This past weekend, Jessie and I visited the R.E. Olds museum in Lansing – I highly recommend it, by the way. One of my favorite cars there was this late 1930’s Oldsmobile Business Coupe. I thought the subtle silver paint sitting on the bright red wheels with white wall tires really popped – a really…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about traditional hot rods lately. One of the coolest is the late pre-war Ford. This 1940 Ford was first sketched out on toned tan paper with pencil, then filled in with copic grays. Charcoal white was used for outlining and the whitewalls. Finally, Micron pen was used for details.
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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