Drawing

[Gismo]

Bought this recently:-

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/Bonnie Scotland/51128.jpg

[Big Gordy]

Ooooooooooooooooooooo very fancy :p:D:approve:

[Scottie]

Very nice good detail.

Oh well you'll need to keep the car now.

[Heather]

Very nice! Where did you get it?

[Gismo]

quote:Originally posted by tribalmini
Very nice! Where did you get it?

I was contacted a long time ago by an agent representing an artist who saw my car in GoMini and decided to draw it.
I also posted on Mini2 (http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79385)

[X30YES]

Stunning .....enjoy it

[MartinSullivan]

Looks good Alan :D

[mgemie]

dogs b****ks!!! sweet drawing..!!! one question tho - does your front bumper have a splitter? or is that just how the MCS's bumper lip looks? (my MO has two small lips either side of the front bumper in that place)

[Wul]

Nice drawing alan - was that an HB pencil? ;):p

[KenL]

That's a drawing? Looks amazing - like a photograph.

[Gismo]

No splitter as such, just a protective piece of plastic that scrapes the ground or speed bumps, it's standard on all MCS

Ken, defo not a photo, though the picture above is scanned from the original drawing

[monkimagic]

Musta used tracing paper :p, but that is a lovely drawing

[Gismo]

quote:Originally posted by monkimagic
Musta used tracing paper :p, but that is a lovely drawing
The drawing is 24" x 18", not sure how you could trace a picture that is smaller

[Monsta Mo Mini]

Overhead Projector! ;)

[phantom]

Hi Alan, very nice indeed, maybe the person who did it could do more for us minions as well. :cool:

[Monsta Mo Mini]

Alan hasn't told you how much it cost yet.....;)

[DNV122]

Ooh ya - that is one mean lookin' mini

[DNV122]

ps

front tyre looks a bit flat...

[Gismo]

quote:Originally posted by phantom
Hi Alan, very nice indeed, maybe the person who did it could do more for us minions as well. :cool:
Since i paid for the drawing i've not had any feedback from the artist at all :blackeye:

[Scottch]

C'mon BS

How much did it skin you for?

Cheers!

Scott

[Gismo]

quote:Originally posted by Scottch
C'mon BS
How much did it skin you for?
Cheers!
Scott
Initially he wanted £3k, but we agreed on £250 after he sent it to me for approval and valuation :cool:

[Steph]

quote:Originally posted by Monsta Mo Mini

Overhead Projector! ;)


You get specialised projectors that an artist can use to enlarge a source image which they can then trace round. Drawing a large picture from a small source and getting the proportions right by hand is pretty difficult unless you do it constantly. Especially cars - you can get away with small errors on stuff like flowers and animals, but a small error on a car and it is very obvious (especially to car fanatics!).

Very nice picture. Probably used a few different pencils and a lot of patience :)

[sleepyrascal]

it is like an OHP but it has a mirrored image like a periscope to project to a shaeet of paper through a clear plastic surface.

Loads of artists use them simply to get the outline shape and inner detail spot on. The skill is bringing the trace to life as shown in the first post! I think the image bs posted looks a bit photoshopy because it's been scanned..

[3GGG]

Artists have been using methods to draw perspective accurately for centuries, for example the camera obscura was used in the 17th century. Nothing wrong with that if it gets the results. Very nice drawing Alan.

[Gismo]

As i said, i'm not bothered how he achieved the outline, moer that the drawing shows the depth, differing shades etc, the picture does not give it justice, in the flesh it is magnificent

[3GGG]

quote:Originally posted by Bonnie Scotland

As i said, i'm not bothered how he achieved the outline, moer that the drawing shows the depth, differing shades etc, the picture does not give it justice, in the flesh it is magnificent


Totally agree there, I'm sure it is a magnificent article and well worth the money given the obvious amount of talent and time that has gone into it.

[Heather]

I agree. No matter how the outline was done the shading is stunning. Hope it has pride of place somewhere:D

[GAJ]

quote:Originally posted by 3GGG

Artists have been using methods to draw perspective accurately for centuries, for example the camera obscura was used in the 17th century. Nothing wrong with that if it gets the results. Very nice drawing Alan.


I used an epidiascope in my last job to do a similar thing. It was an ancient old contraption, a couple of old bulbs, lenses and mirrors and shelves that could be raised and lowered independently to superimpose two images that were different scales. Simple but effective!! I don't think I could have produced that drawing though. Very nice!! I could draw you a stick man for a tenner though if you like!:p