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[lemorris]

It's not a VW!!!! Seriously....it's not!!!

lol



pencils pretty rough again but I'm pretty comfy after drawing it 5 times...lolol...so it's time to dive in...wish me luck.

-Lemorris

[<<Si-Vtec>>]

dosent work.......

[SieG]

Nice!

[1986]

oh, this one is going to look great. just one thingh though (yeah, i know i'm ) but the front wheel casts a shadow both to the front and to the rear of the car ... or is that just me? The stearing wheel isn't round too, but i guess that's what you meant by 'rough'. the chroome around (esp on top of) the head lights is also 1 mm wider on the left than on the right.

Joey

[HighOctaneNOSUser]

Looks great Lemmons, but I have a feeling it's going to end up as some sort of draft for a VW related car... I know it D<

[lemorris]

lol



I used the (consistent width) pen tool set at 1.5 points to do the contour. The pencil rough is really just a place holder guide. The entire thing will be redrawn. Is this the first time you've seen one of these from me up here 1986?

I could really explain if you need it. Every line that is on the rough may not be rendered it's kind of like sketch notes. I'm really big on feel over form so what is "realistically accurate" or "perfect" doesn't carry as much weight with me. I like flaws and exaggeration.

I'm sure you also noticed that the front tire itself is larger than it would be in real life. It's done for look. Foose kinda does it as do many automotive illustrators. The wheels are one of the coolest parts so you make'em larger or set the car down over them for effect. The back tire is completely wrong but once again this is the rough base. When redrawn many things get worked out...or not.
Look up some of my other posts and it may help you see what I'm talkin about.

-Lemorris

[Magliano]

Wow!

Yes, this is definitely not a VW hehehehe
Nice!

Magliano

[Blip]

Nice one, you have really piled the details on this one.
Interested to see how you handle the reflections for all of the chrome.

[lemorris]

Chrome should be fun...we'll see

[lemorris]

had fun gettin the inner wheel ridges kinda close so I blew it up to share.

ellipse-axle line-rotate copies 3 degrees-mask shape-convert lines to paths no fill .5 point-expand-pathfinder divide

Still not done with the wheel but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately the trek has to wait until tomorrow. I gotta go to work in the morning.

-lemorris

[sketches_of_b]

I love your in-progress pics! My eyes go nuts just looking at those inner wheel ridges...can't imagine rendering them... You might as well explain the process in Chinese, 'rotate', 'copy', 'mask', 'convert', I don't understand squat what you just said. Looking forward to the coloring!

[Blip]

Lemorris, that's just wild!

You're going to have as many vector objects in this image as the
real car has parts.
I'm taking notes on your detailing.

[1986]

i'm sorry if i have in any way insulted you by making you think i've never seen any of your previous works . you do however seem to be tracing your pencil drawing (your left headlight is still wider than the one on the right). and no, i hadn't noticed the wheels: i have never seen this car before in my life. lol, please go back to drawing VW's or any other type of car i know .

Joey

[lemorris]

here's a closer look at that wheel with the pencil rough turned on.



as you can see I use my pencil work as a guide. On the computer I can draw perfect ellipses...not so easy by hand. I know this so I keep my pencil sketch pretty rough.

I know the headlights are basically elliptical and when I draw the Illustrator lines I can resize and reshape to what ever I want.

I'm not offended at all, there just seems to be a miscommunication going on here. The pencil sketch drawing is not the final. It's just a rough sketch for the most part. What is in the pencil drawing will not necessarily be in the final. The drawing is still very much a work in progress. I'm aware that the pencil rough is not perfect...if it was it would be the pencil final...lol...oh and I'd be rich. lolol

That is not to say that when it's done it will be "perfect". I've never done a "perfect" drawing. I've only done 3 total that I really like and that was back in 1989.

lol

I hope to get 3 solid hours in this starting now so we'll see how close we can get.

-Lemorris

[knightvision]

Omg that's totally crasy!

Where do you take the patience from?? Anywasy the result is great.
I'm glad you always show your work in progress. I wouldn't notice how many details it has and how much work and passion you must have put in there.

Great job...