Step-by-step advice from one of today's top industry designers provides the drawing instruction you're looking for! From concept through finished illustration, Thom Taylor guides you through every procedure required for drawing a variety of cars, including instruction on shading, reflection, styling and design. "There really isn't a better text on the subject." Car and Driver.

How to Draw Cars Like a Pro

Arts & Photography

Thom Taylor

Lisa Hallett

Drawing

Motorbooks Intl

Chopped, slammed, channeled, blown . . . in the late '50s and early '60s all of these features lent themselves nicely to the rise of hot rod art that caricaturized the already severe design traits associated with these cars. Usually, the rods and customs in this art were piloted by slobbering, snaggle-toothed "monsters" with bulging, bloodshot eyes. Thanks to the iron-on T-shirt boom of the '70s and a raft of younger artists working today, hot rod monsters have persevered. Now award-winning car-designer Thom Taylor and legendary kustom culture figure Ed Newton reveal the tricks and techniques used by masters past and present to render these whack rods and their warts-and-all drivers. Beginning with a brief history of the form, the authors examine figures like Stanley Mouse, Ed Roth, and Newton himself, then reveal how those pioneers influenced modern artists like Keith Weesner, John Bell, and Dave Deal, to name a few. In addition to offering chapters covering topics like equipment, perspective, light sources, and other technical considerations, Taylor expands on the cartooning, proportion, and color chapters from his previous works, applying them to the subject at hand. Also includes dozens of examples of the form from many of the above-mentioned artists and more.

How To Draw Crazy Cars & Mad Monsters Like a Pro (Motorbooks Studio)

Ed "Newt" Newton

History & Criticism

Motorbooks

From the rear cover of this 128 page book: "If you ever wanted to draw and design cars - whether as a blueprint for building your own street rod, or simply for the pleasure of creating art - this book is for you. Step-by-step instructions from a top automotive artist offers all you need to know to draw cars like a pro." All aspects of drawing are covered, including tools and equipment, perspective and proportion, sketching and cartooning, cut-aways and interiors, light, shadow, reflection, and color, and computer art and design.

How To Draw Cars Like a Pro

Lisa Hallet

Barnes&Noble

Whether you simply want to sketch the designs for your dream chopper or draft plans for a real one, this book is for you. After a brief history of the chopper, renowned automobile designer Thom Taylor covers all aspects of drawing, including: tools and equipment, perspective and proportion, sketching, light, shadow, reflection, and color, computer art and design. Chopper enthusiasts, artists, and casual doodlers alike will appreciate this book and its practical, step-by-step advice and colorful illustrations.

How to Draw Choppers Like a Pro

From the rear cover of this 288 page book: "From the dry lakes and the Barris Kustom shop to today's high-tech hot rods and high-concept customs, 'Hot Rod &amp; Custom Chronicle' traces the history of an American cultural phenomenon. Read about more than 80 seminal cars and the numerous developments that helped move the rod and custom hobby from postwar pastime to today's multi-million dollar industry." Filled with dozens of color and black and white photos along with descriptive text, this title is a must-have for all hot rod and custom car enthusiasts.

Hot Rod & Custom Chronicle

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Publications, International, Ltd.

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