Author Topic: Car vector artwork (Finished! 12 sept 2004) (Read 8288 times)

Felsir · « **on:** July 11, 2004, 01:02:01 pm »

For my driving cab, I'm currently creating a car as vector artwork.
Let me know what you think! I'll post updates in this thread.

TalkingOctopus · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2004, 06:18:32 pm »

That looks really slick. Nice work. Excuse my ignorance, but what kind of car is that based on?

Felsir · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2004, 02:01:55 am »

Thanks.

It's based on the Nissan Skyline GT-R. The details in the picture will make this a slow but fun vectorising project.

Lilwolf · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2004, 09:05:22 am »

SWEET! I like it a LOT!

Consider keeping a version at this point if you add detail! I like it the way it is.

I wish I still had my sitdown cab... This would have been perfect for the side!

JustJJiving · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2004, 10:50:57 am »

looks great! nice work!

Felsir · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2004, 02:15:40 pm »

Updated! The outlining is almost done. Next the windows and I'm going to experiment on the colours and that metallic paint/reflective look.

Felsir · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2004, 04:47:07 am »

I had a little time to add more details on the car's side. See the result:

walls83 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2004, 04:12:45 pm »

man that is very nice work. I love it. It will look very sweet on a driving cab

rob1234 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 03, 2004, 03:47:11 pm »

That looks great! Lilwolf gave me his sit down cab a while back and this would look awesome on it. If you don't mind, I would like to use the image. How would I go about getting it made? Do I need to vectorize it or can I just save the pic and have it made from that?

Witchboard · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2004, 04:37:45 pm »

Quote from: Felsir on August 01, 2004, 04:47:07 am

I had a little time to add more details on the car's side. See the result:

Looking good. And you do all this in Visio?

Felsir · « **Reply #10 on:** August 04, 2004, 04:30:11 pm »

Quote from: rob1234 on August 03, 2004, 03:47:11 pm

That looks great! Lilwolf gave me his sit down cab a while back and this would look awesome on it. If you don't mind, I would like to use the image. How would I go about getting it made? Do I need to vectorize it or can I just save the pic and have it made from that?

The car is not yet complete, I plan to add more colours.
If you like the image feel free to use it, I'm willing to add more 'personalised' stuff to it (like the cabinet's name or a checkered flag pattern or something). However I don't have a lot of time, I have just become a father (my son is just 4 months old) so I'm drawing in the few moments of spare time.

The picture is a vector but it's currently in Visio format. I can produce a bitmap image out of in any size you would require, I exported my (Visio) Timezone cabinet vector image to a bitmap image in 300 pixels per inch and it came out perfect on the printer. To export it to an Adobe Illustrator format I need to adjust a few things (the current export filters aren't that great in Visio) so would like to wait until I'm completely finished before I'll upload this one to the vector library.

Quote from: Witchboard on August 03, 2004, 04:37:45 pm

Looking good. And you do all this in Visio?

Yes, see the attached image - also with a preview of what's to come

comments on the colour scheme are welcome

Witchboard · « **Reply #11 on:** August 04, 2004, 04:52:45 pm »

Man, you have freakish talent in Visio. I like the color too! What version of Visio are you using? It looks newer than 2000, but that could be XP changing the window looks.

Felsir · « **Reply #12 on:** August 04, 2004, 05:46:06 pm »

I'm using Visio 2003. It has a few features that make designing a bit better (handles for rotating etc. work easier in 2003).

walls83 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 04, 2004, 06:13:22 pm »

that is sick looking(in a good way)

You got mad skills with visto.

rob1234 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 05, 2004, 12:47:18 pm »

sent you a pm

Generic Eric · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2004, 05:52:20 am »

good lord! I can bearly draw a square in visio let alone that! Awsome btw!

Wade · « **Reply #16 on:** August 06, 2004, 03:34:35 pm »

I didn't know Visio could do vector stuff. All I knew is I have it on my machine because we have some diagrams for work stuff done in Visio. Interesting.

*Awesome* job!! Can I make a suggestion though? Can you make it so the wheels look like they are spinning? That would seem much more appropriate on the side of a racing cabinet, rather than a sitting "show car", if you know what I mean.

Wade

Felsir · « **Reply #17 on:** August 08, 2004, 03:11:33 pm »

Just a short message:
I'll be offline the next week; my son needs surgery and my wife and I will stay with him while he has to stay in the hospital.

So any PMs and questions about the car-artwork or Visio-how-to's will be answered when everything is back to normal in my family.

walls83 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2004, 05:19:13 pm »

Man sorry to hear it. I hope everything goes well.

Good luck and god bless

Witchboard · « **Reply #19 on:** August 09, 2004, 09:38:41 am »

Quote from: Felsir on August 08, 2004, 03:11:33 pm

Just a short message:
I'll be offline the next week; my son needs surgery and my wife and I will stay with him while he has to stay in the hospital.

So any PMs and questions about the car-artwork or Visio-how-to's will be answered when everything is back to normal in my family.

I'm sorry to hear that your son is needing surgery. Well wishes be with you and your family.

Felsir · « **Reply #20 on:** August 16, 2004, 04:47:32 am »

Thanks for the kind words!
We have just returned from the hospital. My son needed surgery on a muscle in hip upper lip (the muscle tissue had a small gap in it), it was important that they fixed the muscle before he learns to speak so he wouldn't get problems later.
The surgery was a success. He is doing fine now and he already carefully starts to smile again :-)

Ontopic: At the moment spare time is in short supply, so progress is slow. I'm experimenting with colouring the car. I'm not yet satisfied by the result.
So in short: I'm still working on the car. I think in a few weeks I can pick up a quicker workpace and finish the artwork.

Witchboard · « **Reply #21 on:** August 16, 2004, 09:39:31 am »

Glad to hear that everything is well with your son. Can't wait to see artwork updates.

Felsir · « **Reply #22 on:** August 22, 2004, 05:54:22 am »

I had a some time to tweak the green colour:

Felsir · « **Reply #23 on:** August 25, 2004, 03:18:14 pm »

Today an appointment was cancelled so I had some extra time to update the artwork

Let me know what you think!

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #24 on:** August 25, 2004, 06:08:56 pm »

That's Awesome!!! You did a really great job... *bows down in awe of your Visio skilz*

Felsir · « **Reply #25 on:** September 01, 2004, 10:56:41 am »

Added some more details and a title. Not sure if I'm going to name my cab 'Turbo', it's a request and I'm curious how it would look.
TODO: some hilights on the rear side of the car and details in the wheels

opinions are welcomed.

Witchboard · « **Reply #26 on:** September 01, 2004, 02:53:26 pm »

Awsome. I was wondering when you were going to get to the wheels.

rob1234 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 01, 2004, 05:32:28 pm »

That looks great! Can't wait to get it on my cab. Just wondering what are the dimmensions of it with the turbo on it just want to make sure it still fits, but looks perfect.

Felsir · « **Reply #28 on:** September 02, 2004, 06:34:40 am »

The image height-width ratio is 44:37 so within that frame it can be any size you want. I test-fitted the image on a mockup of a green 'turbo' cabinet.

BobbyG66 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 02, 2004, 03:04:26 pm »

Looks awesome, have you built the cab yet.

You probably can't wait to drive it!

Felsir · « **Reply #30 on:** September 12, 2004, 10:34:32 am »

The final car image! I've been tweaking a little and I feel that any more changes would do more damage than good so I consider it finished. I'll convert the Visio file to EPS later this week and upload it to the vector image database website.
LMKWYT!

Witchboard · « **Reply #31 on:** September 12, 2004, 01:03:06 pm »

Pretty sweet!

I don't mean to criticize since I couldn't do anything near that well, but your rear wheel seems odd. It's ligther under the wheel well than at the bottom (where it should get more light). I think you should gradient it like the front wheel. Unless you did that on purpose for some reason.

SNAAKE · « **Reply #32 on:** September 12, 2004, 04:30:08 pm »

SKILLZ !!

Looks great from every angle !

Felsir · « **Reply #33 on:** September 13, 2004, 09:14:00 am »

Quote from: Witchboard on September 12, 2004, 01:03:06 pm

Pretty sweet!

I don't mean to criticize since I couldn't do anything near that well, but your rear wheel seems odd. It's ligther under the wheel well than at the bottom (where it should get more light). I think you should gradient it like the front wheel. Unless you did that on purpose for some reason.

You're right, I changed the rear wheel's shading and it looks better this way. I might have accidently picked the wrong shade-direction and I didn't notice it

Thanks for mentioning it Witchboard!

Witchboard · « **Reply #34 on:** September 13, 2004, 09:43:47 am »

Man, to have crazy mad skills like that.

simplygriff · « **Reply #35 on:** September 13, 2004, 09:53:44 am »

Very nice. Can't wait to see that with the Abbey Chase.

-G

rob1234 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 21, 2004, 10:28:52 pm »

Here is felsirs image on my turbo cabinet.

Goz · « **Reply #37 on:** September 21, 2004, 10:40:54 pm »

Looks damn nice....

-Goz

Felsir · « **Reply #38 on:** September 22, 2004, 02:54:06 am »

Looks great!! The print quality looks good too!

Lilwolf · « **Reply #39 on:** September 22, 2004, 07:42:10 am »

Looks GREAT!

I miss my sit down cab

thatfellow · « **Reply #40 on:** October 01, 2004, 10:11:17 am »

Incredible work,

im just starting off with Vector drawings. Using Adobe Illustrator. Could i get the final Vector drawing of the car off ye to try & figure out how you did it & to admire the work.

Felsir · « **Reply #41 on:** October 01, 2004, 11:17:44 am »

You are free to check the file out.
I have sent the file to Mahuti so he can convert it to a format that is accepted by Adobe. I should appear soon on the vectorised artwork website.
Thanks for the compliment

mahuti · « **Reply #42 on:** October 01, 2004, 11:45:36 am »

Yeah, everyday, I think about that file.

I'll get it up there, I've just been extremely busy.

(in other news... I just got invited to do a flash game for Shaun of the Dead YEAH!!!)

thatfellow · « **Reply #43 on:** October 01, 2004, 01:07:05 pm »

Cheers Guys, make sure to drop a link here.

Felsir · « **Reply #44 on:** October 01, 2004, 01:34:54 pm »

Quote from: mahuti on October 01, 2004, 11:45:36 am

(in other news... I just got invited to do a flash game for Shaun of the Dead YEAH!!!)

Woo Woo Woo!

no problem, take your time.

People who really want the art for their cab sooner, can PM me: I can make a highres-bitmap file (like I did for rob1234 - see image elsewhere in this thread).

mahuti · « **Reply #45 on:** October 18, 2004, 01:13:28 am »

Finally got around to uploading that file.

click here

Felsir · « **Reply #46 on:** October 18, 2004, 01:51:32 pm »

Thanks!


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