Scirocco art - Illustration v2 pt. 1 - Complete!

[vwtype53 at yahoo.com (Ben Harder)]

I think this is amazing work.  So, is this the actual
plan for your Scirocco?!  I have always dreamed of having
a rocco with the gull-wing doors.

I just want to see the front end now...  ;)

Ben


--- GTG <NavySEAL2B@insightbb.com> wrote:

> Adobe Illustrator CS. Lots of hours.
> 
> Reference Photo:
> http://www.xgtgx.com/img/scirocco-reference.jpg
> 
> Illustration:
> http://www.xgtgx.com/img/doorclosed.gif
> http://www.xgtgx.com/img/dooropen.gif
> 
> I drew a lot of it freehand and scanned. It's all original, though. very
> little tracing. I traced the major body lines from the reference photo, then
> traced the new lines (arches, bumpers, hatch spoiler) from the various
> scanned sketches. Details and actual refining of the lines was done from
> scratch directly in illustrator. The wheels were traced from the [BBS S-RS]
> wheels on my BMW but with a little more lip. The interior is modeled after a
> ferrari interior, but I had to redraw it from scratch at the right
> perspective. Porsche inspired cluster. Doors like the SL300 (with their
> really high door sills).
> Still a few things I'm going to tweak a bit, but the next step is to export
> to photoshop and color it. Expect that in a couple weeks at least.
> 
> I did another similar illustration about 6 months ago:
> 
> http://www.xgtgx.com/img/scirocco-web1.jpg
> 
> and thought since i left it stock I'd do another version that was highly
> modified. If I could build this car, I would. Things like the vents and the
> notches in the rear bumper (not to mention the doors) are probably
> controversial, but would probably be much more subtle in reality and will
> look more that way once its colored.
> 
> And on an unrelated note:
> I get to see my Scirocco again in 4 days!  I've missed it so much :(  No
> driving this time, but still...
> 
> 
> -Grant-
> Annapolis, MD/Louisville, KY
> 1980 in storage :(
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