Tag: tonedtan

Get In The Van!

A 1972 Ford Econoline panel van – with side pipes! Again, I forgot to take many progress pictures, but here’s one:

The Mystery Machine

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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Lincoln Continental, Part II

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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Lincoln Continental, Part I

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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Grimes Flying Lab

This sketch depicts the Grimes Flying Lab, a 1952 Beech 18 that served as an aviation lighting test mule for the Grimes Manufacturing Company. The aircraft now resides at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. The drawing shows the aircraft at twilight with all the lights illuminated. This drawing is done on toned tan paper using…
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1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst DRAG CAR!

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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Happy Father’s Day!

This one is for the most selfless man I know, my step dad Charlie. Our family is a group of bourbon connoisseurs, so here is a bottle from Michigan’s Journeyman Distillery. I started off roughing in the basic shapes using a straight edge, ellipses and french curves in #2 mechanical pencil. Next, filled in some…
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