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Started by Chad Holton, January 05, 2014, 09:26:53 AM

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Chad Holton

In my younger days, before I thought girls and video games were interesting, I subscribed to a magazine called CARtoons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARtoons_Magazine I would try to recreate some of the illustrations in pencil form... wish I would have kept them now. Anyhow, I still have a fondness for car caricatures, so I'm starting a thread where I'll be messing around and creating some of my favorite vehicles. Stay "tooned"...  :D


Ed

Great idea Chad.   Put on your Rat Fink t-shirt and channel Ed "Big Daddy" Roth!

Ed

feher

Nice....can't wait to see what you come up with.

Chad Holton

Quote from: Ed on January 05, 2014, 04:01:52 PM
Great idea Chad.   Put on your Rat Fink t-shirt and channel Ed "Big Daddy" Roth!

Ed


;D  Yeah, I love his work Ed.

Well, here's my first go at it. It is a 1970 Oldsmobile 442. Hope you like it. Critiques are welcome.


Speedster

Insane!  In a "Roth kind of way".  Now, how about trying this with a "toon" PS comp?  Drop the toon on top, then screw around with transparency?
Bill G

Dylan

Nice work. I always liked those kinds of motorcycles and cars.

Chad Holton

Thanks guys!

I may have to try that out, Bill.  :D

Here's another. Just some minor updates..

Jeff Hayden

You rock as always Chad. Looks awesome.

Josh3D

Love it Chad. Is that all geometry or are you shaping/skewing in PS? We may have to have a 'Roth' contour option added to the toon shader :)

NDenekamp

Awesome, looking foreword to more!

Gonna have to ask, how did those flames become reflected in the exhaust in your first post? perhaps using a version of Keyshot 5..?!

Chad Holton

@Jeff - Thanks - Hope you and your family had a great holiday!

@Josh - Thanks man! It is all geometry (other than some bump maps for the headlights, reflectors and tire sidewall). Also, I should have mentioned what I did in post: swapped the shadow out to have one directly under the car and that was it. It's all KeyShot (3 passes: main shot, shadow and mask (to cut the shadow out)).  ;D "Roth" option, I like that! 

@NDenekamp - Thanks! The next one will be a popular exotic from the 80's. As for the flame reflection; I originally had the flame on a cone shape (with the flame getting larger as it exited the exhaust). It's a flame texture on the cone using the emissive material (not sure why I didn't use a trapezoid shape). Anyhow, I ended up swapping the flame out in post for a different shape, with a little more "fun" curved shape. At the angle it's at now, it probably shouldn't reflect it but I liked the reflection there and left it.  :D

feher

Chad,
This is really cool !!! I love this image. You got me in a mood to do one now.
Thanks for sharing.
Tim

Ruckus

Hey Tim - Maybe the Roth Dart needs an update with the new Dart.  (hint, hint, nudge, nudge)

Chad Holton

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Thanks Tim! Anxious to see what you come up with. The Dart, as Ruckus mentioned, would be sweet..

Tiho Ramovic

Beautiful work, brilliant idea :)
Cant wait to see more!!