Today’s Inktober prompt is “Misfit,” which makes me think of a very unconventional race car, Herbie the Love Bug. I chose to make this drawing on Toned Tan paper to get the white reflections and side numbers to pop. I started with just pencil outlines and filled it in with Copic markers. I really like…
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Week #2 was a blast and is now a wrap! Here’s a look at this week’s prompts. Day #7 was “Enchanted,” which made me think of the enchanted Ford Anglia from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. This sketch was a bit of a risk because of the perspective – it’s shot from below…
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While I’m on a movie car kick, how about the beautiful ’32 Ford Deuce Coupe from American Graffiti… George Lucas helped to return hot rods to the streets and revitalize the culture with the 1973 cult classic. Here’s the start – rough outline and first shades of Copic yellows: Then, filling in some details with…
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I thought the Knight Bus from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban would be a fun fan art piece to make. Here are the line sketches in pencil: Copic marker ink added in – I didn’t have the right purples so the bus is more of a lilac than deep purple, but on the…
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I was very excited to see that two drawings had sold this week – the Mystery Machine Hot Rod Van and the Tony Stark ’32 Ford. So, by special request, I made this Darkwing Duck ’62 VW Sambabus. Here’s the bus in rough-sketch: I decided to work on the lettering and character next – these…
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My friend Joe owns this red 1989 Firebird Formula. The car is an original 305 car with a 5-speed manual transmission and is a lot of fun to drive. This drawing started with a rough pencil sketch, followed by Copic marker fill. I really kind of dig the way the drawing looks before the linework…
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I’m very excited to see my art traveling to New York for the 2019 Lincoln and Continental Owners Club Eastern National Meet with our friends Scott and Karen. Here’s Scott pictured with a couple Continentals similar to those in the drawings. He was kind enough to grab a few shots of some of the cool…
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This was a fun project for my friend, Gabe – The Mystery Machine in Lowrider form. The start of rough outlining in pencil and filling in the radii around the edges: Bringing some Copic marker in for color and value fill: Here’s some detail close up photos of the Dayton wire wheels: Again, this drawing…
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What a sleeper! Well, maybe not this one. The Caravan and Voyager of the 1980s was built on the K-car platform along with stuff like the Reliant, LeBaron, Lancer, and the like. The base version was pretty homely, but along with its brethren, was offered with a very build-able turbo 2.5L 4-cylinder. Sooooooo…let’s build one…
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This started out as a doodle in pencil just to see how the perspective might come out, and when all was said and done, culminated in about six hours of work. What would a ratty Charger look like in linework only? Well, like this. It’s very difficult to capture dents, dings, rust and other discolorations…
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