1935 Ford Custom Rendering

A couple days I ago I was reading about some practicing techniques for doing renderings. One suggestion was to do smaller drawings so that the entire practice process would go faster, and less time would be spent on detail- basically an effort to work on just proportion and color. I found a good reference pic of a 35 Ford in a magazine and began drawing away. I didn't want to just re-draw the car I was looking at so I made some changes. The back end is stretched out a bit further then stock and the rear fenders are stretched to match. I added the ultra thin Cadillac style tail lights, but had them taper to a point at the bottoms so they'd emulate the tear drop style of the car. The back glass in the picture I drew from seemed too slim to me and was oval shaped, so I changed it to something a little more modern. Although the goal was not to spend too much time on detail, where I could I did. This drawing was the first time I used Steve Stanford's method of color blocking and airbrushed gradients. A lot of really tiny pieces of masking tape were used. The drawing is almost 10 inches across and a little bit of marker, airbrush ink, and acrylics were used. Photographing these drawings seems to be a bit of a challenge since each medium reflects light a little differently, but it turned out ok.

Ferrari Concept Car

Last weekend I broke out some new markers, pencils, and paper to make a fresh new rendering from scratch. This gave me the opportunity to practice some new technique with new materials. Years ago I did a bunch of Ferrari style concept cars since they are my favorite. I really wanted to try and render something red, so I thought this type of car would be a good start. I also wanted to try a view that I'm less comfortable with just for practice. Normally I'd draw a car with the front end on the left and work to the right- this time I did the opposite. The car itself is a mix of F360, F430, and F458 styling. I used a little bit of marker, chalk pastels, pencils, and acrylic paint for details. The only thing I didn't use that I normally would is an airbrush. This gave me the chance to practice some other mediums so that later I can use the airbrush more efficiently.

Custom 54 F-100 Rendering version 2.0

About a week ago I decided to start fresh with a completely new rendering for my brothers 54 F-100. In light of recently meeting one of my personal heros, Steve Stanford, I was inspired to step up my game. So I looked at my original rendering after seeing lots of Steve's work and saw that I needed to go in a different direction. So I started from scratch with a brand new sketch that had a more effective perspective, as well as just being more accurate overall. It took me a couple evenings after work to get the colors down- it seemed like every time I looked at it I wanted to make more changes, but I just needed relax. This piece gave me the chance to practice some new things as well as complete a design. The truck itself has many customizations from a stock F-100. The biggest customization is the cab- it's a 56 cab that has 4 doors (a short rear door) that's done in a 60's "hard top" style (no frames around the doors and no center post). The other big customization is the front end- the running boards have been removed and the bottom of the fenders chopped to meet the level of the bottom of the doors. The grille is a phantom style grill that hides the headlights. Since the wheelbase is stretched with a longer cab, I drew in over sized wheels to try and keep stock looking wheelbase.

As with always this was a lot of fun to do!