Tag: auto art

Toned Tan Rod

This 32 Ford hot rod was a quick sketch on Toned Tan paper. I tried to keep it very simple and clean as a call back to the artwork you might see in a 50s or 60s advertisement. I started off using a Copic N2 neutral gray sketch marker to outline the shape – I…
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Mini Study

Here are a couple takes on the classic Mini in British Racing Green. Outlined first in #2 pencil & shaded with Copic Marker: Detailed with Faber Castell 0.7mm ink pen and Posca white: …And here’s another quick rendition, just for fun.

Blue 1969 Camaro

Here’s a 1969 Camaro base model in baby blue – turned out to have a cartoon-ish feel, kind of like in old car brochures from the 50s and 60s. Roughed in #2 pencil, detailed with Copic markers, and finished with ink pen. First, I roughed out the shape with boxes using the ruler for proportion…
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The Last Beautiful Free Soul on This Planet

The original Vanishing Point was released in 1971, starring Barry Newman and a white 1970 Dodge Challenger. It was remade in 1997 starring Viggo Mortensen wheeling the same car. These are two of the greatest movies about American Muscle and simply finding oneself. This drawing is done on Canson marker paper with Copic markers, Posca…
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1994 GMC Yukon – Happy Birthday, AAM!

This month, my company AAM turns 25 years old. Fittingly, I saw this very clean 1994 Yukon at the ice cream shop yesterday and thought it would be fun to draw. Usually these mid-nineties trucks are pretty clapped out now, but this one was very nice. The 1994 GMC Yukon was built on the GMT430…
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1967 Impala from “Supernatural”

My friend Gabe loves the show Supernatural and his wife asked me to draw the car from the show for his wall. I started with a rough cartoon-ish sketch and finished up with a tighter, more controlled version. I like the abstract elements like the orange streaks from the indicators and the crossing edge lines.…
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Hanging Some Pictures

Thought I’d hang some pictures today. I’ve had this 1970 GTO and 1968 Dodge Dart sitting in frames on the floor for awhile now. I hung them up today in our living room next to a couple non-art documents that are important to me. The top document is the invoice to my grandfather’s first new…
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Green ’55 Chevy Gasser

Here’s a Tri-Five Chevy in GREEN with RED windows. This guy was sketched out with pencil, colored in with Copic markers, and detailed with black ink pen and Posca white paint pen. I LOOOOVE side pipes. And white walls. The hood scoop and mag wheels are the same as the Two Lane Blacktop hero car.…
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Waking Vegas Hot Rod

This one was a lot of fun to do. I play drums in a rock band called Waking Vegas – we played for a family festival yesterday in Highland, MI and in preparation I drew what I think would be the perfect band equipment hauler. This is a ’32 Ford sedan delivery gasser with a…
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Dart Vader

Yesterday I came across a photo of a Dodge Dart aptly named Dart Vader, built by Alloy Motors for the 2015 Sema show. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to draw it from a photo where the light source (sunset) is behind the car, creating a deep shadow in the front. This is…
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