It Started Off So Well, and Ended So Mercedes

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker) 12/18/2013 at 17:44 • Filed to: None

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Once upon a time as kid I did a lot of drawing of cars. Then the rest of life happened and I stopped. Had a lot of downtime so far at work this week, so I thought I'd pick it back up, and this is the first thing I've come up with.

Biggest problem is that I really messed up the rear wheel orientation, size, and shape, and probably didn't scale things quite correctly to wind up with a good finished product in the rear. So most of the car, that is.

However, if I've learned anything from Mercedes' current design language, you can start off with a beautiful car in the front and then forget about the rest of the car halfway through if you just shove it in a microwave and make it melty.

But yes, the rear is a mess, mostly because I'm rusty and I'm rubbish, and it was giving me absolute fits. I did the B-pillar forward (plus wheelbase) in 30 minutes, and I've spent a few minutes here and there for the last two days trying to figure out what on earth to do with the rear. This is as close as I got, and it's not very close. So, time to start over.

scoob > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/18/2013 at 17:49

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The second paragraph is exactly why I will never post my car drawings on here. :P

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > scoob 12/18/2013 at 17:50

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Heard that!

It really sucks, too, because I was kind of proud of the way the front 1/4 came out after not having even attempted to draw anything in probably 6 or 7 years, especially given that I wasn't particularly talented back then even. And then I ruined it!

phenotyp > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/18/2013 at 17:58

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Don't start over, overlay your old one and start correcting what you don't like. You can learn a lot that way.

miniscus > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/18/2013 at 17:59

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I'm that kid who draws cars, and wheels give me problems too

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Vizzini > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/18/2013 at 18:50

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I spent several years of my youth drawing cars. The side views in Road & Track road tests were my inspiration, but mainly because I wasn't enough of an artist to do anything other than a simple side view. I wish I knew where those drawings were now.

No time to do it anymore, and weirdly, as I think about it, I have no inspiration or ideas. Back then, I could do a dozen riffs on a mid-engine supercar in an afternoon. Now? No clue, no ideas. Yeah, getting old is so fun.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Vizzini 12/19/2013 at 11:10

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I spent most of my time doing those profile views, and only towards the very end did I start to really make an effort at doing drawings with real perspective. Shit's difficult, especially now!

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > phenotyp 12/19/2013 at 11:10

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I will take you up on that piece of advice.