Click onto the image above to see a 20 step tutorial for this Bricklin SV1. More tutorials can be viewed on the Old School Viscom Facebook page.
Category : Production Car, Tutorial, Websites
Our good friend Michele Leonello has posted another helpful tutorial for those who are looking to learn the basics of drawing cars. This one employs a simple grey marker technique to depict a classic vehicle, the GT40. Click the image above to see Michele’s process from start to finish.
Dating. Cars. The only time the two subjects go together even remotely well is when we pick up our dates in our 1991 BLAZING red Chevrolet Lumina Z34.
Our friends over at Pick Mi Date have put together a considerably better method of linking the two. The team recently attended the 2011 NAIAS and have selected the selected several vehicles that center on specific topics, like running over your ex-boyfriend or picking up laundry after a Jersey Shore gym session. The team focuses on specific details that make each vehicle unique. It’s not exactly what the Designers were thinking when creating the cars, but Pick Mi Date help us see the wonderful ulterior uses that our designs can inspire.
The full article follows below, and can also be found on their site.
Rendering a yellow car on yellow paper is not as simple as it looks. Careful, methodical application of color is the key to making it work. Click on the image above to see the twenty step process…
I decided to ring in the new year with a bit of an experiment. Click on the image above to see the twenty steps for this McLaren — you may need some orange gouache 
Category : Websites
In the world of racing art, styles tend toward the photo-realistic or the impressionistic, and vary rarely in-between. But recently, one unique series caught my attention — Nicolas Cancelier’s vintage F1 renderings on Canson. Nicolas employs a sparing, mixed-medium approach in his work, and doesn’t always let the color of the paper determine the color of the car — a technique that can be difficult to master. He also works in a variety of other media, most notably oils, watercolors and gouache. If you’re on Facebook, you can see the rest of his Canson work by clicking the Gurney Eagle above. To see his complete collection, you can visit his website or his blog. Our special thanks to Nicolas for permission to display his work on CDF.
Category : Business, Concept Car, Design, Fetishing, Sketch P*rn, Websites
Well this will brighten your Monday. Four car designers have opened up their own studio called Hydra Design Labs, a design consultancy. The designers have contributed to more than 25 show cars and over 20 production vehicles. Their work varies greatly in the transportation sector showing concept cars, hot rods, motorcycles and video game autos. Hydra Design Labs is a full service consultancy providing everything you would need to create a product.
If you don’t need any work done then still be sure to check out their website to view the amazing amount of Sketch P*rn loaded on the site. If you need any rendering reference they have it all. Skills cover everything from pencil sketches to highly polished renderings. Click after the jump to see an assortment of images and the formal press release.
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You’d think they’d have learned by now, but our friends at RoundAbout Show asked us to be on yet again!
“Why were you on the show,” you ask? Well, I was asked to be a part of it to discuss all things E3, from the gadgets and games to the car-influenced gaming that I had the opportunity to try out.
Click above to listen or watch, or go to the podcast page here:
http://www.roundaboutshow.com/home/2010/6/27/roab-41-the-body-episode.html
… and nevermind my often flailing arms. It can be hard to showcase what Kinect does over the air.
[Special thanks to Eric, Craig, Ben, Michelle, and Colin for having me on!]
Category : Autoshows, Fetishing, Interviews, Production Car, Racing, Websites
A few weeks ago, we featured formfreu.de as our Web of the Week. This blog has generated quite a buzz in design circles, most notably for its amazing photos and great attention to detail. Formfreu is the brainchild of German designers Thomas Sälzle and Markus Haub. They recently took a quick time out to talk to Car Design Fetish about their process, their vision, and what drives them as designers…
Whether you’re a student, a seasoned designer or just an enthusiast, FORMFREU.DE is a site you simply must see. This German blog is chock full of beautiful photographs, mainly of automotive details. The portrait format is a curious choice, but the content is beyond amazing. Bottom line, these guys get it. They have a deep understanding of the importance of detail. We’ll try to arrange an interview with them. In the meantime, I suggest you click on the banner above — and prepare to be blown away!