Mazda RX-7

Hello, since my S15 was very difficult to shade, ive decided to draw another car, I think this one is alot better for shading since it has lots of definate values to see... I'm basically done the drawing portion of it.. i will start shading it later on today. Happy 4th of July to all...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/149934Scan0001.jpg

and my refrence picture...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/1499340001.jpg

Nice drawing, but the wheels look wobbly. Hope to see your progress soon! ...and Happy B day, America!

looks cool...except for thewobbly kind of wheels

hey lol, sry bout da wheels, i juss did them quickly, here it is ive started abit of shading, tell me how it looks an i fixed the wheels lol :)

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/149934Scan0002_tif.jpg

you see the highlight thing on the door. it begins right away...it goes from the dark red. right to the pinkish highlight...it doesn't blend into it.

in your drawing.you blended into the highlight thing.

its supposed to be dark then light

not dark.mediumdark.mediumlight.light

its hard to explain. i hope you got that. oh and are you using stumps or torts

ok i kinda get wut u mean, but im having trouble gettin the tone i want lol, im useing abit of both, which is better for wut i need to do?

EDIT
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/149934Scan0003_tif.jpg

dont be shy to use contrast

if you have photoshop. you can open the pic in it and desaturate it

or if you have microsoft word. you can take the pic. right click. click format picture. and make it grayscale

:)

that would give you the shades you need, and in time will help you see the drawing in black and white without desaturating it or making it grayscale.

have fun

Dude,

I'd fix the wheels first. make sure your line art can stand on it's own then jump into the shading and detail. The same trouble areas in your pre-shading stages will be magnified in the final rendering stages. It's the kind of thing where you pay a little now, but pay a lot later.

I like the look of the piece overall. I would get some good strong blacks in there to make it pop.

Good work...keep goin.

dont be shy to use contrast

yes. what he ^^^ says.

Dude,

I'd fix the wheels first. make sure your line art can stand on it's own then jump into the shading and detail. The same trouble areas in your pre-shading stages will be magnified in the final rendering stages. It's the kind of thing where you pay a little now, but pay a lot later.


yes. this jumps out at me. listen to this ^^^ (above).

the drawing can only be as good as the prep-work. if you
make a tentative under-drawing, the completed piece
will look wrong. or weak.

these are all very good bits of advice, if there is one thing to be learned in drawing its that it is extremely difficult to change things you should have preplanned or preplanned better when you start detailing...a lot of artist have learned this the hard way, i know i did, so take it from a lot of people w/ a lot of experiance, i like how it was put in a previous post, make sure your line drawing can stand on its own feet...but i will say that you have a lot of talent...and you need to grab it by the neck and dont let go...just practice till your hand falls off and youll go far

i have trouble with wheels to but the rest is
tight :uzi: