September Theme for Friday Art show

[SRD Art]

I debated a bit on this month's theme car, I had something in mind but when I got my latest issue of Popular Hot Rodding, I decided to change things up a bit-

As you may know, PHR recently acquired a 1975 Chevelle Laguna S-3. Personally I like the look of the earlier S-3 nose, but as a firm believer in Dare To Be Different, I see some potential potential here. They included renderings of their vision in their article, check out the news stand if you haven't seen it yet. Although the 3-D renderings were great, I felt like the concept lacked some appeal.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/73novars/phrs-project.jpg

They're shooting for a Nascar theme which makes sense since this car wiped the track with it's competitors in it's hey day. PHR suggested flat black paint, Nascar type wheels with drag radials on all four corners (???) and big sponsor stickers on it. I'm o.k. with the Nascar theme but I think the renderings and their vision look like something that should be on display at Sam's Club or in Holley's showroom, not as a daily driver. Personally I think a car done like this will be fun for a short while then go "out of style" quickly and look a bit redneck-y running down the road. Probably attract a lot of police attention thinking some nut ball is driving around in a race car and can't find the track too.

There's a great deal of talent on this forum and I think there's some potential with this "different" body style, so September's challenge is to see what you can do with a '75 S-3 Laguna. Although there's potential with a Nascar theme, I'll bet most of us aren't excited about that and you are in no way limited to it. Keep in mind, PHR doesn't know about this and they haven't put me up to it to get some free renderings, I'm just thinking we can make it look cooler than what they're thinking. I've included a couple shots from the web of an S-3 for visual inspiration. Let's post up first Friday in October, 10-03. Bust out the markers and mice and let's see what ya got!

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/73novars/mycar22223.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/73novars/ChevroletLagunaS31976.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/73novars/1975Chevrole.jpg

[city_ofthe_south]

it might have been a typo but I like potential potential .... cause that pretty much sums up my opinion. :_paranoid

[SRD Art]

Or is it possible potential potential? :D O.k., so this is a bit of a long shot but that's why this is called a "challenge". I've already got my concept in my head, and it's not a Nascar thing...

If you don't wanna mess with the S3 just post sumpin else cool. :thumbsup:

[DVierstra]

406 (Ben),

I have always loved these cars. I had a '73 Laguna and a '75 Malibu Classic. Here's a couple variations I came up with last year...

A '73 Laguna Estate wagon converted into a two door wagon...or an El Camino converted into a wagon.

http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/71797_14eAS2BbK7zBq7pSwMiAtQ_8t.jpg

A '75 Malibu with the '73 Laguna nose.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/hubgarage/photos/81655/Maliguna_detail.jpg




I sold this car back in 1988. My cousin said "I saw you racing all over town in your Chevelle." I said, "It wasn't me, I sold it to some bonehead."

http://s3.amazonaws.com/hubgarage/photos/85307/75_blu_detail.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/hubgarage/photos/85311/MClssc_detail.jpg

These cars were beasts and had a great top end! Especially, without smog equipment, adding dual exhaust and headers.

Only Mopar and Ford fans would dislike these cars. :lol:

[city_ofthe_south]

I just think that cars like this are ... well "proof" of anything isn't exactly what I'm trying to say ... but basically with good craftsmanship and the right vision, any car on the planet can look "good". Thanks to a V8, NASCAR and the size, it still overlaps with the hobby but it's certainly a challenge. All opinions aside, I think I'm gonna give it a shot.

[SRD Art]

All opinions aside, I think I'm gonna give it a shot.

Wahooo! Lookin forward to it!

As I said above, I like the older laguna nose like on the wagon, nice stuff by the way, but that 75-77 nose is butt ugly, er, for the PHR guys, a bit cosmetically challenged. Thats where the fun (and challenge) is, make the ugly duckling look like the swan it wants to be... :D

[SRD Art]

Post up Friday coming up soon! I've got one view of my S-3 done, hoping to find time to do a second view. I think with my changes it looks better than stock but still a bit "challenged" :_paranoid . Anybody else working on this one?

[mlomaka]

I'm tryin, but runnin out of time. Between my computer crashin, power outage (who knew we'd get hit by hurricane Ike up here in Ohio?!) and a round of colds going through our house, I have most of one view done, but really want to do the rear. We'll see what I can get.

Mike

[SRD Art]

Looking forward to seeing what you got!

[mlomaka]

Well, I got to spend some time on it last night (till 2 am). It is quicker than I usually spend on renders, but it is scanned & on the PC. A couple things came out of this. First, you gotta spend the money to get good tools. I finally broke down and got some very thin line ink pens for lines. Makes a difference. Next, I found a weak spot in my (& AD markers) collection, orange. This goes back to the first lesson, but I got a couple of copic markers and it made it a lot easier (try blending redwood with chrome orange for darker areas & yellow & orange for high lights!). I hope I can get it presentable.

[SRD Art]

If nothing else, the purpose of these Friday shows is to push our skills and imagination to a new level. Drawing by hand is a real challenge at times. Good to hear you've got a good combination going there, looking forward to seeing it.

In school we used Vellum and other types of semitransparent paper. Spendy, but you could use both sides to create some cool shading effects. The ink flowed really well on it too. I tried something like this for a clients car, cut out the drawing and mounted it on regular paper for a background and put it in a frame, one of my first out of school. He displayed the drawing in an outdoor show and the sun "melted" the paper and the whole rendering got all wrinkled. :wow: That was ugly. After that I just used 11x17 laserjet paper, but it was somewhat limited to tricks you can apply to it. Agreed, you've got to spend a few bucks for the right stuff. On the other hand...my markers are about 10 years old and I don't use them much anymore. Plus my kids have gotten into them too many times and I find when I pull them out more often than not they are dried up a bit and don't flow like they used to. Because I don't use them much at all anymore I tried something just for kicks recently- I have a bunch of friends that have asked for cartoon drawings but don't want to pay my normal price for a nice computer rendering. So I came up with "Crayola Quickies". Get this, I bought a 20 pack of washable Crayola thick/thin point markers for under $3 and they work great! They flow well on Walmart special 8.5 x 11 copy paper and they have a fairly decent range of colors. Not as nice as Prismacolors or other art markers, but for what I'm doing they work great. I try to spend 1/2 hour or less on the entire drawing, and I get $35 for them. My friends are tickled pink to have some cool art at a "more than fair" price and it translates to about $70/hr. High profit margin with low overhead and equipment costs = $ in the bank and more parts for my big boy toys. :lol: