Illustration of my car (in progression).

radiantm3 · 07-25-2009, 03:39 AM

Update: Here's the final image. I got lazy and tired of working on this so I ended up turning it into a simple desktop background:

Grab the full res version here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiant...30371/sizes/o/

Original Post:

I was inspired by the previous 135i drawing thread so I decided to do my own. However, I'm going for a more stylized look as opposed to realism. I'm not finished, but thought it would be fun to post the artwork as it progresses. So what you see is work in progress at this point.

Initial sketch:

This is meant to be really rough. Just getting a rough idea of how it will look and if it's worth moving forward with or scrapping. I think it turned out alright which is why I decided to finish it.

Vector conversion:

2nd step is cleaning up the lines and adding detail. As you can see, it's starting to look pretty clean. I'm still deciding if I should add the breytons in there. It will be a very tedious task and I'm pretty lazy.

I'll probably make an attempt at it. I'll post updates as I make more progress unless this looks like crap and no one cares to see it finished.

Step 3: Finalize line art.

Added the final details. Now it's time to do a full color rendering. Still haven't decided to keep a flat cell-shaded look or make it look more like a rendering.

Robert · 07-25-2009, 04:15 AM

looks like he's reaching full throttle =)

bozola · 07-25-2009, 09:20 AM

I like it!

ki__ · 07-25-2009, 12:02 PM

I like it too a lot

1Nation · 07-25-2009, 01:43 PM

I like the first version a lot. How can I get a copy.

bozola · 07-26-2009, 09:32 AM

Ctrl-alt-print Screen

Guran · 07-26-2009, 05:49 PM

Phwoorr! Very nice. An X6 Coupe!!!

datbimmerdoe · 07-26-2009, 07:44 PM

touareg · 07-26-2009, 08:43 PM

awesome...

Jaguar66 · 07-29-2009, 03:30 AM

!

radiantm3 · 07-29-2009, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobMason

The perspective appears to be off, so I changed it a bit.

It's an illustration, not a realistic rendering.

If I wanted the right perspective, I would have traced my car.

I wanted it to be somewhat of a caricature of my car.

Excitmnt94 · 07-29-2009, 08:12 AM

ah yes...posts like this remind me i can't draw/sketch/paint or do anything artistic like that. thanks guys!

but seriously...nice work!

Jaguar66 · 07-29-2009, 11:17 PM

!

radiantm3 · 07-29-2009, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobMason

OK, I edited my post, I guess I should have just said, to my eyes, a more realistic perspective is more pleasing to my eyes. Still I like your work.

It's all personal artistic expression. Your edit did look more realistic.

cozza · 07-29-2009, 11:42 PM

Nicely done!

radiantm3 · 08-05-2009, 01:39 AM

I sort of got lazy to the point of not wanting to finish, but I did create a quick desktop background out of it. You can grab it on the first post.

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