a sketch

I dont know why im posting this but uhh heres a sketch i did...

Edit: maybe ill just start posting all my sketches in this thread...

....http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/186128conceptsketch-med.jpg

Looks good for a sketch.

:iagree: You should colour it.

Dude, still cartoony.

Check your wheelbase, wheel sizes, ground clearence, car height and other proportions. Still round lines, like the bottom window sill. Make the car longer in general. Once you have all of that down, you can start adding reflections and shading.

greaaat

nice, looks like a foucus concept. i like your style, good job.

Maybe keep it cartoony.

I don't see many concept cartoons. You might be on to something there.

You know me You...??? I like the loose stuff.

Nice work.

-Lemorris

I guess you could keep it cartoony. I've been trained to go for professionalism. The guys accepting work at ACCD and schools like that are looking for professionalism, all design ideas and stuff like that are all semi-realistic.

Ahh Ansisk has a point.

I'm not sure I would consider cartoon work un-professional but if you are going for ACCD or something like that sure. However if you want to work at Pixar or something......

It may be a matter of perspective but with so much conceptual work being produced using the same methods it's a very daunting task to stand out as an individual.

Take this site for example:

http://www.cardesignnews.com/portfolios/cdn_pf_index.php

The work is unbelievable!! I am totally inspired by everything I see, but they are all very much alike in methodology. Maybe that's what defines that class of art, I don't know, but I do know that you can be You in any form You choose and still be a well respected, money making, professional automotive illustrator.

Oh Ansisk,

Please don't think I have anything other than the highest respect for you and what you do.

It's all good. :) I learn from your posts like I learn from Bonzelite, Al, Kartoonz, The uncomparable James Allen and everyone else. I apologize.

(My wife read the post and said I sounded like an a*s because I didn't add any emoticons (sp?) to convey the feelings behind the thoughts) Since I have to sleep with her I can't have her mad at me...she'll pull that cold feet move and ruin my night.

I plan on employing the techniques I learned from you in an illustration in the near future.

-Lemorris

I wasnt really tring to design a car with this one, just kind off sketching to relax myself.

Oh Ansisk,

Please don't think I have anything other than the highest respect for you and what you do.

It's all good. :) I learn from your posts like I learn from Bonzelite, Al, Kartoonz, The uncomparable James Allen and everyone else. I apologize.

(My wife read the post and said I sounded like an a*s because I didn't add any emoticons (sp?) to convey the feelings behind the thoughts) Since I have to sleep with her I can't have her mad at me...she'll pull that cold feet move and ruin my night.

I plan on employing the techniques I learned from you in an illustration in the near future.

-Lemorris

Don't worry man! I didn't take any offense from your posts!
There is only a small minority of car designers employed in the movie business. The guy who designed the batmobile, the Lexus for Minority Report, Herald Belker. You know what he started his career doing? Working for Ford, designing cars. I was just saying, if you're designing cars, I just generally thought you were an aspiring designer. :)

BTW, my new CDN 'folio is up:
http://www.cardesignnews.com/portfolios/cdn_pf_page.php?portfolioID=1127

Now Ansis, do you want to give us your password so we can all enjoy all of CDN? :lol:

I just generally thought you were an aspiring designer. :)

BTW, my new CDN 'folio is up:
http://www.cardesignnews.com/portfolios/cdn_pf_page.php?portfolioID=1127

Talking to me right? Yeah i would say thats what im aiming at, and im thankfull for your crits, there always helpfull.

Heres a new sketch...

Edit: i keep messing up the wheels to.. :sly:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/186128puegotsketch-med.jpg

Edit: I dont want to be a post prostitute so ill post this pic here too, its a vw big design. Its got some problems but i thought idd post it here it is...
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/186128vwbug-med.jpg

that last one really does look like a bug concept. before i read what you said i was thinking that. good job. for help with your proportions and stuff like that, look at a picure of a real car that looks kinda similar to the one you are wanting to draw. that helps me out

I think it is a bug concept. Just looky there at the hood! it slopes like Lemorris' VW drawing does!

Now Ansis, do you want to give us your password so we can all enjoy all of CDN? :lol:

Dude, I know it's complicated (it took me a while) but I don't pay. You don't have to pay. Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be a paying member to enjoy the Forums section of CDN (your Forum membership entitles you to a Portfolio as well). The paying stuff mostly covers the Autoshow coverage that they offer. Make a forums account, and click on Portfolios. They at the top, select "Your Portfolio". From there, whent they ask to log in, simply use your email addy and account password (the email has to be the same one as your forum's). I'm not sure if this is how I did it, but that's all I can remember.

you:

You gotta loosen up. Right now your not drawing with confidence. You gotta get under control. Out of the most recent two designs, you drew a million lines. Make cleaner, gentler calmer lines first. Maybe draw bigger. I guess this comes from practice. I'd suggest taking the time to read through a proper perspective tutorial before continuing. The stuff you learn there will improve your drawings and straighten out some bugs in your technique. Good luck!

CDN is has free memberships...

Im a member