Car drawings

[AOS-]

i would recommend a cheap set of Sharpie permanent markers, as apposed to expensive Pantone and the like..

And I would recommend against. I've used sharpies to colour before and the lack of analogous colours is very much NOT suited for this kind of drawing... Prismacolors, at LEAST. Worry less about colour, pick up cool grays 10%, 30%, 50%, 70% and black and you're set. You can drop 10% in substitute for a gray coloured pencil (from prismacolor preferably) (no graphite pencils because they leave a hideous gloss)...

Ferrari California Marker Rendering
This is great for presentations, but putting this much time into what is suppose to be a sketch is a waste of time. This is something to think about if you're interested in Automotive or any Product Design. If you're going to show something quick to your client, they're not going to sit there waiting 10 minutes for you to make it look pretty... hence I wouldn't put this much effort into it. What you should be able to do is whip up the form and necessary details very quickly, but not too sloppily. That's the plus to markers; you can illustrate form faster than watercolour, and be easier to visually understand than hatching with a pen.

I'm a bit interested in water-coloring as well so that will be radical

Water-colour rendering works the same way as marker renderings; through layers of value, grayscale or colour... with white being the base value.
Here's a tutorial I followed about 4 or 5 years ago...

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.

No no no no! That's amateur shading and should be left for life/still-life drawing. Doing this makes everything gray and that makes it uninteresting to look at... Here's what you can do with pencil instead:


Designertechniques is where I learned photoshop, the first thing being a rendering (which looks so horrid).... there's a lot of car drawing tutorials on a wide range of mediums, markers, coloured pencils, watercolour, photoshop, alias sketchbook, etc.

Lastly, I've posted this before, but a couple dudes buried it with their drawings..... I highly recommend visiting this site, check out the sections: Sketch-a-day, Sketchbook, and Sketch Lab. idsketching.com

 

[Techy]

^^^^

I'm not particularly going to follow the Design industry. But drawing cars is one of my comfortable points. Anyways thanks for the links!


You also mentioned something about Prismacolor.

 

[Nessy]

Great!! Neon and Charger Cano, and i can relate to what you say about starting out with the intention of doing something, only for it to turn around to what you're used to.. happens to me quite a lot, another thing is that, if you're fairly adept to using the computer to colour (and are really good at it, like yourself).. i guess there is no real point to using markers at all really, i think it's good you made the switch.. and to be honest it's something i've given serious thought to myself, infact.. to think of all the paper i've used/wasted in the past would probably equal a Brazilian rain forest... Which is not good at all.

Anyway, hope you get your PC fixed soon Cano, as i'm looking forward to seeing more of your Artwork/Designs.

@AOS,
You're right about the limits of sharpies, but as a cheap starting point, i still think they're good and do a great job for a novice like myself... don't get me wrong, i still use Pantone and the odd Copic here and there, as for colour pencils.. that's the 1st time i've seen Prismacolor, are they expensive?... regardless they look real nice and soft, usually i just use Caran-Dache water colours (they're quite reasonable price wise and they have a great extensive colour/tone range.. though probably not as many as those Prismacolor).

I've just watched that tutorial you've posted aswell, (1st time for everything), and was really impressed by some of the things that guy was saying... the things that stuck in my mind after watching were, the part he was saying about finding your own style of sketching and technique as opposed to just copying others styles... the message i got from that was, "develop your own style and way of sketching and of using light source etc",

another thing i did'nt realise, was how useful circle templates/french curves were... i really should stop being such a caveman and invest in some of these tools... (LOL!! i don't even have a straight edge/ruler.... and yes i know, it shows..haha!!),

1 thing i was disappointed with though, is at the beginning he shows the finished sketch, and i was thinking to myself... "this guys a pro.. i can't wait to see how quick he knocks this up"... but IMO, the guy took ages, especially when you consider that he is a pro.. was expecting it to be much quicker, infact... i know it's not a fair comparison (as the guy has used marker pen) but i'm willing to bet, that Ferrari render you posted,was probably done in a shorter amount of time and still looks just as good... if not even better.

Regardless, Thanks for the helpful links AOS, i'm sure many will find them very helpful.. including me (when i can find the time and motivation to check them out).

 

[AOS-]

Prismacolors do a decent job, generally cost less than Copic Sketch Markers.

Only thing I don't like about them is that their standard chisel tips are wider than Copics and they bleed a lot if you work slow, even on marker paper.

I have circle templates and french curves, but I try not to use them. For sketching, everything is going free-hand for me as I dislike the feel about being aided by tools to get straight lines and ellipses. Only for technical illustrations and drawings will I use rulers and circle templates.

 

[Nessy]

@AOS, my bad.. i must have got mixed up, i was referring to the double ended pencils he was doing his sketch with.

PS, that's great to hear that you prefer the natural free-hand method, though i must admit, if i had any of those tools, i'd be more than tempted to use them... i'm gonna have to get me some.

 

[Techy]

@ AOS

I'm free-hand as well. I don't really like completely copying a drawing, unless I need a bit of help. I always add some extra trinkets to give said drawing a bit of pizzazz. My Pokemon drawings exhibit such elements.

 

[Cano]

Great!! Neon and Charger Cano, and i can relate to what you say about starting out with the intention of doing something, only for it to turn around to what you're used to.. happens to me quite a lot, another thing is that, if you're fairly adept to using the computer to colour (and are really good at it, like yourself).. i guess there is no real point to using markers at all really, i think it's good you made the switch.. and to be honest it's something i've given serious thought to myself, infact.. to think of all the paper i've used/wasted in the past would probably equal a Brazilian rain forest... Which is not good at all.

Anyway, hope you get your PC fixed soon Cano, as i'm looking forward to seeing more of your Artwork/Designs.

Well, I have always liked to produce a finished drawing in a phisical enviroment. I make do with color pencils with a basic gradient technique I've developed over time, and which also served as the base for the gradient technique I use in Photoshop, only in there it takes way much more time because of the selection process. With the color pencils you just let them fly. I like it, but color-pencil drawings look really grainy on magazines lol, that's mainly why I took the jump to digital, but I did make two posters for the mag with color pencils. A TON of work, my hand died for a week or two after I had finished.

@AOS, my bad.. i must have got mixed up, i was referring to the double ended pencils he was doing his sketch with.

It was his bad, youy clearly stated you were refering to color pencils (you suck, AOS (: ). Prismacolors aren't expensive and they have a wide variety of colors, but some of them are too ceamy in the consistency of the... er, here we go, english eating me again. You know, the part with the color, lol. Other are really hard, but they are versatile enough so that you can combine them. If my PC was working I could show you some big-sized car-toons I've colored with Prismas.

But it isn't -__-

 

[AOS-]

Here's a marker rendering I did about 3 years ago



And here's what I did before that.


Perspective was totally messed up, but I was trying out the markers. If you ever used markers, do not lay down any ballpoint pen beforehand, becuase markers will smudge it and dirty the tips.

Sneaky lazy trick I do now is quickly producing a loose sketch (worrying less about clean lines).. lay another sheet on top and then trace out the final lines... I call it cheating because you aren't training yourself to make a good sketch from the get-go, but I like getting expressive so that I don't keep getting stiff results.

 

[Techy]

Nice renders, AOS 👍 The front reminds me of a Ferrari.

I see you'll be driving without mirrors

 

[Slick Rick]

Cant believe this is my 1st time visiting this thread. Theres some GREAT stuff here, keep it up guys 👍

 

[Nessy]

@Cano,

"My hand died for a week"... i bet you were glad to finish it, it sounds like a lot of hard work, also i had no idea it would take longer doing colour on PC... hadn't really ever considered that, so yeah i can see the advantages/ease of use, of doing work in the physical environment.. but personally i think i'd still like to make the switch in the future.

PS, thanks for the advice on the Prismas, and i don't know what it's called either (colour thing incased in wood)... i always used to just call it the lead, but it's not even made out of lead .

@ AOS,

Stunning sketches man!, they're both quite different in style yet both really good examples of technique and actual design/idea, and i quite like that the perspective is slightly off in the second 1... as it puts more emphasis on the focal points and communicates them efficiently.

Very important and valuable tip that you've made about the markers and ink pen, though i must admit, i make that mistake myself from time to time (i really should know better), as for tracing on layout/marker paper... i always thought it was pretty much an industry standard (well, before photoshop etc) amongst the design community, though i do see your point, and i imagine some purists would deem it as cheating... i personally don't trace that much myself (just mostly on what i consder/or close to being a finished piece), so i haven't really got anything against that aspect, afterall.. the way i see it, is it's still all valuable practice.

Anyway, was going through some old sketches, nothing special really, just random small (pretty scruffy) sketches, but i thought i'd share them anyway.

A couple more Caterham concept sketches, 1st 1's a small city car, i know it looks ugly but was trying to keep some of the panels universal to keep down on production costs.

animate 125 by dazzz99, on Flickr
kind of a Mini inspired Caterham.

animate 124 by dazzz99, on Flickr

animate 122 by dazzz99, on Flickr
Just a couple more pics of the monstered 240z.. it was basically a few sketches for another cheesy game idea i had.... not very imaginable, just a follow on to the Wangan game series except set in the future, i think i did them back around 2003

animate 121 by dazzz99, on Flickr

animate 120 by dazzz99, on Flickr
more 240z love.. drawn from memory, hence slight modifications

animate 117 by dazzz99, on Flickr
I did these not long after i'd seen the 2001 Nissan GTR concept for the 1st time, hence the influence (copying) of the internal cockpit strength sub structure.

animate 119 by dazzz99, on Flickr

animate 118 by dazzz99, on Flickr
it's meant to be a Honda S2000 concept

animate 116 by dazzz99, on Flickr
I know this 1 looks nothing like what you'd expect a Barracuda concept to look like (probably looks more like it could be a Camaro or something).. TBH my knowledge of American car designs is limited, i did it back in 2002 whilst on holiday/vacation (even though i titled it Cuda 04, that's the 1st time i've ever drawn an engine off the top of my head... so please excuse inaccuracies.

animate 115 by dazzz99, on Flickr
a little MK1 Golf/Rabbit inspired concept sketch.

animate 114 by dazzz99, on Flickr
A couple of old Ferrari designs.. 288GTO and F40.

animate 126 by dazzz99, on Flickr

animate 123 by dazzz99, on Flickr
I've only ever done 2 bike design sketches... this is 1 of them done about 7 years ago.

animate 112 by dazzz99, on Flickr
And finally a small sketch of something i've recently been trying to work on... it's pretty rubbish at the moment and i'm not 100% where i'm going with it, it's basically meant to be a Studebaker concept.

animate 113 by dazzz99, on Flickr

I know the quality's not really there, but again... i thought i'd share them anyway.

 

[tonypanda]

At 1ness, Ur version of NIssan Gtr and F40 are great =) especially Nissan. U should send it to Nissan Design Brench
Can i ask you, At 1ness ? how do u draw Ur cars? i mean with pencil and paper or in graphic redactor? and how long does it take to draw one?

 

[tonypanda]

my first experience im graphic programm ... looks bad( before i draw only on the paper

 

[JJ72]

Look it's a crying car.

 

[Techy]

I was quite bored when I drew this, so no professionalism here

 

[Roush_fan_99]

^ I like the shovel

 

[Techy]

^ I like the shovel

The Audi Quattro and the Escudo had a similar attachment

 

[Roush_fan_99]

Oh didn't know that, what's the purpose of it? Downforce?

 

[Wyvern89]

Redesign of my Mecha car. Unfinished.

 

[tonypanda]

Technicolors,Wyvern89, nice works =)
here is mine. from Elfen Lied aniime

 

[Wyvern89]

Nice! I wish I can draw people. I like the anime style. Im not a huge fan of anime, but I definitely like the style.

 

[Techy]

This isn't the place to post anime/manga drawings. But very nice 👍 It does have DeviantART potential, so you can post it there.

 

[tonypanda]

Wyvern89, u can draw on my experience - draw anime is more easy than cars. Try it. I have milloins of problems when drawing cars =(
Technicolors, sorry, never put anime here again. I didnt read name of topic, only saw that there is word "drawing" xD

 

[Techy]

Wyvern89, u can draw on my experience - draw anime is more easy than cars. Try it. I have milloins of problems when drawing cars =(
Technicolors, sorry, never put anime here again. I didnt read name of topic, only saw that there is word "drawing" xD

Funny, I have the opposite -.-

If you want you can start a thread on it. But I think it'll conflict with the TGAT thread

 

[Skython]

Sorry for the bad quality, but I don't have a scanner, so I used my camera.

I did these about 3-4 years ago.



Aston Martin DBR9. The location is fantasy/real it's just going under the bridge round the corner near my house. The backgrounds are really rushed (impatience of a 10-12 year old.



Honda NSX at Oschersleben if that's how it's spelt. This was just a sketch. I traced it and put some more in and the idea of colour didn't fit too well (I suck at colouring things).



Chrysler ME Four Twelve that will remain unfinished too.

And lastly something a little newer, just a concept for a car.



Though it's still just as meh as the others.

 

[Techy]

They actually look pretty nice, Skython. I like the NSX the most in the batch

 

[Cano]

@Cano,

"My hand died for a week"... i bet you were glad to finish it, it sounds like a lot of hard work, also i had no idea it would take longer doing colour on PC... hadn't really ever considered that, so yeah i can see the advantages/ease of use, of doing work in the physical environment.. but personally i think i'd still like to make the switch in the future.

PS, thanks for the advice on the Prismas, and i don't know what it's called either (colour thing incased in wood)... i always used to just call it the lead, but it's not even made out of lead .

Yup, In fact, I'0m thinking about not doing it again, at least not to that extent or scale. For example, recently a guy asked me to car-toon his 1971 Maverick Grabber, but thank God we wanted a digital job. Making big-sized drawings is really stressing, haha.

And finally a small sketch of something i've recently been trying to work on... it's pretty rubbish at the moment and i'm not 100% where i'm going with it, it's basically meant to be a Studebaker concept.

animate 113 by dazzz99, on Flickr


I know the quality's not really there, but again... i thought i'd share them anyway.

Dude, if you're aiming for a stude, you NEED this:

 

[Wyvern89]

I love this thread. I feel right at home here. It'll try to find more drawings of mine.

 

[Wyvern89]

Though it's still just as meh as the others.

I like this one. It reminds me of the Ferrari Le Mans prototypes of the late 1960s.

 

[tonypanda]

I love this thread. I feel right at home here. It'll try to find more drawings of mine.

yeah, me too
how often do u draw?