50's Pick up

Started this a year or so ago. Just stumbled acrossed it the other day. Its Illy and Not photoshop but Image Ready. Fun fun Stuff. Decided to make it Purple. Got alot more to do. But this is the stuff I love to. tell me what you think.
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5038/012un9.png

That's a gorgeous start. This will be a fun one to watch the progress.

awesome lovin that color ,cant wait for more...

Thanks guys! did a little more 2night.
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/5710/014cv0.png
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8369/016sc9.png

Very cool --great touch with a dab of purple reflecting in the chrome spokes.

Very cool --great touch with a dab of purple reflecting in the chrome spokes.
thanx, im not sure the purple would reflect like that tho. they just seemed blah without something. did a lil more. i dont wanna stop. but it 9am i gotta go 2 bed.
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3210/018fa4.png
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/562/019awr6.png

did a little more. baby steps lol.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5021/019exj7.png

It's lookin' very sweet. Nice work with reflections patterns in the purple.

It's lookin' very sweet. Nice work with reflections patterns in the purple.
thanx blip. im doing this 4 my lil sister. she said she loves it so far. except shes wants "normal" wheels.

lil more.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1308/019hjc8.png

GO GB GO!

lookin really good.

Keep it comin

thanx Lem. Did a lil more tonight. not 100% cool with the window right now.

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/019in011a.jpg

you are masterful with reflections

you are masterful with reflections
wow , thank you. its my fav. love try'n to recreate chrome. and stuff like that. i take pictures all day of reflections in paint. ppl think im crazy. its a bit of an obssession. seriously.lol

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/DSC00114.jpg?t=1225441658

Wow, GB.. that's awesome. Love the ground reflections and blends of paint colors... you are becoming so proficient in Illy/PS. Roboduck

reflections are hard to do because it is a matter of not putting too much in --but also not putting too little. If you go too far with both the work isn't convincing.

not sure what looks better. or if im even in the ballpark the passenger side of the hood is troublesome as well.

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/019in011b.jpg
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/019in011c.jpg
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/019in011d.jpg
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/019in011e.jpg

reflections only need to be convincing; not entirely 100% representational of what is there. If you can fool the eye well enough, the viewer will not really question the drawing much.

Here is a suggestion (a suggestion only as it is not my piece):
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd170/viscountaero/PurpleChevy_test.jpg

slightly more tweaked:
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd170/viscountaero/PurpleChevy_test2.jpg

i like where you went with ur 1st example. sometimes i just get stuck. as for the bumper i wasnt sure if i shoul keep it simple, or something reall involved. like some of my previous stuff.
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/022.jpg

I agree, the first one is better. 2nd one is a tad overdone. See what I mean? Reflections cannot be too overboard, but they cannot be too restrained or too weirdly shaped on the metal. They are very difficult to pull off.... at least in my opinion.

i am totally amazed by the works i see in this thread, both GB and Bonzelite. GB amazing work!... love your style! thanks for inspiration. Although my work is not to the same level.. i pull ideas and goals from every piece i see of yours. thanks for that!...

Thanks both or you for sharing some good stuff on reflections.

GB--this is a gorgeous bit of digital doodling.

i like where you went with ur 1st example. sometimes i just get stuck. as for the bumper i wasnt sure if i shoul keep it simple, or something reall involved. like some of my previous stuff.
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/022.jpg

if you go too involved on the purple truck's chrome bumper, it may compete with the body reflections --as this is a study in the purple paint job and it's reflections.

the pic of the red truck is more about the front of the truck and not the entire body; the reflections on the red paint are much simpler and almost non-existent. the bumper, grille, headlamps, then make up for this by showcasing tremendous reflective content.

if you then go this route with the purple truck, I fear a heavily reflected and worked bumper will compete for attention and detract, being too busy.

you can try it, but I think the bumper on the purple truck should be done very simply and efficiently.

if you go too involved on the purple truck's chrome bumper, it may compete with the body reflections --as this is a study in the purple paint job and it's reflections.

the pic of the red truck is more about the front of the truck and not the entire body; the reflections on the red paint are much simpler and almost non-existent. the bumper, grille, headlamps, then make up for this by showcasing tremendous reflective content.

if you then go this route with the purple truck, I fear a heavily reflected and worked bumper will compete for attention and detract, being too busy.

you can try it, but I think the bumper on the purple truck should be done very simply and efficiently.
thanx. i agree. i didn't really look at it like that. But when I was doing that. It was all about the bumper and the front wheel. Not even the lights and grill. they just had to b ok. i actually never finished it either.

thanx. i agree. i didn't really looked at it like that. But when I was doing that. It was all about the bumper and the front wheel. Not even the lights and grill. they just had to b ok. i actually never finished it either.

Yes, the red drawing is more about the chrome and not the paint. You have to look at a drawing as if it were a theme selling something; ie, what are you showing off the most; what is your theme.

In the red truck drawing, it is clearly all about the chrome, the front particularly. Because you chose a low angle that favors the 3/4 front view where all of the busy chrome is, and you chose to downplay the body of the truck, your theme of the day was chrome whether you consciously knew it or not.

Therefore if you made the paint just as busy, the drawing may have looked very tortured and unsettling to the eye. You have to deliberately guide the viewer's eyes to certain places. And then create a balancing act. Art is all about balance and the creation of effective tension and harmony (sometimes this is achieved through the use of disharmony, paradoxically). The red truck could benefit, perhaps, from some more working of the paint, though, but not much. You must balance it with the chrome. In some ways, the chrome totally dominates the picture.

I know you already know all of this, but I thought I'd say it anyway for our viewers at home :tongue:

A lil more tonight. not sure if im doin a background yet. kept the bumper pretty simple. Ive been flippin back n forth between several refferences. Everytime i notice something new. I gotta stop cause i wanna add and add. Im definatly gonna do new rims . I ll post some of my refs as well in another reply. gotta gather them.
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/019in011dddddb.jpg

nice treatments.

i still dissent about the hood reflection area, with the very dark purple on the top of the hood. for me it's too dark and leads the eye too much only to it.

but that is my opinion only; I'm nit-picking. in general it looks great.

heres some of my refferences.
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/sofakingevill/099.jpg

nice treatments.

i still dissent about the hood reflection area, with the very dark purple on the top of the hood. for me it's too dark and leads the eye too much only to it.

but that is my opinion only; I'm nit-picking. in general it looks great.
thats 1 of like 4 things i still gotta fix. just gotta feel it to do it. ya know what i mean? still goin crazy over the tires. saw robo's post earlier . it gave me some inspiration. lol gotta do the roof as well. just kinda dove into the grill and bumper tonight. been letting it go for a while. was fun.

I understand.

I have to configure a shopping cart within a back-end admin environment to get my site fully operational. And it's something I've been avoiding because it's so tedious and unartistic and boring.

But the longer I wait to do it, the longer my plans for my site, and future creative projects, are dead in the water. I have to go deep into my left brain and I hate it.

I've been watching and have enjoyed your progress Girl Bear-I've really enjoyed your thinking and reference mentions!
--You're doing great work !

wow nice work, love the chrome spokes