Mercedes Benz – Caught in my headlights

Mercedes 300SL Prototype

This is a prototype of the Mercedes Benz 300SL at the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart. There are some noticeable differences from the 300Sl as released, but they are subtle. This took much longer for me to do than usual as I wanted to capture the colours of the car, and it was reallyContinue reading “Mercedes 300SL Prototype”

280SL sketch

Small sketch (about the size of a playing card) that I dropped into photoshop and gave a quick tonal rendering…

2014 Mercedes F1 concept/fantasy

…another F1 car rendering. For this one I wanted to evoke something of the 1950’s W156 and the much earlier W154, W125s; very difficult because of the great gulf of time/technology between now and then (and the fact the older cars were front-engined). Anyway, I had a lash at it and this is the resultContinue reading “2014 Mercedes F1 concept/fantasy”

Mercedes 540K

Lovely car, this. I did the initial sketch, but felt, somehow, that the “roughness” of the sketch didn’t flatter the car… so what you see beneath is a “toned” photoshopped version of the sketch which I think adds a little “elegance”. These cars boasted 180 hp, and, much as I want one, I think itContinue reading “Mercedes 540K”