damn... i'm turning green over here. picasso is so damn good, he's not just a ruler, he's like an electronic vernier or something. which is not to say that all you other abundantly talented dudes aren't rulers (or perhaps verniers) too, of course. thanks for showing us your stuff...
This will be the 3rd time I post this pic since Monday, but since Poobah is looking back, I'll update my "concepts" updated 12/21/06 and the TAI6
I dabble in concept drawings, more on the engineering side. Most of the work that I do is related to mapping body modifications and chassis design. Here is one of the early layouts that I did for my Sedan with the rear axle over the frame.... Someday soon I will scan and post some of my other work. Enjoy
Since no one else gave you an answer I might be able to help. I've done some decent looking concept stuff you might have seen in some of the magazines over the last few years rangeing from a tradional "A" modified roadster pickup for a buddy to the Airflow 2010 that sold this year for $550,000. Send me a message and we can hook up over the phone to discuss what your looking for.
Here are a few I did for a customer wanting ideas for a fordur, nothing real new but the art looks decent
Jeff, I am such an admirer of your drawings. You definately put out some awesome work. With a drawing like that I'd think you could make the cost of the Fordor's go up. SamIAm's selling some t-shirts over in the Forsale section. And I love the design, it reminds me of your Belly Tanker digger you had in the recent TRJ.
I do a little of this stuff too when I get the chance. The big rendered stuff is cool, but I like doing "junk" sketches a lot more...doodles scratched out on whatever's laying around...
Allison, I like those drawings, very clean... do you have any more you care to share? I'll add this last one...
Glad this one came back from the dead, such creative work.. I had to re-add my pic.. must have erased it awhile back...
Ya, I tried to add them last night but needed to resize them and didn't have time to mess anymore. I'll get some other ,color stuff up Sunday. Great looking stuff here on this thread, and thanks everyone for the compliments... anyone really interested in seeing more of my stuff can check my site at www.jeffallisondesign.com
here are some renderings from the SFIC national "Bright Design" Competition. (the theme was vehicles that stressed a resurgence of bright metal.) these took second.
I do my "concept drawings" in Autocad. That way I can plot full-scale templates for individual components....makes fit-up a snap.
What's with the cad/art/concept stuff? How does it work? Do you start with an actual hand drawing that's scanned in or is all of it created virtually? Do you need a computer with mega memory and expensive software?
As far as I know the conventional PC we all have is adequate.A friend of mine has Autocad too and I still need to "borrow" it...this is very intersting stuff.I believe parts can be scanned in.Some milling machines work with Autocad too.Design your own parts with it or modify parts,save the data on a floppy disc,bring the disc and chunk of aluminium to your favorite machine shop and let the milling machine do the rest.Sorta...and I'm not talking billet here !
I use an inexpensive version called Autocad LT (Autocad Light). It cost $250 when I bought it 11 years ago. I've never scanned in parts, etc. I measure my components and make separate drawings of each part. These can then be simply imported into the overall drawing of the car. I drew the Model T cowl, the engine and tranny assembly, the banjo rearend, the midget nose & grille, the radiator, the torsion bar suspension, the steering layout, the seats, and the seating position that I copied from a friend's '59 Corvette. The advantage of doing this is I know that everything will fit (including me) when the actual assembly/fabrication begins. The drawings I've shown in my post are quite preliminary. Much more has been done since those drawings were converted from Autocad "dwg" files to "jpg" files for display here. Another huge bebefit is I can change my mind at any time. If, for example, I was to use a V8 quick-change in the thing, I can rotate the rearend, change the driveline angles, etc. so I can keep everything within proper specification. What "TheFrenZ" says is correct. I've taken my Cad images to shops for waterjet cutting, and plasma cutting. I plot to paper full-size templates for shock mount brackets, tube bending, etc. Big time saver and cuts WAY down on the "do-overs". I don't use 3D nor do I do any "Cadart". I guess I think in 3D....
I love the look of all this stuff. I'm currently working with a guy on a part he's built on the computer. He's stress testing it and everything. There is no actual part yet and he swears it can go right to prototype without problems. NEATO. What's it like taking courses on this stuff? What kind of background education should someone have and how long would a brother have to go to night school? One more question, when you said you drew the parts, did you mean by hand or with a computer? Like say the engine...it must be perfectly to scale for it to model and fit right with the actual car. How's that done?- Thanks!
Hey Carps, i know that car. We built the body for that at my work. Well, we built the one they took a mold of.
Conder, You do some nice works.Do you sell any of your sketches or designs? I would love to get a pic done if you do.
Thank you... I don't have very many that are converted to files I can post here. Here's a couple I did of the Edmunds supermodified that's the inspiration for my street-legal race car.
Here are two views of a 255 Offenhauser that was originally drawn by Leo Goossen of Meyer & Drake and I re-drew in Autocad. They look MUCH better when plotted to paper....
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