25 October 2009 - 21:28

I have been progressively obsessed with the idea of flight. I understand that getting one’s feet off the ground hasn’t been a challenge to humans for quite some time now, but that doesn’t downplay the romanticism of it. Our race of wingless dreamers has engineered more than one way to overcome gravity.

In honor of the innovators of flight, I have been doing some simple illustrations of the machines that take us to new heights.

Let’s begin with one of my favourites – the hot air balloon.