Porsche Illustrations

philfran · 01-31-2003, 03:33 PM

I had an illustration done of my SC last year. The artist how did it just put up a web site with some examples. My SC made the example list!!!

Steve does great work. If you are proud of your car these are a must have. Jack, your BB II has to be done!

http://www.saillustrations.com/pages/2/index.htm

Phil

wolfturbo · wolfturbo's Garage

I second your comments Phil. Steve is both a great artist and a great guy.

He did pictures of my RS and my Turbo and I admire them every single day! Can't wait to have him do my next Porsche!

philfran · 01-31-2003, 04:04 PM

I have mine in my office. Hardly a day goes by that someone is just standing there looking at it.

Jack Olsen · 01-31-2003, 05:08 PM

I've exchanged some emails with him. I talked about having him do one of those see-through type drawings, but he gets expensive for custom work.

One of his stock silhouette pictures is nice, though, and I may do it in the future.

Don Plumley · Don Plumley's Garage

Wow - I will do this one day soon...

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

Steve does incredible work. He can add even the slightest detail to match your car. He put a perfect "Gwinnt CanAm & Interserie 72&73" sticker on my illustration - about 5/16 inch in diameter but completely legible!

BTW: the sticker was original for 1974 911's and is the only one not available as a reproduction. -- Curt

k9handler · 02-01-2003, 08:19 AM

wow, very good work...makes me want to go ahead and do mine! I have done several aircraft in the past...but never thought of doing a 911.
Jack...get with me and I will do a BBII for you.....FREE

k9handler · 02-01-2003, 10:37 AM

What do you think...this is the rough sketch (outline) for the product I offered Jack.

Jack Olsen · 02-01-2003, 11:25 AM

Uh, twist my arm.

That looks great. I'll get you some photos as soon as the car is put back together.

Could be a good image for the enrty page for the new BB2 website, too.

k9handler · 02-01-2003, 11:46 AM

sure thing Jack...I know there are subtle things that make our cars original. That's where I will need the photos of BBII complete.
This is something I do for fun, and I would love to contribute to BBII in art form.

k9handler · 02-01-2003, 01:24 PM

wolfturbo · wolfturbo's Garage

Nicely done H.D.!

k9handler · 02-01-2003, 03:24 PM

thank you.

I am not quite at the quality of Steve, but with time and the right tools I can create images pretty close to what he is doing...but I just do this for fun.

billwagnon · 02-01-2003, 04:54 PM

k9handler,

can you explain your methods and tools?

please please please

k9handler · 02-02-2003, 12:31 AM

When I say tools I mean quality paper, paints, markers, brushes, etc.
The one above was simply done with a black ball point pin and a plain piece of paper. I started with a simple outline...then I scanned it and used MS Paint to doctor it a little (1st image posted) to make the decision of where to go from there. I then decided to use a mix of complete shading (solid black) and small dots to complete the drawing.
This was just a quick skecth to give an idea of what can be done, from start to finish this took less than 2 hours.

hope that answers your questions.

David McLaughlin · David McLaughlin's Garage

Nice work HD. That technique is a real time killer. Looks great!

I only hope my art can come close to Steve's work some day. But, that will require a lot of dedication and training.

billwagnon · 02-02-2003, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by k9handler
hope that answers your questions.

yes it does, thanks!

I spend a lot of time drawing, but cars are difficult to get right - like faces the personality is so strong that a simple error on proportion comes out just wrong. You can get by with a little of that on a face but on a car it just looks "off"!