Car drawings

[projects2k]

EDIT: Ideas for cars anyone? I want to draw a car and see if I can make it photograph realistic but I'm stumped for ideas on good cars... I think I might draw it in the rain too. [/COLOR]

Ferrari f40 or ae86

 

[MSTER232]

Ferrari f40 or ae86

Thanks! Going to draw that now .

 

[Nessy]

The perspective is slightly off just behind the rear wing (but again that is just nit picking) spot on with the water technique BTW.. that's pretty much how i'd do it i think, with regards to rubber, i was meaning a rubber that has a decent sharp angle hard edge.

Thanks for providing the pic BTW pro2k, it's good to do drawings like that (cut away showing the engine etc) especially if you plan on doing more drawings of the car from different views, helps with the perspective and packaging in most cases.

 

[MSTER232]

The perspective is slightly off just behind the rear wing (but again that is just nit picking) spot on with the water technique BTW.. that's pretty much how i'd do it i think, with regards to rubber, i was meaning a rubber that has a decent sharp angle hard edge.

Thanks for providing the pic BTW pro2k, it's good to do drawings like that (cut away showing the engine etc) especially if you plan on doing more drawings of the car from different views, helps with the perspective and packaging in most cases.

What it looks like, where there is grey I do a dark small dot, and fade it out with a lighter shade. Where it's already dark, the water is white...

 

[projects2k]

The perspective is slightly off just behind the rear wing (but again that is just nit picking) spot on with the water technique BTW.. that's pretty much how i'd do it i think, with regards to rubber, i was meaning a rubber that has a decent sharp angle hard edge.

Thanks for providing the pic BTW pro2k, it's good to do drawings like that (cut away showing the engine etc) especially if you plan on doing more drawings of the car from different views, helps with the perspective and packaging in most cases.

Im starting to enjoy this new drawing sense, i will definitely be posting more here.

 

[MSTER232]

Im starting to enjoy this new drawing sense, i will definitely be posting more here.

You're not the only one who has a strange urge to just start drawing. Hopefully I will have my F40 drawing finished soon.

 

[Nessy]

Im starting to enjoy this new drawing sense, i will definitely be posting more here.

Glad you're enjoying it, drawing in itself is a great hobby that can be very rewarding, it can be quite challenging though, but well worth it when you feel in yourself that you've achieved something.
And yeah, i think a AE86 is a good suggestion choice.

Thought i'd invest a some more time into that pic on the previous page... probably too much time i'm over 5 hours in, and i'm nowhere near finished.





It's become a 2 seater MG with a kind of shooting-brake style rear... not very big but enough room to stuff a bag of golf-clubs in the rear, i know it's not very original design but i'm not that fussed really.... there seems to be hints of everything, especially Mini , the perspective of the lights are off aswell as a couple of other things, but it's a work in progress that hopefully i'll be able to fix.

 

[MSTER232]

Glad you're enjoying it, drawing in itself is a great hobby that can be very rewarding, it can be quite challenging though, but well worth it when you feel in yourself that you've achieved something.
And yeah, i think a AE86 is a good suggestion choice.

Thought i'd invest a some more time into that pic on the previous page... probably too much time i'm over 5 hours in, and i'm nowhere near finished.





It's become a 2 seater MG with a kind of shooting-brake style rear... not very big but enough room to stuff a bag of golf-clubs in the rear, i know it's not very original design but i'm not that fussed really.... there seems to be hints of everything, especially Mini , the perspective of the lights are off aswell as a couple of other things, but it's a work in progress that hopefully i'll be able to fix.

Aha! I've finally found out how to draw cars in perspective to the road! Thanks for the first image in this post.

 

[projects2k]

still working on it.
First one to say so gets there user on the plate.

 

[MSTER232]

still working on it.
First one to say so gets there user on the plate.

Already I can see improvement from your last drawing you posted on here. Apart from the rear left tyre not looking flat on the ground and lack of details, I could safely say the perspective is almost spot on for this...

 

[projects2k]

Update:

What should i do next?

 

[GTP_ADE]

EDIT: Ideas for cars anyone? I want to draw a car and see if I can make it photograph realistic but I'm stumped for ideas on good cars... I think I might draw it in the rain too.

Have a go at the 2014 Lotus Esprit. In the rain would be a unique pic.

 

[ParkourVeyron]

Have a go at the 2014 Lotus Esprit. In the rain would be a unique pic.

No no no no. If you're going to try to make a photorealistic drawing for the first time, use something less complicated. Start with an older, more boxy/simple car.

 

[MSTER232]

No no no no. If you're going to try to make a photorealistic drawing for the first time, use something less complicated. Start with an older, more boxy/simple car.

I've started my F40 drawing but I could easily work on the Lotus at the same time. And it would depend on what you guys think is photo realistic. Out of all my drawings I've posted on my thread, which one looks the most photograph realistic? Should I have more whites than blacks, or more blacks than white (shading areas, not racist).

EDIT: To the guy who is drawing the Camaro, you should draw basic details that you would see in a car (dashboard and interior mirror for example), shade it, smudge it so it looks like glass without a reflection, then use a rubber to add light sources.

 

[Techy]

Update:
What should i do next?

Is the car flying?

 

[ParkourVeyron]

Geez some of your drawings are good, MSTER. No comment on the whites/blacks, they seem to be alright in your drawings, but they need more contrast. Invest in a good set of quality artist pencils/charcoal pencils to fix that.

 

[LOGAN8TOR88]

Glad you're enjoying it, drawing in itself is a great hobby that can be very rewarding, it can be quite challenging though, but well worth it when you feel in yourself that you've achieved something.
And yeah, i think a AE86 is a good suggestion choice.

Thought i'd invest a some more time into that pic on the previous page... probably too much time i'm over 5 hours in, and i'm nowhere near finished.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34812175@N04/7169144585/

It's become a 2 seater MG with a kind of shooting-brake style rear... not very big but enough room to stuff a bag of golf-clubs in the rear, i know it's not very original design but i'm not that fussed really.... there seems to be hints of everything, especially Mini , the perspective of the lights are off aswell as a couple of other things, but it's a work in progress that hopefully i'll be able to fix.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34812175@N04/7170303273/

With that grill it looks almost like a Bizzarinni, I love it!

 

[projects2k]

Is the car flying?

no background.
And heres a JDM work in progress. (fake car)

 

[Pagey279]

I'm halfway through this one, it started off well but i'm having problems with the tyres. Plus the car looks too fat considering it's of an F10
Still no where near finished, it will probably take me another 5 hours to get it right:

(Sorry about the quality of the photo, my damn phone can't focus when I have the flash on, soooo annoying)

 

[projects2k]

Help!
Need idea's for scenery.

 

[projects2k]

I'm halfway through this one, it started off well but i'm having problems with the tyres. Plus the car looks too fat considering it's of an F10
Still no where near finished, it will probably take me another 5 hours to get it right:

(Sorry about the quality of the photo, my damn phone can't focus when I have the flash on, soooo annoying)

WoW...

 

[projects2k]

Decided to go for the "Darkness" theme.

 

[dylansan]

As far as pencils for shading goes, in my highschool art classes we used a typical 2HB pencil, an ebony pencil, and a harder pencil (perhaps a 4H? I can't remember) for the full range of values. The trick is not to press hard right away or go straight to the ebony pencil, but to lay down layers and gradually build up the darkness you need. It takes a lot longer but it avoids ugly pencil strokes and textures, which would be especially important in a photorealistic piece.

I have not done many drawings using different shades of colored pencils, so I don't know what that is like. I will say however, that using black, white, and gray colored pencils will allow you to use a surface that isn't white and still get the full value range. I did a few drawings in highschool with just black and white pencils on toned paper, like brown or gray-green, and they add a little color and temperature to your drawings. I wouldn't suggest that for a photorealistic drawing however, unless you had in mind a particular colored effect, like an old brownish black and white photo or something.

On a different subject, as part of my AP Art class in highschool, I did a few pieces based on photos I took in GT5. It's not quite in the same vein as most of the drawings in this thread, and I will admit that I used a grid to transfer all the shapes to the paper, so it wasn't so much about 'drawing' as recreating (not pixel for pixel mind you, there's still artistic input I'd like to think). However, I thought since they were all pictures of cars, I might share them here, if anyone would like to see them.

 

[MSTER232]

I'm halfway through this one, it started off well but i'm having problems with the tyres. Plus the car looks too fat considering it's of an F10
Still no where near finished, it will probably take me another 5 hours to get it right:

(Sorry about the quality of the photo, my damn phone can't focus when I have the flash on, soooo annoying)

Meh? The proportions look spot on from what I can see.

Help!
Need idea's for scenery.

 

[aadil717]

As far as pencils for shading goes, in my highschool art classes we used a typical 2HB pencil, an ebony pencil, and a harder pencil (perhaps a 4H? I can't remember) for the full range of values. The trick is not to press hard right away or go straight to the ebony pencil, but to lay down layers and gradually build up the darkness you need. It takes a lot longer but it avoids ugly pencil strokes and textures, which would be especially important in a photorealistic piece.

I have not done many drawings using different shades of colored pencils, so I don't know what that is like. I will say however, that using black, white, and gray colored pencils will allow you to use a surface that isn't white and still get the full value range. I did a few drawings in highschool with just black and white pencils on toned paper, like brown or gray-green, and they add a little color and temperature to your drawings. I wouldn't suggest that for a photorealistic drawing however, unless you had in mind a particular colored effect, like an old brownish black and white photo or something.

On a different subject, as part of my AP Art class in highschool, I did a few pieces based on photos I took in GT5. It's not quite in the same vein as most of the drawings in this thread, and I will admit that I used a grid to transfer all the shapes to the paper, so it wasn't so much about 'drawing' as recreating (not pixel for pixel mind you, there's still artistic input I'd like to think). However, I thought since they were all pictures of cars, I might share them here, if anyone would like to see them.

Yeah sure I'd like to see them, it'd be nice to see some good quality car drawings from what you've said above.

 

[MSTER232]

I'm confused... can anybody list all the pencil types there is from softest to hardest and what effects they have on car drawings if possible? I'm considering to buy more pencils for my drawings but I don't know which ones I should get. I have a HB and a 2H pencil, whatever that means.

 

[ParkourVeyron]

I'm confused... can anybody list all the pencil types there is from softest to hardest and what effects they have on car drawings if possible? I'm considering to buy more pencils for my drawings but I don't know which ones I should get. I have a HB and a 2H pencil, whatever that means.

First off, the harder they are, the darker the line they'll make.

HB is pretty much your standard outline pencil. Then, normally, they go up as 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B. I have a 9B, which is as high as you can get I think. It's basically pure graphite and it's really dark. I have no clue about xHs.

If you want to use really, really dark, really hard pencils, look into charcoals. They're good for shading large areas, but they come off easy, so you may have to use a sealant.

 

[projects2k]

Need to stay away from drawing till my exams finished lol.

 

[MSTER232]

Need to stay away from drawing till my exams finished lol.

Man, life must suck if you can't even find time to do something like drawing, one of my favourite things to do that are at least somewhat constructive.

 

[dylansan]

First off, the harder they are, the darker the line they'll make.

HB is pretty much your standard outline pencil. Then, normally, they go up as 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B. I have a 9B, which is as high as you can get I think. It's basically pure graphite and it's really dark. I have no clue about xHs.

If you want to use really, really dark, really hard pencils, look into charcoals. They're good for shading large areas, but they come off easy, so you may have to use a sealant.

Actually, harder pencils are the lighter ones. The ones you're describing would be called soft. Hard pencils don't flake off much, resulting in less graphite actually making it to the page. Soft pencils release a lot of pigment into the page. Of course, that's not all that affects the darkness of a pencil, as different materials like charcoal and ebony have a different color to the pigment.

In fact, as I just learned from a quick google search, the H in such named pencils actually stands for hard. And B stands for black, which seems rather odd, as you'd think they'd use S for soft or something.

And yes, sealant is probably a good idea for really soft pencils or charcoal. I haven't had any need for sealants with colored pencils, but I suppose that would depend on the type and brand. The prismacolors I have used tend to experience 'wax bloom', where the wax in the pigment works it's way to the surface of the drawing and becomes a sort of shiny coat on top, diluting the color and just looking bad. Usually you can just wipe it off with a cloth or paper towel, but I'm not sure if you could do the same once you spray sealant on it. It's possible the sealant would prevent the wax bloom in the first place, but I wouldn't be too sure without testing it first.