another color drawing: in progress

its a '92 prelude. Here i've done a detailed outline of the car. i should be finished sometime by next week. I'll be using prismacolor pencils mostly, and a bit of col-erase pencils. Sorry for the quality. I had to darken the drawing on computer so the lines would show up.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/1611441992_Honda_Prelude_stage1.jpg

that's going well... cant wait to see the finished product

Color. No. any way great looking drawling so far.

looks great so far, is it just me or is the center circle of ur rim a bit to low?

Ill be following this thread!

its strange the way the lines are being done

ahh, another colour! Yay!

looks great so far, is it just me or is the center circle of ur rim a bit to low?

I was gonna say that too.

Looks good!

Looks weird, can you share the steps on how you do it? I don't understand.

Looks good so far.

more progress:
I'll continue to keep you guys updated on the progress. here, ive started the color pencil work on the side and rims. sorry about the quality again, and it came out pretty dark.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/161144Preludestage2-med.jpg

Looks weird, can you share the steps on how you do it? I don't understand.

Looks good so far.

the first drawing i posted was just a detailed outline of the car. i dont know how to explain that in any other way.

you DEFINATELY need to write a tutorial on colour drawings cuz its AMAZING...i freaking love it,omg...
not only because its my favourite car too...
seriously tho, there needs to be a tutorial made, VERY BEAUTIFUL MAN

somethings looks weird to me, in the first step how do you make the lines come out like that?

Hey Alex. We asked to see your drawing, not your reference. Idiot.

we need a nice like *sarcasm* or *jealous* or *j/k* in there so ppl dont take it the wrong way, lol

Wow, that looks great.

I cannot wait to see it finished.

alfred

Hey Alex. We asked to see your drawing, not your reference. Idiot.

ahem... :nono:




Looks good man:thumbsup:

you see, now im confused, cuz gt ment that as a *sarcasm* thing cuz it looks sooo good, and the moderater said ahem:nono: and i dont know if that ahem was serious, or if that ahem was a joke following the previous stated statements. :dunno:

confused i am. :cya:

Please indicate sarcasm or joking!

It seemed like Mike was serious, and that would be a no-no.

Savvy?

GTMIKE your joking right??? i'm only joking :D . Anyways, Alex, great work, the rendering looks really good, i'll check back later to see the progress.

keep it up!

:)

yah, mike was joking, thats why i posted that he should put *sacasm* or something after that. haha

glad we got that cleared up :):rofl:WOOOO:rofl:rollyrollyrolly:rofl:

What I meant was his drawing looks so good it looks like his reference thats why I said 'We asked to see your drawing, not your reference'.

Understand...

idiots*joking*

Anyhoo...









Any updates for us yet?

i thought about that, bout u saying that we asked to see his drawing, and he did show us the drawing. Soz GTmike for takin it the wrong way, my bad.

Quite fascinating for ur age, two more years and you’ll be at my level!
Little suggestion, your rims look kind of 2d make the inner arc or the rim to make them look more realistic.

Quite fascinating for ur age, two more years and you’ll be at my level!
Little suggestion, your rims look kind of 2d make the inner arc or the rim to make them look more realistic.

I've never seen your drawings.

Yeah, u need to show us your drawings sometime.

I've never seen your drawings.

:iagree: Your drawings must be really good if Alex's drawings need work.

Sure as soon as I am finished on my Mclaren, ill post it up!!

Nice one, can't wait.

:)

ya, I cant wait either, it must be excellently great if its better than stuffbyalex's.

It must look 3D and drive around the screen! lol

looks nice. hub center on front wheel is too low within the greater elipse. otherwise, it is really great.

How do you make this color?

ehh...what color?










And new Alex, thats a pretty tall order, just be sure you back it up...:thumbsup:

Pencil Crayons, Prismacolor's I think.

yeah, they are prismacolors. i would show you guys the progress, but the forum wont let me upload pics for some reason.

:cya: :crying:

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

damn, i wanna see...
good luck on the harley, not really into bikes though

This is the third stage of the drawing
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7299/1992HondaPreludestage3.jpg

This is the finished drawing. during the drawing, i read up on some colored pencil drawing techniques and realized i made a few mistakes. But, hopefully, i'll learn for the next time.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7292/1992HondaPreludecolor.jpg

awesome man!! how did you get it so clean from the one on top to the one on bottom?

That's insanely good!

very very good drawing.

your front wheel is off, though. you've got to watch those elipses. use a template if you cannot eyeball the rims and tires. just make certain you know how to use the correct degree of elipse, or the template will do more harm than good.

the bodywork is just stunning. very excellent. you are much the car artist.

Great job Alex. As usual. I wish I could "color" that good. Once again, amazing job.

Everything's awesome except for the wheels. Im not diggin em, they look too fake IMO.

Daa-----ang, yo.

That is sweet.

The red looks very vibrant and the ride looks real and tangible (weight).

Excellent job.

Alfred

What did you read for color pencil techs.?

Thx

very good stuff, i use prismacolor myself, they are relly expensive though, $3 a marker

can someone show me how a prismacolor marker looks like?

go here: http://www.rexart.com/prismacolor_markers.html

thank you everybody for your comments. I had decided to upload all the pics under imageshack.us

Bonzelite: thanks for pointing out the mistakes in the rims... i've always had a problem w/ elipses, and i will buy a template.

Castback: the top drawing(stage 3) is just terrible computer quality, and i couldn't re-scan it because i was already done the drawing by the time i realized the scan quality of stage 3 was crap. (did that make any sense?)

Kustmace: i know the wheels look fake. They were photoshopped into my ref pic.

Asaenz: i read a lee hammond book on portraits with colored pencils and i applied it to cars.(i couldnt get a hold of "draw nascar") Other than that, i learned on my own.

Thatoneguy88888: i used prismacolor pencils, not markers

stuffbyalex, just a word to the wise: before you get the templates, brush up on life-drawing of actual rims. go out to your car and draw the wheels from all different angles, in short sprint drills using no eraser. just look and draw. if you fuc*k up, start over, do not look back.

this way you can use the templates competently. otherwise, you are just as clueless and uneducated about how actual wheels recede into three-dimensional space.

a word in general to all possible "anti-template" people: any wheels manufactured by an automaker are made by a machine -as is the entire car. so the artist should mimic this machine process as much as possible by making the wheels as perfectly close to a machined-process as possible. this will elimate distracting "blob" wheels and create a convincing car drawing.

the singlemost thing i am seeing on these forums that ruins an otherwise great picture is wrong elipses. that will foil any endeavor nearly instantly.