We went down to Urbana, Ohio this weekend for my grandmother’s funeral. One thing that makes difficult times bearable is being with friends and family. While we were there, I had a chance to hang some new drawings at Teabaggers, among friends and family. When I was growing up in Urbana, my family went to…
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Tony Stark’s hot rod from the first Iron Man film was actually owned by the director (who also played Happy), Jon Favreau. It’s the quintessential hot rod, a ’32 Ford. This drawing was different in that the rear wheels are 25% larger than the fronts, so getting proportions in terms of “number of wheels” required…
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Tiny square body – brown, of course – on tan paper. I think this is my favorite perspective – 3/4 front looking up at the vehicle from the ground. It gives the impression that the truck is big and tall. You can see the two-point perspective lines trailing off to the right and left. I…
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A 1972 Ford Econoline panel van – with side pipes! Again, I forgot to take many progress pictures, but here’s one:
Like, Zoiks, Scoob! A hot rod take on a classic van – The Mystery Machine was a total hippie-mobile in the cartoon, but how cool would it be as a street van? I’m continuing to explore side profile views on toned-tan paper, which is perfect for a livery as lively as The Mystery Machine. The…
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This is part II of the two-part Continental project, a 1957 Mark-2. Also on toned tan, to really push the vintagy engineering drawing-esque feel. This one started the same way, with the front wheel and measuring out 4.5 wheel widths to the rear. From there, it was just blocked in using wheel diameters, and adding…
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This is part 1 of a 2-part set that was just commissioned – I’ve been having a lot of fun experimenting with toned tan paper, and these were to be profile views, so I thought the toned tan would give it a good engineering drawing / vintage feel. This is a 1963 Continental 4-door (suicide…
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A friend asked if I could draw the ’69 Judge, which is his favorite car. I prefer the ’70 with the Endura-bumpers, but the ’69 is definitely more iconic. Toned tan paper was selected for this one – Usually these cars are seen in orange, so I thought it would be fun to draw in…
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Sticking with the toned tan theme… I love the brickiness of the ’69-71 Chrysler 300 – it’s such a huge land barge – and the idea of making a drag car out of one sounds excellent. This one was roughed in with pencil, again like the others, but I jumped straight to white charcoal prior…
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I’ve been having a lot of fun with the toned tan paper lately. I’m a sucker for wagons, especially the very square, sharp edge wagons of the mid-sixties. Among them is the Fury III which looks great in all body styles, especially wagon. Like the bus, this one started off as a pencil sketch using…
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