1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special WIP

[stuffbyalex]

Hey everybody, I just started on a new WIP. When I first saw this car I almost pissed myself and decided I had to draw it. It sold for almost $2,000,000 (I think) at the Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson auction in january.







Here's stage 1:



Alex

[NewCarDrawing]

very nice! so many questions... what's the size of it? cp or black and white? how many hours so far?

edit: the taillights aren't the same size i.e. the left one is a bit wider than the right one.

[G-man422]

all i know is that it looks SWEET!

[Mshkttck]

Great so far!

That is a STRANGE looking piece of machinery

[sheppard46]

This car is so awesome!
Reminds me of early 50s Corvettes.

[G-man422]

^ That's what it reminded me of too.

[Blip]

Amazing start, nice work in capturing the details with your line art.

[proudfordowner]

Ya i watch barret-jackson all the time..

nice detail .. looks like a trace!

keep up that kick ass work

[MBTN]

Well we know this one is gonna turn out to be trash like all the others Interesting, funky vehicle choice. Is this going to be color?

[DP_Design]

nice! how long does it take you to draw a grid on the paper and on the photo?

[LA-CUSTOMS]

THAT is incredible !!!!! how did you get soo good !! wow il be getting some more looks in here

[stuffbyalex]

Thanks for the comments guys.

This drawing is on 9x12" Rising Stonehenge paper, will be rendering this one with Prismacolor pencils.

Newcardrawing: I'll double check the taillights, but I'm pretty sure the size difference in the taillights and the ellipse width is due to the perspective of the car.

I'm probably about 4 hours into this so far. The linework is really tedious and detailed and i try to make sure everything looks like what it's supposed to be.

Dave: The grid doesn't take long to do. I have a clear sheet with a grid printed onto it which I reuse and put over my references. The grid on the paper only takes about 5-10 minutes to do.

Update coming soon


Alex

[knightvision]

Great start Alex, Good luck with the coloring....
Well I guess you don't even need it, hehe

the car reminds me of the new Pontiac Solstice somehow especially the front.
This one has a beautiful interior.

[0tobe60in10minutes]

WOW how do you get your wheels so round/oval/nice..

i love the car too. i thought of the 53 vette, which would make sense, since that car is a GM product too..right.

anyway i will probably be watching this thread for a while to see the progress.

GREAT work so far.....

[stuffbyalex]

Thanks Robin and Alex

I love the interior on this car too, especially the chrome guage lineup . I have done alot of work to practice ellipses, but they still aren't perfect yet.

Started on the coloring:




Alex