ferrari is traced from a photo i took myself. rendering of car is invented.
car is a lowrez scan so pardon the poor qual. this is almost done. please crit away good or bad. drawing is larger than scanner permits.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/55975612_lowrez.jpg

dude you're a bad a_s

wow

traced

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lol. the traced debate. lol. there is no difference. :lol2:

Wow, she's really cool.

The whole design from the car to the background theme is great!!! I am very impressed!

Great work.

thanks for props, all. :)

WoW I love the windowsin the background. Great rendering.

thanks. drawing is about 90% ad marker. highlights are gouache and pencil. drawn on bond paper.

Great rendering Bonz. As usual, the proportions look perfect. Although i would like to see some of your work in real life or high res, instead of these bad scans. :)

btw, did you take the pic of the car inside the church or did you draw in the background in yourself?

Alex

thank you,alex. the proportions are perfect because i traced the photograph of the model. i did take the picture myself; ie, i chose the specific angle intentionally.

high rez cannot post here.

background is fabricated, as is the entire setting and lighting scenario. i'm flattered you suggested that i may have taken the photo in the church itself.

for the record, i will post an invented angle of the car from a higher frontal vantage point. this view is from my imagination; is not traced. i could have eye-balled the color view, too, but i wanted to save time, as is customary for much commercial work.

enjoy:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/55975612_Ferrari_B.jpg

Wait a second. Is that guy marrying that car?

kustm, draw your own conclusions:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/55975612_ferrari_Clowrez.jpg

See if KustmAce would have been paying attention in Econ instead of drawing cars he would see the value of tracing...hee hee :)

Been meaning to get to this Bonz, That looks amazing. Awesome skills. Is this for a project?

al, hello, sir.

yes, this is for the visual homage company. it is originally inspired by an idea between a buddy of mine and i to present to the (former) owner of Guess jeans. he has a 612. we will give him a copy of it; but i have plans for it thereafter.

insofar as tracing, my word on it is this: tracing is cheating if the artist never overcomes it and uses it as a crutch -- tracing is using the grid method. tracing is putting paper over a photo and drawing the outlines. or using a projector. i do this sometimes to save time for a deadline's sake. i can labor for hours to get as perfect as possible the proportions and outlines, and it will look like i traced it. but why wait if i want to get the drawing out the door soon? a matter of course in any commercial illustrator's trick bag it to get the job done by whatever means is possible.

if you can already draw, or, rather, if you can "eyeball" a photo or a still life, drawing it pretty much as it appears in front of you, then you are still tracing the object as it is already provided for you. however, you are not *directly* tracing it by mechanical means. but you are *still tracing it* because you must establish a sort of mental "grid" to align areas with others to maintain proper proportion. the "art" or "craft" in this case is to impart a unique style and choice in *how* the established object or scene is seen --how it is *rendered.* most automotive artists fall into this category; at times, myself included. a specific car must look like that specific car, or it becomes a fanstasy or concept. or, at worst, a bad attempt.

the only way to elude "tracing" is to completely use the imagination with minimal references that do not provide the view or angle that is being envisioned. like when drawing concepts that do not exist in physical reality. in my case, i often combine tracing with concept. like in this 612 Ferrari drawing.

my point is that if you are not skilled at what you do, tracing alone will not save you. it will just come off as a lame attempt to trace, and the image will look wrong anyway. and tracing alone will not, in and of itself, "make you" into a conceptual artist.