Car drawings

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I'd suggest looking at these as the writers explain their thought process which you can then relate to as you look at each step-by-step image. Hopefully this will help you understand the intent is behind each step to creating the final image.

http://designertechniques.com/tutorials/hectorrealubithandsketching01-page1.htm

http://designertechniques.com/tutorials/mikaellugnegardtraditionalrendering01-page1.htm

It's what I used to go off of when I wanted to do more than just "trying things out".

This one was back in 2009:

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Drawing in pencil/pen? I was lazy in hatch shading.

This one was in 2011:

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This thread has become extremely quiet over the last year. Hopefully there will be lots of new work posted here in 2018!

Here's what I'm currently working on... a Celica ST162, one of my all time favourite cars. This was a friends car which was has now been scrapped, as it was involved in an accident last year (after he had owned it for over 20 years). :( A beautiful car well worth a drawing.

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This thread has become extremely quiet over the last year. Hopefully there will be lots of new work posted here in 2018!

Here's what I'm currently working on... a Celica ST162, one of my all time favourite cars. This was a friends car which was has now been scrapped, as it was involved in an accident last year (after he had owned it for over 20 years). :( A beautiful car well worth a drawing.

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Wow that's amazing. Can't wait to see the finished product.
 
Now. This is my GT3 class Lexus LC500. This is my second time cross-hatching, the first being the 919 you see above. Its not great, but its a start. Like they say, there is a first time for everything.
 
I never was much good at drawing, but I've been kicking around ideas for a little two-seat streamlined hot rod influenced by '50s grand prix racers, powered by an air-cooled Volkswagen engine in front, and I just wanted to get something on paper:

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I originally drew heavily from a Connaught Type C with its fin-like posterior but decided to button it up with an integrated fuel pod hanging off the back in lieu of a spun aluminum tank held on by straps.

The insert line that mimics the overall shape designates a body panel inset by about 1/16" to do more with the dead space and also denotes the point where the body begins to curve heavily top and bottom or gradually front and back.
 
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Getting... there... painfully slowly!

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Got an audible "Wow" from me. Please share the finished results.

Hand-drawn, AI-colored backgrounds I made for my phone and computer:
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Something about the colors give me a comforting memory of the 1990s. I'm liking your style.

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This is a project I've only put 3-4 hours into. It's apart of a larger series on the Paris - Dakar rally during the 1980s. It's pretty time consuming, especially when I'm trying to stylize it while keeping an accurate look.

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This one isn't really a car drawing, but a little logo I made for fun. It may possibly be used if I can fund it. I'd love to run a small moving company, and considering I'm looking to import a Suzuki carry from Japan, as well as a Cappuccino, it could happen.

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