Art & Inspiration The Concept Art Thread

When you look closely at all that artwork, there are a lot of design ideas that made it into production. A window or fender line, a tail light or bumper shape---
It all starts with the 'what if' sketches.
Garpo

 

Bisiluro Silver Fox O.S.I. , Italy, 1967

 

@Ryan what do you think the medium was for those original drawings you posted?

 

Some more shots from my book and magazine collection...also I see that Gary Reynolds has posted....Gary I see you do alot of posting ... actually I don't see them ..but I would really like to see them...all I get is the red X... I have asked in the past what I needed to do so I could correct the problem but nothing ... I am using a tablet ..can anyone help me see Gary's Post's....Thank You.
Terry(aka) Rudestude

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OK.. just a few more from my stash...then recharge the battery and move a long....

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In a cl*** all of his own....Syd Mead!

 

Modern cars need brake lights that big...

 

Run across this article in a September 1961 Car life Magazine... Interesting design project the student was working on...

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More Syd Mead:

 

On the wall in my house - next to the '58 Impala steering wheel

 

More Syd Mead, from a US Steel brochure called "Probabilities" he was hired to illustrate, early 1960's -- I think this was meant to depict life in the 1990's:

 

I think Sys Mead would fit right in with the Jetsons. Love the lines.
Garpo

 

Some that I run across while doing some online research...

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Good stuff it's jet propelled.

 

Cool stuff here. These are some from my inspiration folder....

 

Couple more......

 

Met this guy's son at the hardware store last summer while driving my 51' Buick. http://www.theartofartross.com