Contest Eclipse

hey everybody, I'm working on yet another contest entry. Hopefully this one doesnt die, like almost all the other ones made in the history of the s/d forum. This is a '99 eclipse gsx. So far I've gotten a preliminary sketch done to see how the bodykit, paint and wheels i chose would look. I started on the rendering. Comments and crit are appreciated! Thanks.

I'm going to post the references I'm using:

stock eclipse
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/3332/ref18hy.jpg

Bodykit
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/8619/sideskirt4iq.jpg

Carbon-fiber mirror
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/9350/cfmirror7oq.jpg

R-1 gtr wheel
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/20/r1gtrwheel5lw.jpg

Vertical doors:
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/2267/chameleonpaintanddoor0om.jpg

Here's the pre sketch:
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/3848/eclipsepresketch8rs.jpg

And the drawing so far:
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/4715/eclipse13tw.jpg

I'm going to do 2 tone paint, with blue on the bottom and black on the top. the middle strip separatiing the colors will be silver. I'm also going to try doing a carbon fiber hood. Other mods are going to be some racing seats, intercooler, and probably a spoiler.

Alex

Coolness. We're all dead. Except me. I can just discualify you.

lol, jk.

great start. I see you're doing colour.I was going to do carbon fibre stuff too. Let me know your technique.

cool, the colors coming along good

AAAAGH! That's not fair, you are too good!... JK

Wow, I honestly have no idea of how I'm going to win the contest. Please, please mess up!

Uh oh. This means spending my Christmas break doing 1 drawing:(

Thanks for the comments. Here's an update... should be finished by the end of today or tomorrow.

Btw, Alex: carbon fiber is really hard to do.

Alex

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/8179/eclipse27mo.jpg

Very nice coloring!
What is up with the back rim? It looks squarish and a bit wierd.

thanks ran for pointing out the rim. i think i drew in the tire way too light, making some of it look fused in with the rim. I'll fix that up the best I can, since it's looking pretty ugly at the moment.

C-c-colors...? :uhoh: :icon16:

Actually, it looks good if you have a high contrast screen. I am thinkin...Veilside NSX Kit...Black and Rad. Mmmm...25 hours...

looks nice but the rear whell is a bit weird, the center isnt in the center.

and its a little to thick on the top!

fix that and you will have a killer car!

(GAAAAH i wish i didnt suck this much in english =( )

Nah man, you do much better than some people here. At least you don't do the traditional:

Yo, yo, homes. sup, dawgg? Luk, i ned sum piks of a kar, umm, ah 1960 camaro. Thnx 4 any help. PS. I take like a ret-erd.

Lolol. Damn you lemmons.

Yes, I said it, 1960 Camaro. Talk about moron:p

Thanks again for the comments Alex

MBTN: dont like the paintjob, I'm guessing?

Zwofurti: Thanks for the crit. i really gotta fix that wheel.

I think this drawing will be put on hold for a little while. I have to whip up a porsche drawing in time for Sunday. That means i should stop posting and start drawing. See ya

Alex

Later man. Yeah, I don't know if some one said this, but the wheel is just a little bit too tall i nthe back. Anywho, you were on crack. Problem solved.

And MBTN imlpied he was scared:p

i love it...love the front wheel its a perfect for that kind of a car!
the only problem is that the rear looks a bit weird, if you look at the rear bumper on the red eclipse and yours your is way to hmm big...

anyway great stuff!

ps, is this a contest for everyone?

this contest is the oen I'm running. Check the stickies. It's called Tuner Contest!. And yes it is for everyone.

sweetnes!

i dont who or what your going against but u got my vote (if its a contest in the way iam thinking)

thats an awsum!!!! one of my frinds frinds has a celica with doors that open like that

thanks ran for pointing out the rim. i think i drew in the tire way too light, making some of it look fused in with the rim. I'll fix that up the best I can, since it's looking pretty ugly at the moment.

No problem, I have seen this problem on a few drawings you drew, so check that out:)

Thanks for the comments everybody.

Upadate: fixed the rear wheel and shortened the back. Hope it looks better. The car itself is finished, just gotta do a quick background.... to cover up where I erased part of the rear bumer

Alex

http://img155.exs.cx/img155/208/eclipse34aa.jpg

Tee, heee.....Looks cool. Waiting on a background. I guess I should probably get started on mine then:)

Looks good, just a background to cover that up.

Good job, but the back rim does not look right yet, maybe it's just me though.

nice. it looks good.

I just finished my NSX sketch, lol, I haven't even started putting out lines:p

PS, did you do those elipses freehand? If so, bravo my friend.

Thanks again.

Ran: I'll try to do some more to the rear rim, but prismacolor is hard to erase.

Alex: yes the ellipses are freehand. Are you posting that NSX?

Alex

Yeah, I think I'll post it later...maybe I'll do some lines tonight. I'll post up my sketch und references still....

Thanks again.

Ran: I'll try to do some more to the rear rim, but prismacolor is hard to erase.

Alex

Allright good luck, but if you feel like it's not possible, don't do it, it's better this way then having it smudged up all over. :smile:

Yeah, just try to clean it up w/ the background. Maybe add a BG that has some heavy shadows over the rear of the ve-hicle?

Woah, it's been a while since I've gotten around to scanning this. Well anyways it's done. Just added a quick background.

Full list of mods:

tinted windows
sparco seats and steering wheel
different door panels
2 tone paint w/ silver pinstriping thing on the side
R1 GTR wheels
blitz bodykit
carbon fiber mirrors
intercooler
vertical doors
nitto tires

http://img199.exs.cx/img199/3574/eclipsefinal8nz.jpg

Alex

Aww...C'mon, that's all you could do for the BG! Boo! Lol, j/k....

car looks great. but(dont be offended)the background looks terrible. it really needs more time spent on it. I know it was a quick one, but the way it looks right now it's taking a lot away from the car.

that mitsu is great, alex.
respect environments, as well. for future consideration.

Thanks for the comments. Yeah I know the background is bad, but I was getting sick of drawing this. :S

Alex

you are finding that the background is just as much weighted as the car is insofar as visual importance --the car is merely the "leading man." but what about the supporting roles? movies seldom have only one character.

muhahahahahahaha muhahahahaha

see? car looks pretty good, background is bad = both look bad.

see? movie has great leading man, other actors are bad = whole movie is bad.

nicely explained

Its well drawn. The wheels are a bit out. And the background :o. Anywho, still like it as a drawing.

Thanks for the comments, and Bonz: thanks for the analogy.

Alright, you guys convinced me to make the background better. It's still not good, but I went over it a few times to get rid of most of the graininess.

Btw, the scan still made it sorta crappy and it showed the ripples in the paper.

Alex

http://img228.exs.cx/img228/1346/eclipsefinal12la.jpgThanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting (http://www.imageshack.us)

looks better.

maybe take it into photoshop and finish the b/g even better. then save it at a high resolution. burn it to cd-r. then take it to a printer and have them output it.

tip for a more solid color on the background try moving the pencil in small circles instead of crosshatching it takes a lil longer but the end result will be much smoother it should also help to prevent the paper from stretching too much in one direction which means less rippleing.

i think alex knows that. i think he just threw this background together at the last second because he was tired of it.

probably.
still doesn't hurt to let that piece of info out though.

true.

actually to tell you the truth, I didn't know that. But now that you tell me it seems really obvious. Thanks for the tip.

Alex

anytime alex.