Auto Poster--Art Deco style...

Working on a modern, but very toony version, of a design based on 1935 Delahaye auto poster.

Crossing Art Deco style background with 60's style toon lettering and
my current style of toon drawing.
Might work or end up banished from the web....
...have to wait and see.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Darkblip/Artwork/CAR-toons/ArtDecoPosterPencil.jpg


http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Darkblip/Artwork/CAR-toons/ArtDecoPoster01.jpg

Started blocking in the color for the Mustang, think I might
leave it without any line work.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Darkblip/Artwork/CAR-toons/ArtDecoPoster02.jpg

Hey Blip, looks good so far. When you get the rest of the text on it, it will change the looks of the whole thing. I'm watching with interest to see how it comes out.
gbritnell

Thanks, and just finished the letters. Still got a bit more to do on the Mustang.

Doing a "paint-like" style for the car is making me go slower as a try creating without line.

Tire tread is next.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Darkblip/Artwork/CAR-toons/ArtDecoPoster03.jpg

Finished it.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Darkblip/Artwork/CAR-toons/ArtDecoPoster.jpg

the chrome "SALEEN" competes with the entire image for attention

do something to fix that

is your drawing about the chrome letters or the car? right now the car is rendered well, and the SALEEN logo is a cheap afterthought. Also the quality of the rendering of the chrome f/x is inferior to the quality of the rendering of the car. It doesn't match.

also the yellow type is not only unreadable, but doesn't match further the design.

to create a true Art Deco homage, study the typefaces of that era on poster graphics and you will see that they are very elegant, not cartoony and chromed.

Interesting to hear that the fonts aren't working. The Chromy font idea came from a favorite Ed Roth image, (probably really done by Ed Newton or Robt. Williams).

May have mislead as I wasn't trying for a true Art Deco look, just with the car image.
So it appears that the different styles of font vs. image don't work for you.

The original poster used a very simple handmade font that looks close to the modern "Impact."
Might try a version of that, to see how it looks.

Thanks for the comments, Bonz, good to have you posting again.

Interesting to hear that the fonts aren't working. The Chromy font idea came from a favorite Ed Roth image, (probably really done by Ed Newton or Robt. Williams).

May have mislead as I wasn't trying for a true Art Deco look, just with the car image.
So it appears that the different styles of font vs. image don't work for you.

The original poster used a very simple handmade font that looks close to the modern "Impact."
Might try a version of that, to see how it looks.

Thanks for the comments, Bonz, good to have you posting again.

I'm trying to push you to do other versions. You can do more versions that will be better than this one :p

This version is very true to the original poster design with clean looking
simple block-like lettering.
Even the artist signature was in yellow and located the same as mine.

Not sure this is a style that works for me, but it was interesting attempt at
being pushed out of my comfort zone.:biggrin:

Struggled a bit to give the lettering a hand painted look with vector shapes.
(Don't think this is my last go at this one.)

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z130/Darkblip/Artwork/CAR-toons/ArtDecoPosterVer2.jpg

very nice!
went from tacky to tasteful instantly.

the first version looks amateurish, the second version looks nearing professional.

typefaces/fonts make all the difference.

Thanks Bonz, appreciate the extra nudge to make a second version.

my pleasure

Keep in mind I know nothing but--my eye goes to the dirt and the pencil stroke like ditch lines--they are very evenly spaced and not painterly like the rest --also and I don't know if this is the intention but there is lots of space not being used--kinda floaty.
Just thoughts --but that car IS beautiful!

i cant believe this slipped by me. the stang looks freakin real. Wow Blip!

GB-thanks, this one pushed me a bit on how I think about making a design.

Patty--Yup, I went with the easy way out on doing the background and didn't follow a bit
of guidance I got a while ago to put as much effort into background as you do to the main subject.

On the compostion, it's a mimic of the original poster with the placement and open space.
Liked how it looked so stay with that concept.

I'm in agreement with your font choice. Although you now have Florida Seminole colors, I still like the burgundy and gold. Matches very good. The chrome looked like fake chrome - rather stamped on. You should do a tire tread font. That would look cool. I do like your current font color choice and pattern, but I like to play around with fonts sometimes.

Question: Would a yellow sun haloing the Mustang draw the colors together, framing out the car with the same color as the font? I see that you have a bit of a halo, but what would happen if the sun were setting behind the car in the horizon? Likewise, do the rear tires need tread?