject matter. That makes your channel even more authentic in my mind. Really cool to see you enjoying yourself. Helps me get into it also.

[@matthewperegrine208]

I enjoyed that. Feedback: I couldn't really follow where your cursor was pointing during some of the explanations. Otherwise absolutely fantastic series idea. I am here for the next episodes

[@julieputney4317]

A lovely episode! There is just something fascinating about hand drawn and painted plans

[@b.w.22]

Love this, man! As for “other ships,” while I’m not sure you have it available to you, I’d love to see the plans for some of the French liners, particularly SS Normandie. Those deco liners were just so cool.

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That's my friend btw

[@clebekstrom3810]

From Ocean Liner Designs!

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No way! I have a friend named Mike Brady too... From... Ocean Li... IT'S THE SAME GUY, NO WAY!

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My friend and yours

[@Henri_Hilarious]

You mean SIR Mike Brady? Oh! He’s my friend too!

[@DanDauzacker]

Pleaase! More of this! As a Architect i love to see the Plans.

[@duanebarbic3786]

It just gets better and better with Brady !

[@gkstanfield]

ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING, Mike! Enthralling tour of a ship I could never know…and I loved the soft background music from the ships orchestra…plus the fact that you always dress for your films…a classy move. Are you a Naval Engineer or a Naval Architect by trade..? You certainly know your way around boats..! I will suggest a similar tour of the IMPERATOR; only because my entire maternal family emigrated aboard her- to the United States from Switzerland in February, 1921…when she was a new Cunard War Prize, but only weeks before being re-christened as RMS BERENGARIA… You’re quite a great raconteur- thank you for this video, Mike!

[@MrGoesBoom]

I can absolutely agree with you that these designs are both beautiful and amazing....the amount of detail and precision they packed into these drawings are fantastic. Really great they saved these and preserved them for future generations. Thanks for sharing

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The single greatest youtube chanell by far. We love you Mikey,

[@JoshuaHistoryBuff]

I know you don’t usually cover warships and modern warships even less but getting to see the insides of an aircraft carrier like this would be extremely interesting my friend Mike!

[@sauter1]

I think plans for military vessels would be classified information and not released to the public. I remember back in the mid 90s while I was reading for my engineering degree (here in Malta) we went to see a visiting American aircraft carrier that was hosting an open day. I remember asking the officer who was showing my group around if he would let us have a peek inside the engine room. His reply was "No, sorry..that's classified." Likewise, every other member of the crew - whether comms operator, or aircraft mechanic etc - was very well trained on which questions they could answer, and which not, so we heard the instant "sorry, that's classified" reply several times that day. Still was an impressive experience though. :)

[@RMS_Mauretania]

My favorite ship finally getting the attention it deserves, thank you

[@paulw4310]

Those plans were a beautiful combination of left and right brained skills. Really enjoyed this video, Mike.

[@NonsensicalNauticalRambings]

I can't wait for more of these, ocean liner plans are the holy grail of collecting, and their detail more than proves that. Thanks for another good video as always, Mike!

[@stjohnfilms]

Good afternoon, Mike. Loving this one on architecture plans for the ship. As usual, a sublime speaker! ☮️

[@KaiFreemaker95]

We need to get this man to 1M… absolute legend and my favourite ship channel on YT. Much love from the US

[@donavan2517]

The Mauretania is my favorite liner of all time, so glad to see you doing a video on her. Especially focusing on the in-depth design process I love context like this. Kudos yet again, continue to love your content.

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It's our Capt and friend Mike Brady, I love these videos on a Sunday.

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When the “it’s your friend, Mike Brady”, I know I’m in for a good show! Keep them coming. 😊👍🏻

[@cashgarman]

I would love to see more Grand Plans, that was indeed a beautiful look at a gorgeous piece of what is quite frankly. And very very educational too, thank you for the video!

[@Seabee203]

I absolutely love this style of documentary! Please do more, especially with focus on how interior designs changed over naval history and technological advancement.

[@PhilipAlvers]

Master Class in Maritime History!

[@Spillthetea19_99]

I love how he’s so enthusiastic at about ships and so compassionate about them. I’m the same way and as someone who paints and is gonna takes classes for painting this astonishes me. The painting and attention to detail of this ship is beautifully done. ❤ Thank you I was just talking to my dad about the Mauretania and here you are posting about her! Thank you Mike Brady.

[@HughBonnet]

I am so happy you are starting this! I always really enjoyed your ships drawing explanation videos! Thanks Mike!’ 😊

[@ronbakke304]

Thanks!

[@NirmaljitKahlon-o7g]

i am extremely happy that mike had made a video of RMS Mauretania ❤

[@luissamour2182]

Mauretania is such a pretty ship. Thanks for making this videe my friend, Mike Brady, from Oceanliner Designs

[@americanrambler4972]

It’s amazing how big, grand and complicated these ships were, and at the end of the day they did not really have long life spans. Especially when you take into consideration the time needed to design and build them. (1902 to 1907). She was in service from nov 1907 to September 1934, just under 27 years. And in 1935 she was scrapped, it only took about a year and she was totally gone except for few bits and pieces sold on to other users. It appears that ocean liners often had service lives of 30 to 50 years, but cruise ships appear to only last about 30 years before they are removed from service and scrapped.

[@morandana77]

Thoroughly enjoyed the beginning of this new series! The plans are fascinating and your reactions to them delightful. More please!

[@PewKittens]

Looking into the paperwork of these amazing engineering feats? This is what makes this channel great.

[@TheHylianBatman]

I wanted to learn to do this, so much so that I looked at going back to college for it. They had transitioned to computerized drafting, so I didn't do it. Yet, at least. For ships I'd like to see in this series, any one of the Bollin trio or Aquitania would be my pick! What beautiful plans, and what a fun episode! You say you want to draw like this, Mike, but the good news is you can! It just takes practice. I believe in you!

[@ethanwaldock6986]

Can’t wait for you to crack the 750k and finally your 1M subs. I can’t name many folks who deserve it more than you, Mike. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@arniestuboud]

GREAT IDEA - Looking at plans of various old liners. MORE for Mauretania please - the deck plans. This length of video is fine for this kind of deep dive. HELPFUL SUGGESTION: Your "highlight window" is way too woosie. It can't be seen easily enough. I found myself looking for it more times than not. Can this be boldened up a bit? The same is true for your pointer. Just too small. Otherwise, ALL IS FANTASTIC !!! MORE for lots of liners please!!

[@cheesyllama]

New segment called Grand Plans? Well make some more Grand Plans because these are so cool and so fascinating. I'm here for all of this content. The plans, the walkabout with THG, any series, anything at all, keep uploading!!

[@Timberwolf69]

I would love a part 2 to this one with the deck plans you teased.

[@csmatthew]

today is a good day, graced by one of our friend's uploads. At 08:27 you're talking about the ladder to the top deck, however my eye is caught by what appears to be a ramp leading down from the lowermost promenade deck to a point on the hull. I imagine this was not used for boarding passengers, would this have been for the pilot? Or perhaps it was for boarding passengers where tenders were used? BTW, I first grew to love Mauretania when at architecture school. I was designing a new form of social housing and found many answers not in existing buildings, but by studying the deck plans of the Mauretania. Somewhat more personally, my late grandmother related to me how she saw the Mauretania on her final journey to the breaking yard, stopping on the Tyne for a civic visit by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle.

[@zarzaf6414]

I think the vaterland is the most impressive ship of that era. I can't wait to see its plans

[@phaasch]

Brilliant, Mike. As you say, just mind boggling that this was executed entirely freehand, and you finally answered what I'd been wondering about the actual size of these illustrations. That would look fantastic framed up on a long wall, somewhere. Like my garden room! I was surprised to see that the foremost wasn't stepped right down to the keel, considering the amount of weight it needed to handle for loading. The framing in that area must have been beefed up to compensate.

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

Fantastic plans and in color! Thanks, Mike.

[@tenfingerfreak]

This was really cool and interesting! I did have trouble seeing where you were highlighting though

[@viannedemirel]

Finally a Mauretania video 😍 she is my favorite ship

[@C.R.J100]

You really are good at presenting. I love the way you open every new piece. Goon on you Mike Brady.

[@izaiahdatu7794]

Sacrificing sleep for this

[@nursestoyland]

Why sleep when you can watch our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs!

[@some-guy1952]

this man has his priorities straighter than the straightest line ever

[@dougpine]

Mike Brady! It's your friend Doug Pine. Because I love your channel so much I thought I might dare to offer a terminology lesson. You used the term bollard to describe what people might trip over on a ship in the darkness of night. Those are actually bitts. Bollards are the fixtures on a wharf or pier that you attach morning lines to. Bitts are what lines sent up from ashore or another vessel attach to. They're most commonly used these days when an assist tug or bunker barge sends up lines.

[@SeaTravelr123]

Loved this. Need to see this again. Doria would be great. And maybe Michelangelo/Raffaello. Had a great laugh about anchors and crew quarters. I was on OV2 as a therapist, and we were forward, probably 20 feet aft of the anchor. We regularly tendered in at least 2 ports off of France. Some times on our days off and by 0630 you would hear her enormous anchor chain rattle down the hull and then hear it wound back up to tighten. On QV we thought we missed this problem with our C deck Center cabins, but no. What was just outside our cabin walls ? The tender platform and ladder. So some nice loud thuds as the ship readied herself in the tender ports. Can’t win for losing. QV cabins were closer to the generators or engines and were subsequently a bit warmer too.

[@GageisGreat12]

Maury has always been my favorite ship; nice to see all the details

[@emmap124]

I just love Mauretania’s vents, they gave her so much personality. It would be amazing if we could purchase prints of these gorgeous plans from you one day!

[@noellepepin454]

Thank you for getting me interested in something I never expected to be so into! Your enthusiasm and excitement over the works you cover is contagious and thank you so much for sharing with us!

[@jimtrack3786]

Drawing these beautiful ships has been a lifelong hobby of mine. I have done Titanic for friends several times. It is so relaxing working on the small details with some classical music in the background. Drawing is inexpensive and very rewarding.

[@Tantalis77]

my god, mike brady's done it again

[@Z2hstudio]

These drawings are really great! I am a product designer, although I use computer software for modeling and rendering most of the time, I also draw a lot of drawings like the ones you shared. It is a way of expression between engineering drawings and renderings, with strict proportions, dimensions and annotations, sections of key parts, and coloring based on actual design ideas and the texture of actual parts (I usually use colored pencils). Although this method seems time-consuming and laborious now, it actually allows me to calm down and think and coordinate all the details.

[@jean-guillaumelonjaret5741]

Now I forgot what I came to KZbin for. Damn you again, Mike Brady !

[@johntamlyn6383]

This is absolutely fascinating! Really beautiful detail. Very interesting. Just fantastic 👏👏👏

[@scottieskatan4219]

I love your channel your enthusiasm is infectious, I grew up on the coast so can appreciate big ships cruising about. Keep on killing it Cobba

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

Love it!

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

aaaah good man! Just started my Mauretania model, this will be a good source of info and always nice to see a video on my favourite ship. What a beautifully proportioned ship, and happily a wonderful career to go with it. Thanks for covering her Mike, One of Newcastles finest

[@MikeMcglynn-qv1tq]

"Elephant ears" what a perfect description!

[@Bchristian2406]

Such a beautiful ship

[@HorribleHarry]

Love the idea of this series. Would like ro see Bremen/Europa!

[@pedenharley6266]

This reminds me of the good old days when our friend, Mike Brady, brought us beautiful drawings in 2D glory! It’s been fun to watch the channel grow and develop, but I miss some things about the old 2D days!

[@ElliotWizerd]

Have been here since the you start the channel. happy to be a member now to

[@willflint5014]

Currently without power for the third day in a row. Glad to have my friend Mike Brady, to provide me with another tremendous video!

[@chubbywombat7402]

Wow, Mike, so this is what Steamship Pr0n is like. Interesting. You seemed genuinely happy. I get a similar feeling when watching the endless spacedock scene of Star Trek: The (Slow) Motion picture. Gawd, do I love those lines of Refit Connie Enterprise. Such a beauty. Best looking ship in all of SciFi. Being serious again, thank you for this great video. Very informative and entertaining, learning about Mauretania through your eyes. High quality content, as always. Thank you, Mr Mike Brady.

[@gehtdianschasau8372]

High, friend Mike, i really appreciate videos like that. On photos and videos, you only get to see the least important parts of a ship. What makes the whole thing work, is under the waterline. That is the interresting part. Have fun, friend Mike!

[@RichardStephens-lq3ou]

Definitely, I love looking at these old drawings, it gives me ideas for my models

[@Henri_Hilarious]

25:00 You can actually go to the RMS Queen Mary’s auxiliary steering wheel. It’s very close to the propeller exhibit.

[@davechurch9354]

Hi from nz love your vids keep up the great work

[@gregorykayne6054]

Out of the Park AGAIN, Mike! Thanks!

[@einbaerchen2995]

The steps in the hull leading down from front to back and the split in the superstructure really make these ships unique and stunningly beautiful.

[@OceanNightBlue09]

Great vid Mike

[@calumjelley9395]

Another great video! I love working on ships so it’s interesting to learn about what came before! Great job 😊

[@wutang80oc39]

Seeing the QM2 docked in Quebec City made me check this channel, and I’ll be damned a new video

[@yetshi]

we finally get to look at some oceanliner designs. need more of this, show the drawings and images, point out all the interesting bits on ships

[@jaynorris3722]

I love the hand drawn and painted works. Part of that person was put into each drawing. Thank you Mike for bring this information to us.

[@FlakusCorporation]

You CAN draw like this by hand, Mike! Maybe for one of your videos, show a drawing of a ship you’ve done at least in part by hand. I’ll often draw a basic outline of something in AutoCAD, then pencil in things on the printout. This works especially well with colored pencil when you want to add the sky in the background without taking focus away from the engineering design you’re trying to convey.