New kid in town...

[DukeMan]

Hi AF: ers!

My name is Fredrik, I´m 16 y o and I live in Sweden. Kind of a newbie to this part of the “Art”-forums, been around for some time in the modelling forum. Drawing cars have always been a passion of mine and it´s about time I show you guys some of my work. They´re not that good, but I´m learning.
I recently started practicing pinstriping (very inspired by KustmAce´s work), I find it quite dificult to come up with good looking designs but I guess it´s just part of the training.
When it comes to drawing cars, getting the wheels right is without a doubt the hardest part IMO.

Along came a Hotrod:





This is the sketch that started my model car project (see my sig):




As I said, getting the wheels right is a BITCH!
Ok so I totally screwed the pony-emblem up , but please try to ignore it and focus on the rest of the car...

Just testing diferent graphics:

Big brakes are essential when building a pro-touring ride...

Can u say "Overhaulin´"?


As the sketch says, it´s a BadAzz Skyline!



To continue the "tuner"-style, a Honda S2000:

Nissan 350Z tuner:

Started this subby, but totally lost interest...


It´s a blinged out PIMPster! (quickie)


And finally some custom Hotrods:


´57-ish cruiser:

History lesson...



Well, that´s all for now!

Feedback and constructive critisism is much apreciated!

[subyfanatic]

You're doing great at your age. Maybe you should attempt outlining with drawing pens then coloring them in. Keep up the nice work.

[MaxD3]

What the hell do you mean your not that good? Those are great, makes my drawings look like crap lol

[bonzelite]

welcome to the party.

you are good.

try drawing with your WHOLE arm to make strokes. you are currently using your wrist only. follow-through before and after contact with the paper using the entire side of your body, primarily the forearem and hand.

with wheels, my god, man, use a template. there is an art to using the template. learn it.

drawing ellipses freehand is great training, and should be done. but for speed and accuracy, use the ellipse guides. buy a big set of them. they are your friend.

you draw pretty good at this point.

[lostprophets]

hey man those are pretty good... i noticed that you do a little bit of shading on your wheels and i think if you could do that on the rest of the car it would make your drawings alot better

[97_sho]

not good? those are great

[knightvision]

Great drawings, great perspective, shading will come with time, great english imo.

You got skills! There may are less guys around here who drew at this level as they were at your age. e.g. me. Welcome to the forums!

[DukeMan]

Thanks everyone for the kind replies, I´ll try to shade my drawings a bit more in the future, great tip thanks. Not sure where I´ll find templates for ellipses, I thought using templates was considered "cheating"

[GirlBear]

Welcome. I dig ur artwork. Too many to pick a fav. Sit down settle in to the coolest forum on the web. Every body here is cool and real talented so you are in the right place

[Roboduck]

DukeMan... very impressive stuff, for your age. As the others said, clean, full lines, use elliptical guides (get them at any art supply store) and practice, practice, practice. You are on your way... welcome. Robo