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jthomas · 20-10-2006, 15:22

Sort of my first large work in illustrator...used a photo for proportion.

pgo · 20-10-2006, 15:26

Cheater.

Anyway, well done I guess. Good practice.

jthomas · 20-10-2006, 15:45

Haha. Ya, it was mostly to get used to the tools. But it ended up not really helping me since it's all a bunch of shapes and not much else. The only place I used gradient mesh was on the body kit, which kind of feels out of place since there aren't any other gradients on the entire care.

Man, you know you've been in an adobe program too long when you hold spacebar to move the forum.

wheedwacker · 23-10-2006, 22:50

emil · 24-10-2006, 02:09

Hood and bumper stripes need to be more shiny. They look flat as opposed to the side. The same goes for the rims.
Purple reflexion on the windshield looks out of place, try make it more blue.
Nice start, though, it will look great if you plan to finish it.

jthomas · 24-10-2006, 21:21

emil, can you give me some tips on how to do the two things you pointed out? those are the two things I struggled with most. GOOD eye.

emil · 25-10-2006, 01:44

basically all you need to do is to zoom in and add in some details. do the same like you did with the headlights.
have a look at this guy's work
http://www.warking.com/

Daniel Diggle · 25-10-2006, 11:23

not bad,

gotta love a bit of vector work!

saints · 03-11-2006, 17:04

Ya Ne Its Pretty Ok

cocknose · 03-11-2006, 18:58

you need to sort the floor out perspective is all off... tut tut! ;-)

i3lance · 04-11-2006, 13:57

And where did you find the time to do this mate? How long did it take?

Hat's off to ya.

jthomas · 06-11-2006, 11:25

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Originally Posted by i3lance

And where did you find the time to do this mate? How long did it take?

Hat's off to ya.

Well, fortunately I was able to pass it off as training in the program, so I did it on work time. Still new at the program so it took me about 15 hours. But, I really haven't done the hard parts yet, which would be all the reflections and whatnot. I'm not quite sure how to do all that. Still a bit intimidated by gradient meshes.

adras · 06-11-2006, 13:30

it would look better in black

emil · 06-11-2006, 13:57

Quote:

Still a bit intimidated by gradient meshes

Don't go there, keep it as clean as possible

jthomas · 06-11-2006, 17:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by emilpaun

Don't go there, keep it as clean as possible

Done! I won't.

emil · 07-11-2006, 01:52

lotsa winking

jthomas · 07-11-2006, 11:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by emilpaun

lotsa winking

How would you suggest doing the front grills?

emil · 07-11-2006, 11:15

Erm... How do you mean? They look ok to me. You'd need a couple more highlights here and there, maybe?

Edit: Or create a grille (angled criss-crossing gradient filled rectangles), then mask the shape you want. Something like that. (sloppy 5 mins job, but you get the point)

emil · 07-11-2006, 11:29

wires

dorian · 07-11-2006, 11:38

im not sure if this is not too much (and too precise-) detail. adding such detail would not be proportionate to the way the rest of the body is made... you would then have to piss about with the reflective texture of the lights etc etc. its a can of worms imo.
but then again - finding the balance is not an easy thing....

20-10-2006, 15:22	#1 (permalink)
jthomas coffee is not a crime Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 456	Mustang illustration Sort of my first large work in illustrator...used a photo for proportion.

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wheedwacker competitionmaster 2.0 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,370	nice

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i3lance Read between da lines! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK, former Londoner Posts: 843	And where did you find the time to do this mate? How long did it take? Hat's off to ya. __________________ i3lance

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adras Zły Join Date: May 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,920	it would look better in black __________________ Be Crisp (tm)

20-10-2006, 15:26	#2 (permalink)
pgo i'm done, son Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,262	Cheater. Anyway, well done I guess. Good practice.

20-10-2006, 15:45	#3 (permalink)
jthomas coffee is not a crime Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 456	Haha. Ya, it was mostly to get used to the tools. But it ended up not really helping me since it's all a bunch of shapes and not much else. The only place I used gradient mesh was on the body kit, which kind of feels out of place since there aren't any other gradients on the entire care. Man, you know you've been in an adobe program too long when you hold spacebar to move the forum.

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emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 6,831	Hood and bumper stripes need to be more shiny. They look flat as opposed to the side. The same goes for the rims. Purple reflexion on the windshield looks out of place, try make it more blue. Nice start, though, it will look great if you plan to finish it.

24-10-2006, 21:21	#6 (permalink)
jthomas coffee is not a crime Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 456	emil, can you give me some tips on how to do the two things you pointed out? those are the two things I struggled with most. GOOD eye.

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emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 6,831	basically all you need to do is to zoom in and add in some details. do the same like you did with the headlights. have a look at this guy's work http://www.warking.com/

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Daniel Diggle oh dear me™ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK, London Posts: 117	not bad, gotta love a bit of vector work!

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saints Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SOUTH AFRICA Posts: 91	Ya Ne Its Pretty Ok

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emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 6,831	Erm... How do you mean? They look ok to me. You'd need a couple more highlights here and there, maybe? Edit: Or create a grille (angled criss-crossing gradient filled rectangles), then mask the shape you want. Something like that. (sloppy 5 mins job, but you get the point) Attached Thumbnails __________________ SEPTEMBER Q X R Last edited by emil : 07-11-2006 at 11:26.

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dorian i do lines Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Poland/Denmark Posts: 3,216	im not sure if this is not too much (and too precise-) detail. adding such detail would not be proportionate to the way the rest of the body is made... you would then have to piss about with the reflective texture of the lights etc etc. its a can of worms imo. but then again - finding the balance is not an easy thing.... __________________ ...

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