Bruce Thomson's Sketches
Apparently there is an app now that will do this… very impressive. Being stubborn, pedantic and silly, I did this the “old-fashioned” way, in photoshop – saving myself 99¢ on the app and wasting several hours of my time to achieve what the app does in 20 seconds.
Clever eh?
OK – and it’s not a sketch. But I felt like playing.
Another volkswagen sketch – the back end is probably a wee bit too hippy… and there’s something a little odd about the front end too… anyway, it’d be a good starting point for a modern Karmann Ghia.
…well – hardly an “original” concept – VW did a great concept for this back in the 90s – and than they built this…a 4 seater ersatz vanette. Uggh. So – I humbly offer my concept for consideration – this would be a proper bus, with seating for 8, and capacity to be turned into a camper.
Original VW vans with the “skylight” windows sell for close to $100,000 – there is a reason for this beyond rarity…
Much of what I do on this blog (when I’m not scrambling to fulfill my “sketch a day” promise) is groundwork for future projects. I’d like to do an involved photoshop rendering of this – always loved the simple graphics of this car and think it’ll make a lovely graphic piece. This is ballpoint on vellum, an overlay of a carefully constructed (but not, I fear, quite correct) underdrawing.
A quick sketch of a 1933 Napier Railton – this was a “speed record” car – had a W12 engine and made just over 500hp. Very interesting car to draw, especially because of the complex exhaust system. Think I’ll have another go at one of these soon…
Another view. I’m trying to sketch this from as many points of views as possible in order to familiarize myself with it and to ensure I can keep it regulated from view to view…
Doesn’t look much like a “Bond” car, does it? This sketch was done on letter sized paper in ballpoint.
These are always a little tricky to do, because the whole point is to establish detail for reference and consideration – but in concentrating on the detail you can easily lose sight of the “bigger picture” – I think I may have done so here – the body looks a little “deep”, and the nose a tad short. Still – it’s helped me establish some character to the vehicle.
Some more work on the F1 car – trying to establish some of the “less seen” elements like the rear diffuser and suspension. Trying to keep these minimal as I want the design to rely less on aero than is now the case. Trying also to establish a “sculptural” aesthetic that mates nicely with the mechanical aspect of the car – which is tricky…
Caught in my headlights