Car drawings

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Ahh.. thought it may have been oil, i've done 1 car painting with oil before... and never again!, it took eons for it to dry, the end results are nice though with oil.
Water colours are great to work with but my personal preference is acrylics (love the textures that can be achieved... so easy to work with), i also like gouache as well (haven't used it much though).

yeah I'm the same, I try avoid oil when I can but its all I could find in the house :indiff:.

"Maybe a few touch ups on some regarding the proportions on some of the cars I.e the rear wheel on the F type. The spoiler in the Formula car needs to be straightened."

Thanks for the feedback.I always only seem to notice them when im done:ouch: I can always just say the jag has negative camber though :lol:
 
It's looking good, I like the lights - they look quite realistic.

One thing I'd remove is those circles that are supposed to be the parking sensors - spoils the car IMO.

Also the exhausts could be bigger, why not change them to turbo ones since you are drawing a Turbo 997?

Looking good so far. 👍
It seems that I'm not the only one who think the tail lights are incredibly realistic. Just in case if anyone is wondering, I use watercolour pencils to colour them in along with graphite blended in to give it that realistic look. But what about the shading? Is that fairly realistic too? Oh, and I will remove the parking sensors in the final drawing.
Also MSTER232 thats awesome 👍
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MSTER, the Porsche is looking well tasty in my opinion 👍 really love the detail in the tail lights, i'm no expert but you're making some really great improvements, and the added colour to your sketches is really bringing them to life.

You are very right; I have made some very significant improvements and the only area that I really need to work on is reflections in my opinion but other people may feel like my reflection work is okay and I need to work on other things instead. What do you suggest I should work on with the Porsche drawing?
 
The linework for the most part (minus the wheels) is fine- pretty good actually 👍. Only thing that bugs me is a few parts where the shading isn't as smooth as it could be.
 
BTW Your spoiler is a bit off and I still think you should change to the standard dual exhausts, rather than those quads.. :P
 
The linework for the most part (minus the wheels) is fine- pretty good actually 👍.

It's not:

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The car looks like it has been walloped with a bat. As I said before, he needs to understand that he is drawing smooth, straight, shiny metal. Fuzzy and wavvy lines DO NOT give that perception, all the contrary. The car looks like it's made of clay. With hair.
 

However I think your worse problem is that you cannot acept critics if they are not favorable. You really should work on that too because you seem to really like drawing, but cannot take blows about what's bad in your drawings and technique.

You've got a long, long way to go, and this attitude of yours won't make it any easier. Quit the self-commitment of "it looks incredibly real" and focus on your mistakes and limitations and work on them.

I won't comment on a drawing of yours again.
 
I am trying to help...
I know you were all trying to help me with my drawing, and I appreciate that...
However I think your worse problem is that you cannot acept critics if they are not favorable. You really should work on that too because you seem to really like drawing, but cannot take blows about what's bad in your drawings and technique.

You've got a long, long way to go, and this attitude of yours won't make it any easier. Quit the self-commitment of "it looks incredibly real" and focus on your mistakes and limitations and work on them.

I won't comment on a drawing of yours again.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean it in a rude way :guilty: .
 
Didn't seem like it.

I'm sorry that it didn't seem like it to you. But truly I appreciate feedback from you guys and I'm sorry if I seem like I'm in a bad mood and can't take negative critics about my drawing. It's just that I've had a very bad day today and I'm not normally like this :indiff: . Will you please continue to give me feedback about my drawings? Because the only way I can improve is to get advice from fellow GTP'ers on this thread.
 
I know you were all trying to help me with my drawing, and I appreciate that...


Didn't seem like it.

Indeed. You seemed actually mad at us for pointing out your faults. Look, the best thing you can do about your work is think that it flat sucks and always see it with a devastatingly self-critic eye. It's difficult but it's the best way you'll find of getting better and better. I understand you try to defend your work, I really do, but trying to fence off obvious mistakes is useless and pointless.

I, for example, look at my work from previous years and I can't believe how badly I drew in those years; I'm also always trying to take tidbits of the work of others. Observe the work of pros and aspiring people alike, take elements off their work, read books on the subject, study pictures so you can understand why reflections work like they do, why they happen. You can never get good enough, but that only depends on what you do.
 
Indeed. You seemed actually mad at us for pointing out your faults. Look, the best thing you can do about your work is think that it flat sucks and always see it with a devastatingly self-critic eye. It's difficult but it's the best way you'll find of getting better and better. I understand you try to defend your work, I really do, but trying to fence off obvious mistakes is useless and pointless.

I, for example, look at my work from previous years and I can't believe how badly I drew in those years; I'm also always trying to take tidbits of the work of others. Observe the work of pros and aspiring people alike, take elements off their work, read books on the subject, study pictures so you can understand why reflections work like they do, why they happen. You can never get good enough, but that only depends on what you do.
This.

You only will be better if you believe you can do better. You have to be your worse enemy and always see where you make mistakes.
 
Indeed. You seemed actually mad at us for pointing out your faults. Look, the best thing you can do about your work is think that it flat sucks and always see it with a devastatingly self-critic eye. It's difficult but it's the best way you'll find of getting better and better. I understand you try to defend your work, I really do, but trying to fence off obvious mistakes is useless and pointless.

I, for example, look at my work from previous years and I can't believe how badly I drew in those years; I'm also always trying to take tidbits of the work of others. Observe the work of pros and aspiring people alike, take elements off their work, read books on the subject, study pictures so you can understand why reflections work like they do, why they happen. You can never get good enough, but that only depends on what you do.

Thanks for the advice Cano, and just to point out, I wasn't mad... After reading your post I realised that the shading on my Porsche isn't as smooth as it could have been. I'm going to draw a Ferrari next, and when I do I will minimise the wavy lines as much as possible 👍 .
 
Since when did "..." become an offensively rube rebuttal? From my view of this conversation, I have a good angle for my still life of a mountain made out of a molehill..
 
Since when did "..." become an offensively rube rebuttal? From my view of this conversation, I have a good angle for my still life of a mountain made out of a molehill..

It wasn't just that post. He had showed a bit of resilence in previous posts that critizised (sp) his work.
 
Well here is the final drawing, but I'm not entirely happy with the way it looks. I have to do better next time:

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The front wheel is pretty yucky. Also, could you post the picture you copied it from? I have a theory I'd like to corroborate.
 
The... thing beside the mirror reflection. I thought it was a building but the reference picture is a studio shot. what the hell is that, then?

That's what your concentrating on??? Come on dude!

MSTER- That is a lot better than your previous drawings, everything is getting better, the perspective, shading, line work and so on.
I think for now you have improved your perspective on your drawings up to a point where it's looking really good. So now you need to really concentrate on sharpening everything up.
If you think about it like this:
Look at your first car drawing you posted on this thread, then look at the Porsche and see how much you have improved. Keep practising and you will be producing some really sick stuff :)
 
Move onto the next drawing, guy. I have the slightest feeling you dropped the ball near the end. The colouring in the WIP scan was fairly good, so the final result is a bit of a let down. But whatever; that's fine. I look forward to your next drawing.

Also, to everyone: Are we doing another cartoon car or what? I suggested a '13 Viper and you all went "BAAAAAA". Do a Tooned Fiesta, any fiesta, however way you like. No objections, just do it. ;)
 

Also, to everyone: Are we doing another cartoon car or what? I suggested a '13 Viper and you all went "BAAAAAA". Do a Tooned Fiesta, any fiesta, however way you like. No objections, just do it. ;)


But,er... where's yours? o_O
 
MSTER -

I know I'm repeating previous responses, but you are improving in your drawings. Just take your time through each piece you make. And observe the world around you as well, from reflections to tire camber. While I don't note them down in a journal or something, my observations led me to some pretty good conclusions (mostly all of them came from the more professional works on this thread :P).

I'll perhaps even use some of your shading as a small 'benchmark' when I delve into realism :)



Also, to everyone: Are we doing another cartoon car or what? I suggested a '13 Viper and you all went "BAAAAAA". Do a Tooned Fiesta, any fiesta, however way you like. No objections, just do it. ;)[/color]

I think I'll take another crack at tooning a car.
 
But,er... where's yours? o_O

You don't have to see mine in order for you to pick up a pencil.

Plus, I've been out and about, busy doing other things. I'll see if I can do something this Friday.
 
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