Here's a first attempt at something that was technical yet painterly. I hoped to get some nice giclee prints done for sale but unfortunately Porsche wouldn't let me. I used a blueprint of the chassis found on the net for the basis and added the bodywork and other detail with Photoshop. Ah well. Hope you like it...

http://www.pbase.com/image/26525020.jpg

(Thanks to Ross for pointing out what forum this should have been in)

Hmm... I like it. What's it for?

that really doesn't look like you drew it...did you use photoshop or did you actually hand draw it.

EDIT: oh photoshop, i should start reading posts before i post. :biggrin:

looks cool i guess.

Should this be in graphic Manip forums? I dunno, call in the mods!

awesome. i don't care how you made the image. it is cool as fuck.

:iagree: Looks amazing IMO.

Mshkttck, what do you mean? Do you go and draw something and say, "what was that for"?

HONU: Its a piece of car art, so It can stay here.

Yikes that is awesome stuff. I dip my hat to your talent sir!

Do you own dupont magazines by any chance. Cuz i was looking through one the other day and i think i found the ref. pic for this drawing. Let's more sketches!

:)

Thanks very much for the nice comments (I particularly liked the 'what's it for?').

It wasn't that difficult as all I was doing was working over a blueprint - colouring in if you like. In the absence of having a real 917 lying about to take measurements off I used some blueprints found here...

http://www.porsche917.com.ar/tecplanos01.htm

That's why Porsche wouldn't let me sell the prints - which is fair enough. But arguably if you had access to the car you could produce the exact same blueprint. Ho-hum.