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city_ofthe_south
11-03-2009, 08:17 AM
I was taking screen shots here and there as I went along on this project. Thought I'd share em.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/progress1_web.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/progress2_web.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/progress4_web.jpg
city_ofthe_south
11-03-2009, 08:19 AM
I've got some more but I'll fast forward.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/chevelle_ps_colorcorrected.jpg

That was 1970 .... this is 2009.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/progress_mod2.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/progress_mod3.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/progress_mod4.jpg
70rs
11-03-2009, 01:50 PM
Nice work.:thumbsup:

I would love to learn how to do that.
tones2SS
11-03-2009, 03:02 PM
Nice work. All done by freehand? I see you're using Photoshop.
Good job.:thumbsup: :cheers:
city_ofthe_south
11-04-2009, 09:05 AM
Nice work. All done by freehand? I see you're using Photoshop.
Good job.:thumbsup: :cheers:

Thanks guys. The rendering is almost completely done in Adobe Illustrator (emblems for the stock version were done in Ps .... ok except the SS, it is a Ps Ai combo.). In some of the screen shots you can see both my monitors. The monitor on the left has a couple pencil scribbles open in Photoshop just to flip them and do a little brightness contrast. Sometimes I will put the sketch directly into Illustrator and that is what you see in the first few screen shots, and on the right monitor. But for the custom bumper I just "freehand" in Ai and then compare it to the sketch on the other screen as I go along. The perspective in the sketchs is wrong and I work with shapes much better than I work with lines, so I didn't need the sketches in Ai, just near by for me to look at. I use a digital camera to capture my pencils and dump them in my computer. It's all done with the pen tool and filled with standard gradients. I also keep all sorts of ref material open .... pictures of the new Camaro, a Cadillac CTS-V, a Chevelle, etc to get ideas.
tones2SS
11-04-2009, 11:01 AM
Very cool! Nice work.
Good job with AI and Photoshop!!!:thumbsup: :cheers:
DocJr
11-11-2009, 02:33 PM
Awesome stuff dude, I enjoy seeing progression!
DocJr
11-11-2009, 02:35 PM
Is it just my imagination, or do I see a map/globe in the headlights?? Really cool man.
city_ofthe_south
11-15-2009, 10:12 AM
Is it just my imagination, or do I see a map/globe in the headlights?? Really cool man.

yes you do see the globe in the head lights, good eye.

And for the final product .... Mod One anyway.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/chevelle_v2.jpg
DVierstra
01-24-2010, 10:07 PM
Nice work Colter! I like what you did with the front end.
ZVT
01-26-2010, 06:44 AM
WOW thats bad ass who is building it?:hail:
70rs
01-26-2010, 12:21 PM
yes you do see the globe in the head lights, good eye.

And for the final product .... Mod One anyway.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/city_ofthe_south/chevelle_v2.jpg

Really nice work on this! I never did notice the globe in the headlights until it was pointed out by Dziner69. Nice touch!:thumbsup:
city_ofthe_south
03-24-2010, 12:17 PM
Sorry I haven't checked in for awhile guys. No excuses. Z, if someone wants to build it, just give me a buzz. :) How come I haven't seen any new stuff outta you man???? The drawing was done for a guy who won a "drawing" from me at a local car show and the modified version was for giggles. I promise I'll get some new stuff posted ASAP!
ZVT
03-24-2010, 06:51 PM
Sorry I haven't checked in for awhile guys. No excuses. Z, if someone wants to build it, just give me a buzz. :) How come I haven't seen any new stuff outta you man???? The drawing was done for a guy who won a "drawing" from me at a local car show and the modified version was for giggles. I promise I'll get some new stuff posted ASAP!

Ahhhh if only we had the disposable income to build whats in our heads.LOL:unibrow:

I kinda quit for about a year to much goin on funny thing is I started right back up and it was like I never skipped a beat.I have about 4 I am working on right now but the usual stuff nothing really groundbreaking like this one you did...
city_ofthe_south
03-29-2010, 07:57 AM
Ahhhh if only we had the disposable income to build whats in our heads.LOL:unibrow:

I kinda quit for about a year to much goin on funny thing is I started right back up and it was like I never skipped a beat.I have about 4 I am working on right now but the usual stuff nothing really groundbreaking like this one you did...

That's a fact. I'd have to build a building just to keep them in and work on. It's good to take a break though .... you might have even come back more inspired than before. I'll be lookin forward to new stuff!