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The wing mirror...

The Alfa P3 was a single-seater Grand Prix race car designed by Vittorio Jano. It was the first genuine single-seat Grand Prix race car. I'm only doing a section of the car. I started a while back but didn't do much. As it's not the whole thing I was going for extra detail. I thought I'd try and post some bits full size as I complete them for a change as the finished images are always shrunk so much. For some reason I'm working at 34400x22934, don't ask me why because I'm not sure. So apart from it being jpg and some compression to keep the file sizes reasonable they'll look as I've done them. The first detail is the front filler cap on the bonnet (hood).

Here's a short list of websites that may give you some inspiration for your next project. For this I've no interest in product branding, UI/UX or website design sites so haven't included any that are specific to those subjects. These are just ones that I've visited and found interesting rather than thinking meh (which is quite a few!). The first two are probably obvious ones to most people. I personally ignore the likes/upvotes as they often don't reflect the quality of work. Neither site works well unless you are signed in. Behance Dribbble Some sites that are perhaps less well know and in no particular order: Design Inspiration AIGA Eye On Design abdz.do InspirationGrid Directory Of Illustration Central Illustration You also have Instagram but the images are so tiny whether you find it that useful for inspiration purposes is up to you. I don't use it at all but that's me. Not a web site but there used to be a magazine in the UK called Computer Arts. I would buy it occasionally but to be honest rarely found content that was particularly interesting. But if you look around you can find issues in PDF format. For example there are a few on here: Computer Arts If you find an artist you really like then look them up as they more often than not have their own site.

I've not done anything with AD in what seems like ages so did this today. It's a fish...

That’s fine.

Glad you liked it but I didn’t like it so I tidied it up a bit, basically the same though.

Thanks. It was a bit of a rush, I did make the background less awful a time back but didn’t update the post.

I usually start of with a search engine, I use startpage.com, and go for the highest resolution I can find. Perhaps start with 40mp and go down if I can’t find anything, but not too low res. There may be paid for sites with higher res photos but I’ve not noticed any. I don’t do anything modern but if you do then it’s likely to be easier finding hi-res photos than if it’s vintage. However sometimes high res have just been enlarged so when you look carefully it’s quite blocky and noisy, which you don’t really want if you can help it. Finding a decent reference, whilst not always easy, is easy compared to actually doing it but that’s what practice is for and obviously depends on the style you want to go for. Always look at a reference and try and spot things that are going to be problematic, presuming you’re going for photorealism. Sometimes when you think about it you realise it’s just going to be too much work (although sometimes it ends up being anyway!) Yes, I only do vector although some do mix vector and raster but to me you either do one or the other. That is the advantage of vector, you can increase the size without it going blocky/ blurry but the more detail you put in the better it will look if you increase it by a lot especially looking close up. I usually work at A1 which is likely larger than you’d print it anyway.

You might be better off showing an image too, not everyone wants to download files.

Ah OK, I'll let them off Why you'd choose that yourself I'm not sure. I guess it's easier to remember.

Thank you. It was a quick'ish one about 3 days.

Thanks it was a typo. What parent is so lazy they give the poor kid the same christian name as the surname!

A fairly quick one. The best reference was still rather blurry but I quite like the outcome.

Thanks. I don't usually post my doodles on my web site, I always post here and sometimes on reddit in the AD section. Even less often I'll post on behance or dribble as no one on those seems to like anything I do so there's little point!

I don't normally keep track but think it was roughly 3 weeks. Which when you look at the outlines I often wonder why it took so long.

Funny thing is I'm generally not a patient person (especially with stupid people!) but for certain things I can be.

There's a Rolleicord in the family but no-one has used it for ages. Have been thinking about using it recently but not got around to it yet.

Thanks although I’ve realised that this sort of stuff isn’t generally appreciated (on here is perhaps the exception). There’s more reaction to simple stuff that takes a few hours than things that have taken ages! But you don’t necessarily do it for others.

I fancied drawing a camera and decided on this one. The lens reflections were a bit boring on the reference so I used ones from a different photo where I didn't like the camera body. But between the two it looks OK.

Once you start going for a nice frame, acid free mount etc and posh glass framing runs in to the hundreds of pounds for poster size. Then there’s multiple mounts, fancy frames… that add even more. Depends what you’re framing, for example you don’t want a limited edition poster fading quickly from uv or being ruined by the card acids. But it does also depend on your pocket. Of course if you do enough and you’re handy then you can save money by doing it yourself. like most things the initial outlay isn’t worth it for one or two though.

I have done, upload the TIFF and get someone else to do it. Big printers aren't cheap and then paper and ink isn't cheap either so if a print is screwed up I prefer someone else to do that at their own expense rather than mine. You can also go as large as I want, I'm not going to be buying a printer that manages A0. The prices aren't bad depending where go and the turn around is quick enough. If you sell your prints then some will post it on to the customer so no real work for you unless you're signing/numbering. It depends if you value you artwork whether cheapo frames are a good idea. They probably/definitely aren't going to be acid free (mount etc) or provide UV protection. But if it's your work it's cheaper having it reprinted when it fades as posh framing isn't cheap. However posh glass does make a big difference, UV or especially museum quality. I've no idea about non-paper stuff, I've not tried.

Should do a bit more to the flesh but it will do for now. Did a bit more to it afterwards.