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oh got damn YESSSSSSSSSSS
You have a prototyping-style that I was never able to correctly develop, I LOVE what you are doing here not because of the type of drawing, but because of some very very fresh ideas in some of these, even if they take inspiration in their heritage. That Honda highboy is insane, I love the Mirafiori concept. Way to go. More than welcome to this place!
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Wow. My 458 Italia has nothing on this thread. 
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Wow. My 458 Italia has nothing on this thread.
Can you re-upload it please?
I wish I can share some of mines, man.. But my sis is hogging the scanner
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Wow!, finally have managed to go through the thread... again some amazing work and quality artists in this thread, (sorry in advance for the fairly long list)
TVR&Ferrari_Fan, (great to see a really good improvement)
VIPFREAK
under18carbon
exigeracer
Rouge Ssv
Sakiale
AOS
V1P3R
stumpydino
jacoja06
Cano
Invincible M5
Flamedogg
Rue
z1chris
Wyvern89
tonypanda
These guy's work has stood out the most for me in this thread... that's not to say that i have'nt liked anybody else's work, it's just the work by all these guys i find really impressive.
@OwenRacing, Thanks man, i never look at cars when i draw, (with the exception of the Le mans Jaguar XJ9 sketch... did a quick sketch off the internet to get the colourscheme/livery style, that i want to adapt to my WIP), though i have looked at many pictures of concept cars etc on different occasions (never whilst sketching or drawing), but it is very hard not to be influenced by stuff i have seen in the past... sometimes my subconscious mind plays tricks on me
but it's never intentional (not that i feel you were suggesting that is what i do).
@AOS, Thanks, glad you like the VW, i don't know whether you were referring to me or Cano about the marker pens.. but i have used them for a while now and i've got a couple of books on Marker techniques/car design, but i've never actually sat down and studied them (though i know i really should), funny thing is i'm running down on markers at the moment... need to get some more warm/cool greys, either that or start to use a graphics tablet.. PS, your work is stunning, real nice stuff man.
@Cano Thanks man, and i love your work too, i think you'd make the transition to concept designs really easily judging from your other work, your car carichatures (think that's how it's spelt ) are probably the best i've ever seen in that style of art, i think it would be great to see some more of your designs, at the moment i'm playing with the idea of doing some Hotwheels style car designs (over the top crazy designs) and i think it would be great if you'd have a go at it too...( have seen the hotwheels/matchbox thread.. you've got the best collection i've ever seen, just wish i had all the cars from my youth still ) i bet you'd come up with some stunning designs.
@jacoja06, Thanks, i have'nt finished that saloon yet (i don't usually do saloons).. it was mean't to be some kind of Fiat saloon so i could justify the Abarth WIP sketch that i started (even though it bares little resemblance to it), i was trying to take the same approach as Fiat did, when they did the Abath 131, it was based on a standard saloon (forgot the name), anyway here's a couple more sketches (not very good) of my design of a Fiat saloon i was trying to base it off: (don't know whether i'll ever get around to finishing the saloon though)
animate 098 by dazzz99, on Flickr
animate 097 by dazzz99, on Flickr
PS, i absolutely love your work, the attention to detail and your skill is amazing.
@tonypanda, Thanks man, i think your GTR is really good, though i don't agree when you say that i'm much better, i think it's just our styles are different (not hugely though), personally i think i'm far from great... i'm 36yr's old and to be honest i know i'm never going to be a real car designer or anything (no proper study in design/engineering/aerodynamics or any other associated design requirement/skill), it's just that i like to draw cars now & again and have been doing so from a young age... so what you see is just down to practice really... sure i know i have a bit of talent but i'm no-where near the level i'd like to be, but don't get me wrong i'm still happy with what i can do.
@Wyvern, Love both them pics, really great stuff man, especially love the manga concept car.. can definitely see the elements of jet fighter and mecha,
(although it's not the same), i had a go at doing a manga concept style car, (please excuse the crumpled and tatty pic... it's from a few years back,2002 i think), some may have seen it already on my Flickr page but for those that have'nt.. here it is:
concept1 by dazzz99, on Flickr
(Brief explanation )
It was basically done as a car/type of vehicle for a game idea i submitted to a games dev company my partner worked for at the time, i don't think it was taken seriously, but the idea behind the car is that it's magnetic and sticks to the road above, it has a trick 4 wheel steering system that throws/banks the seating carriage out to the right whilst turning left (& vice'a'versa), this was to simulate a kind of tilt roller-coaster style effect when cornering on the roller coaster/wipe-out style road system i had in mind, i got the idea for the car from 2 things... 1: was that i've been told from my mom, that from an early age (that i don't remember) i used to draw cars/trains/aeroplanes etc upside down ,
and 2: when i was young i used to have a TCR/Aurora slot car set that had magnetic cars, although i did'nt have any later sets, i seem to remember the same company did sets (or part of track) that allowed the magnetic cars run upside down hence.... i even went as far as to recreate it out of Lego (just the car not the track) and the steering worked like a dream, (the Lego model does'nt exist anymore but i might do 1 again and show some pics of how the steering tilts the car)... i know i was just dreaming about the game idea (won't go into detail about the game.. other than, it was a bit like GTA set in a neo-Tokyo style setting... probably a bit cliche i know), but i thought it would have made a quite good game at the time... that and there could have been a slot-car ceiling mounted toy set spin-off... LOL!!
PS... Sorry to all for the wall-a-text post... also forgot to mention that sometimes i use chalk pastel for airbrush style colouring (though i wish i had the real thing).
(EDIT) thought i'd add these 2 pics of a drift style car i posted on the Forza site a while back.. i named it the Fujimi:
rear
img054 by dazzz99, on Flickr
front (finished version)
img060 by dazzz99, on Flickr
I know this is a GT thread, but i love both games, so i hope nobody minds that i've posted it.
TVR&Ferrari_Fan, (great to see a really good improvement)
VIPFREAK
under18carbon
exigeracer
Rouge Ssv
Sakiale
AOS
V1P3R
stumpydino
jacoja06
Cano
Invincible M5
Flamedogg
Rue
z1chris
Wyvern89
tonypanda
These guy's work has stood out the most for me in this thread... that's not to say that i have'nt liked anybody else's work, it's just the work by all these guys i find really impressive.
@OwenRacing, Thanks man, i never look at cars when i draw, (with the exception of the Le mans Jaguar XJ9 sketch... did a quick sketch off the internet to get the colourscheme/livery style, that i want to adapt to my WIP), though i have looked at many pictures of concept cars etc on different occasions (never whilst sketching or drawing), but it is very hard not to be influenced by stuff i have seen in the past... sometimes my subconscious mind plays tricks on me
but it's never intentional (not that i feel you were suggesting that is what i do).@AOS, Thanks, glad you like the VW, i don't know whether you were referring to me or Cano about the marker pens.. but i have used them for a while now and i've got a couple of books on Marker techniques/car design, but i've never actually sat down and studied them (though i know i really should), funny thing is i'm running down on markers at the moment... need to get some more warm/cool greys, either that or start to use a graphics tablet.. PS, your work is stunning, real nice stuff man.
@Cano Thanks man, and i love your work too, i think you'd make the transition to concept designs really easily judging from your other work, your car carichatures (think that's how it's spelt
) are probably the best i've ever seen in that style of art, i think it would be great to see some more of your designs, at the moment i'm playing with the idea of doing some Hotwheels style car designs (over the top crazy designs) and i think it would be great if you'd have a go at it too...( have seen the hotwheels/matchbox thread.. you've got the best collection i've ever seen, just wish i had all the cars from my youth still ) i bet you'd come up with some stunning designs.@jacoja06, Thanks, i have'nt finished that saloon yet (i don't usually do saloons).. it was mean't to be some kind of Fiat saloon so i could justify the Abarth WIP sketch that i started (even though it bares little resemblance to it), i was trying to take the same approach as Fiat did, when they did the Abath 131, it was based on a standard saloon (forgot the name), anyway here's a couple more sketches (not very good) of my design of a Fiat saloon i was trying to base it off: (don't know whether i'll ever get around to finishing the saloon though)
animate 098 by dazzz99, on Flickr
animate 097 by dazzz99, on Flickr
PS, i absolutely love your work, the attention to detail and your skill is amazing.
@tonypanda, Thanks man, i think your GTR is really good, though i don't agree when you say that i'm much better, i think it's just our styles are different (not hugely though), personally i think i'm far from great... i'm 36yr's old and to be honest i know i'm never going to be a real car designer or anything (no proper study in design/engineering/aerodynamics or any other associated design requirement/skill), it's just that i like to draw cars now & again and have been doing so from a young age... so what you see is just down to practice really... sure i know i have a bit of talent but i'm no-where near the level i'd like to be, but don't get me wrong i'm still happy with what i can do
. @Wyvern, Love both them pics, really great stuff man, especially love the manga concept car.. can definitely see the elements of jet fighter and mecha,
(although it's not the same), i had a go at doing a manga concept style car, (please excuse the crumpled and tatty pic... it's from a few years back,2002 i think), some may have seen it already on my Flickr page but for those that have'nt.. here it is:
concept1 by dazzz99, on Flickr
(Brief explanation
)It was basically done as a car/type of vehicle for a game idea i submitted to a games dev company my partner worked for at the time, i don't think it was taken seriously, but the idea behind the car is that it's magnetic and sticks to the road above, it has a trick 4 wheel steering system that throws/banks the seating carriage out to the right whilst turning left (& vice'a'versa), this was to simulate a kind of tilt roller-coaster style effect when cornering on the roller coaster/wipe-out style road system i had in mind, i got the idea for the car from 2 things... 1: was that i've been told from my mom, that from an early age (that i don't remember
) i used to draw cars/trains/aeroplanes etc upside down ,and 2: when i was young i used to have a TCR/Aurora slot car set that had magnetic cars, although i did'nt have any later sets, i seem to remember the same company did sets (or part of track) that allowed the magnetic cars run upside down hence.... i even went as far as to recreate it out of Lego
(just the car not the track) and the steering worked like a dream, (the Lego model does'nt exist anymore but i might do 1 again and show some pics of how the steering tilts the car)... i know i was just dreaming about the game idea (won't go into detail about the game.. other than, it was a bit like GTA set in a neo-Tokyo style setting... probably a bit cliche i know), but i thought it would have made a quite good game at the time... that and there could have been a slot-car ceiling mounted toy set spin-off... LOL!! PS... Sorry to all for the wall-a-text post... also forgot to mention that sometimes i use chalk pastel for airbrush style colouring (though i wish i had the real thing).
(EDIT) thought i'd add these 2 pics of a drift style car i posted on the Forza site a while back.. i named it the Fujimi:
rear
img054 by dazzz99, on Flickr
front (finished version)
img060 by dazzz99, on Flickr
I know this is a GT thread, but i love both games, so i hope nobody minds that i've posted it.
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You guys have no idea how much I want to tell you how dumb Automotive Design is as a field of Design in general..... but I won't just because I won't won't get my message across.
@elitedriver, before you get into colouring, you should get proportions and perspective correct first....if your form isn't correct, even the most realistic rendering won't make it look real... also, you don't need high-end materials or tools to get realistic results. Sketch paper works perfectly fine, unless it's got super coarse grain (at which point, you're not using ideal paper for pencil).
Wyvern, you can totally refine that design as a concept which you can develop further later on... not as something to be put in the assembly line, but something in a fictional setting like a movie or video game.
@elitedriver, before you get into colouring, you should get proportions and perspective correct first....if your form isn't correct, even the most realistic rendering won't make it look real... also, you don't need high-end materials or tools to get realistic results. Sketch paper works perfectly fine, unless it's got super coarse grain (at which point, you're not using ideal paper for pencil).
Wyvern, you can totally refine that design as a concept which you can develop further later on... not as something to be put in the assembly line, but something in a fictional setting like a movie or video game.
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I knew there was something awfully wrong about that drawing.. I was thinking about using guidance shapes (e.g. rectangles and such) to assist making the proportions right but I'm not sure how that will work. But thanks AOS for the constructive criticism đź‘Ť
I use mechanical pencils and simple erasers to draw. Maybe I should use a No. 2 pencil for shading..
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Using boxes is a fundamental to drawing objects, they make me draw isometric cars instead of perspective cars as a result, unsure why. I wouldn't worry about using ellipses and templates until you fully understood what something should look like at specific angles. Knowledge comes first, execution comes later.
Use whatever achieves your goals best, I personally hate using mechanical pencils.. If I wanted sharp lines, I'd use pens, and if I wanted something more expressive, I could use a 2H or 3B pencil...
hit up designertechniques if you're interested in drawing cars. They teach design sketching... which is what At1ness exhibited....
Use whatever achieves your goals best, I personally hate using mechanical pencils.. If I wanted sharp lines, I'd use pens, and if I wanted something more expressive, I could use a 2H or 3B pencil...
hit up designertechniques if you're interested in drawing cars. They teach design sketching... which is what At1ness exhibited....
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Oh wow, some truly impressive stuff posted in here since the last time I looked 
I pretty much stick to profile/non-perspective drawing simply because I tend to use my drawings as blueprints for 3d modeling. Though, more often than not my car designs end up tossed into a pile and never modeled due to laziness or loss of interest in a design. Sometime I may give perspective drawing another try, I used to be half decent at it back in high school lol...
Anyway I need to draw something that actually holds my interests for more than 5 minutes before I post up anything else here.
I pretty much stick to profile/non-perspective drawing simply because I tend to use my drawings as blueprints for 3d modeling. Though, more often than not my car designs end up tossed into a pile and never modeled due to laziness or loss of interest in a design. Sometime I may give perspective drawing another try, I used to be half decent at it back in high school lol...
Anyway I need to draw something that actually holds my interests for more than 5 minutes before I post up anything else here.
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@ryanb98,elitedriver123 and zr1chris, no i don't work in the automotive industry (and never will), Thanks for the compliments though, the reason i say i never will work in that field is simply because i'm not good enough (creative wise amongst other things), and to be honest my age is against me (although i feel young for a 36yr old ).
When i look back, i just wished i'd studied harder at school, and would have planned a better route for myself but drawing cars/concepts is a passion i will never lose not matter what, the good (and positive) thing is though... is that i see a similar passion for car design and drawing/sketching in many of you... and i'm guessing that many of you are younger than i am, which means it's not too late for you guys.
With regards to this.. i agree with AOS in the fact that, many may be more obsessed with sketches/renders/drawings being very accurate and well proportioned (and generally how well a car is drawn), rather than, focusing on the most important thing... which is as AOS said, the idea and stylization and the ability to express and convey said idea/stylization (that's how i read that comment.. please correct me if i'm wrong AOS), so although being able to draw is important to a certain extent, it's not really the most important thing (i have a friend who designs cars for Lotus, he used to design for Diahatsu too... and he would agree with what AOS has said).
My friend's work is amazing! though many of his renders look unfinished... but the fact is, he's just being very efficient, by only displaying what is most important, the idea and stylization... proportions and full colour sketches are'nt really needed for him to describe his idea really well to the people that matter.
Anyway, enough of my waffling on and Great Ferrari, elitedriver, the perspective is looking quite good and i hear what you're saying about Sketch pad paper... in my past experience of using the stuff, it mostly tends to be a kind of cartridge paper... which will basically suck up and bleed most marker pens, if you really want to add colour by way of marker pen, i highly recommend you invest in a marker pad or layout pad (don't know how much it would cost where you are, but for a layout pad over here in the UK, it cost about ÂŁ7 for a A3 size with 80 sheets)...
If you are thinking about getting a layout pad, make sure you use it from the last page, because the paper is semi-transparent, you can trace and improve on sketches by simply turning the leaf, another thing is regarding marker pens... if you're just starting out, i would recommend a cheap set of Sharpie permanent markers, as apposed to expensive Pantone and the like... also remember to use them in a well ventilated area.. as most permanent markers are either alcohol or solvent based... though the advantage is, they dry real quick which allows you to build up greater colour and tones.
keep up the good work guys.
).When i look back, i just wished i'd studied harder at school, and would have planned a better route for myself but drawing cars/concepts is a passion i will never lose not matter what, the good (and positive) thing is though... is that i see a similar passion for car design and drawing/sketching in many of you... and i'm guessing that many of you are younger than i am, which means it's not too late for you guys.
With regards to this.. i agree with AOS in the fact that, many may be more obsessed with sketches/renders/drawings being very accurate and well proportioned (and generally how well a car is drawn), rather than, focusing on the most important thing... which is as AOS said, the idea and stylization and the ability to express and convey said idea/stylization (that's how i read that comment.. please correct me if i'm wrong AOS), so although being able to draw is important to a certain extent, it's not really the most important thing (i have a friend who designs cars for Lotus, he used to design for Diahatsu too... and he would agree with what AOS has said).
My friend's work is amazing! though many of his renders look unfinished... but the fact is, he's just being very efficient, by only displaying what is most important, the idea and stylization... proportions and full colour sketches are'nt really needed for him to describe his idea really well to the people that matter.
Anyway, enough of my waffling on and Great Ferrari, elitedriver, the perspective is looking quite good and i hear what you're saying about Sketch pad paper... in my past experience of using the stuff, it mostly tends to be a kind of cartridge paper... which will basically suck up and bleed most marker pens, if you really want to add colour by way of marker pen, i highly recommend you invest in a marker pad or layout pad (don't know how much it would cost where you are, but for a layout pad over here in the UK, it cost about ÂŁ7 for a A3 size with 80 sheets)...
If you are thinking about getting a layout pad, make sure you use it from the last page, because the paper is semi-transparent, you can trace and improve on sketches by simply turning the leaf, another thing is regarding marker pens... if you're just starting out, i would recommend a cheap set of Sharpie permanent markers, as apposed to expensive Pantone and the like... also remember to use them in a well ventilated area.. as most permanent markers are either alcohol or solvent based... though the advantage is, they dry real quick which allows you to build up greater colour and tones.
keep up the good work guys.
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^^^^
Actually, I said that you'll have excellent potential in automotive design. But regardless, I hope you enjoy your sketching skills in other design jobs đź‘Ť
Yep, I'm only 13 years old, so...
I always worry a bit about detail, proportions, realism, etc. on my drawings, and forget that point sometimes.
Thanks for the compliment, 1ness And yes, I use sketch paper for most of my drawings. And I'll see with the marker paper/layout pad (Staples, perhaps? ).
I never really thought about using permanent markers for coloring.. How will that work? I feel a bit more comfortable with colored pencils.
Actually, I said that you'll have excellent potential in automotive design. But regardless, I hope you enjoy your sketching skills in other design jobs đź‘Ť
Yep, I'm only 13 years old, so...
I always worry a bit about detail, proportions, realism, etc. on my drawings, and forget that point sometimes.
Thanks for the compliment, 1ness
And yes, I use sketch paper for most of my drawings. And I'll see with the marker paper/layout pad (Staples, perhaps? ). I never really thought about using permanent markers for coloring.. How will that work? I feel a bit more comfortable with colored pencils.
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@Tecnicolors,
Yeah, certainly if you're not comfortable with using marker pen, some great effects can be achieved from using pencil crayons.. highly recommend water-colour pencil crayons, they're more expensive than normal coloured pencil crayons, but they're a lot softer, which makes them easier to smudge and create blended tones etc... the best way to do this is with a cotton cleanser or piece of tissue paper, chalk pastels are another option... but can be really quite messy, and the stains (created by the excess chalk dust) don't come out of carpet too well let me tell you.
Yeah, certainly if you're not comfortable with using marker pen, some great effects can be achieved from using pencil crayons.. highly recommend water-colour pencil crayons, they're more expensive than normal coloured pencil crayons, but they're a lot softer, which makes them easier to smudge and create blended tones etc... the best way to do this is with a cotton cleanser or piece of tissue paper, chalk pastels are another option... but can be really quite messy, and the stains (created by the excess chalk dust) don't come out of carpet too well let me tell you
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@Tecnicolors,
Yeah, certainly if you're not comfortable with using marker pen, some great effects can be achieved from using pencil crayons.. highly recommend water-colour pencil crayons, they're more expensive than normal coloured pencil crayons, but they're a lot softer, which makes them easier to smudge and create blended tones etc... the best way to do this is with a cotton cleanser or piece of tissue paper, chalk pastels are another option... but can be really quite messy, and the stains (created by the excess chalk dust) don't come out of carpet too well let me tell you
I'm a bit interested in water-coloring as well so that will be radical
EDIT: How should I do shading? I usually make a patch of pencil graphite on a small piece of scrap paper, rub my finger on it, and apply it on a selected drawing.
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Yes, and I never could actually make it work. It was when I made the jump from traditional to digital because of work. When I did traditional, I always used color pencils. Started using left-over markers from my wife's career, but that was a vert VERY short time. I then made the jump to digital and haven't even tried to colouring with traditional means again unless I'm doing commissioned artwork, which ussually means a gigantic, 70cm x 50cm car-toon of someone's car, so I can't really chance it with media I don't fully know, and I always go back to my ole-color pencils.
@Cano Thanks man, and i love your work too, i think you'd make the transition to concept designs really easily judging from your other work, your car carichatures (think that's how it's spelt
I have done all-out designs in the best HW tradition, and I haven't also really practiced concept car rendering a lot, everytime I start doing a car I render a tire and end up drawing a hot rod or a flared-fender race car.
I haven't had any time to scan stuff lately... and to make things worse, the PC which holds my scans and all the stuff I've scanned lately broke down just yesterday.
I'll try to have some stuff up in here as soon as I can make the other PC work, but right now I'm sturgglilng to finish this year's car-toon poster for the magazine. Here's some advance:
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I really like that Charger.
