new guy here + a drawing

Hi guys.
Just found this forum and i must say im very glad i did! Great drawings here man! lots of talented people here!

Heres one i did of a 250GTO, love the car.... the drawing isnt that good ut i think its possible to see its a gto?

Lukas

http://www.supercarfreak.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5009

kool kar
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Welcome to the forums Lukas!:naughty:You did a smart thing:thumbsup:Your drawing is very nice, I really like the fact that it includes a background!:bigthumb:Hope to see more drawings from you in the futer.

thanks guys.... :) glad to be hear!

thanks guys.... :) glad to be hear!

You're welcome.

Did you draw that zonda in your avatar picture? It looks very nice:smile:

It looks great, except that the front tire is blobish and the back of the back of the front wheel well is slanted too far. Great shading though!

WELCOME!

Aha, a new victum...mmm....

PS, Post drawing in the right section, or mike and tim'll be on your ass...Not literally.

Looks great. Excellent shading, just a few proportional issues but nothing you can't fix. Welcome to AF!

Welcome to the forum.
Great drawing except the front wheel could use a little work. Like the background. Keep it up.

Welcome,
great drawing, nothing some elipeses won't fix.
Lets see more.

Lukas

Lukas??

I'm struggling with origin. You have an interesting name.

Welcome to AF. Nice work. You'll learn lots like me.

-Lemorris

Welcome to the forum Lukas. Awesome drawing, and very nicely rendered. The elipses do need a little work though.

Alex

thanks guys again for the nice comments.....about the wront wheel, could someone explain what i need to do there? you have to remember that the front wheel isnt straight like the rear, its a little bit turned.

thanks again

Romanian! Aha! Lol, sorry lemons, I don't know.

lol wtf are you talking about? :)

Your name's origin.

Fantastic! The back ground is great :) Front tire is a little screwy but the rest is great.

Hi guys.
Just found this forum and i must say im very glad i did! Great drawings here man! lots of talented people here!

Heres one i did of a 250GTO, love the car.... the drawing isnt that good ut i think its possible to see its a gto?

Lukas

http://www.supercarfreak.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5009



Beautiful drawing, man!! You've got a great eye for detail- very sensitive with the lead, YO. Nice work. The character of the car is definitely all there- it’s great!

In regards to your question about the front wheel: this is always tricky, as far as I know. You can change it one way-then back the other- then back again to compensate- you can almost erase a hole in the paper, and it still might not look as righteous as you'd like.
In short, you need ellipse templates for this. Most of the lines on any car body are rather “organic”, and can be sketched out convincingly by hand (or tightened up with French curves or ship’s curves). A hand drawn sketch line can actually add character to the body lines, but wheels and tires are a different story. The wheels essentially “plant” the car on the ground and lead a person’s eye to view the position of the car in a specific perspective. If the perspective of the wheels is correct, the rest of the car will fall into place visually (which yours does nicely with or without the wheel ellipses being nailed down). The wheels hint at what angle the “axles” are resting on- intuitively the eye wants to see the body resting squarely upon the center lines that across the car from virtual wheelhub to wheelhub.
Just as wheels and tires are one of the most dramatic upgrades that can characterize a custom or performance vehicle, so do precisely drawn wheels in a car drawing like yours, well, make a BIG difference. If real-time customizers can spend $6K on rims&tires, automotive artists should be justified in forking out the $50-$100 for an ellipse set.(they’re a must for round headlights, too)
I know this all might sound kind of theoretical and corny but there’s an element to drawing cars that is, in fact, technical. Cars look differently from different angles, and their proportions change with respect to predictable rules- that’s why really skilled automotive designers can draw dramatic perspectives of cars that you could never actually see with your eyes (and see only through a camera lens), but that “make sense” visually. It goes right along with the shinier-than-shiny paint and unrealistic reflections that make concept renderings look so hot.
All of this, to say: you’re drawing is nicely done- you’ve got a lot of talent. You’re drawings are probably precise enough that you NEED ellipse templates for wheels, in order to keep up with the rest of the drawing. Even real automotive designers in Detroit use them!!

wow thanks for that reply! really appriciate it man, finally someone who explained. Since my english isnt very good, could you please explain more what a template is? Never heard of it :(

thanks so much!

A template is almost like a tracer. It is a peice of plastic with shapes cut out of it, in different angles, sizes, or whatever. Usually templates are used for wheels, like elipses. You just place the template in the wheel wel, for instance, and find the elipse angle that matches the drawing. So then you have a perfect wheel (IN theory. There are always ways to screw up a wheel. But don't worry about that:P)...