Testing waters - Automotive artwork

[dsalnidrawn]

Greetings Pelican Parts members!

First off, if this is the wrong forum for this kind of a discussion, please feel free to let me know, move or delete this thread.

My name is Dennis - I'm an automotive enthusiast and dabble in artwork on the side. I try not to exclude myself from any automotive market, but due to my client base being mostly vintage Japanese car owners, my artwork clearly reflects a larger body of work that's catered in that direction. That of course does not mean that I'm opposed to illustrating any other types of cars. Lately I've found myself drawn to the elegant lines of Porsche automobiles. The GT3 illustration was done for the Mile Marker 1 event, and the other two were done just for fun - experimenting with looser, more artistic paint style with the Carrera RS, and simple line drawing with the 964 t-shirt art. The GT3R was done for a client that's planning on building that particular car, and wanted to see it visualized on paper first.

I've got quite a bit to learn about Porsche over-all, so please forgive any mistakes that you might find in my artwork that's related to the brand.






All of my artwork can be viewed on dsalnidrawn | All Products | Online Store Powered by Storenvy and via my tumblr blog. I hope you guys enjoy my work, and once again, if this thread doesnt belong here, please feel free to (re)move it.

thank you for your time!

[dsalnidrawn]

latest work

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[NYNick]

Dennis,
As this is a place to discuss the Porsche Marketplace, and this appears to be an ad for your art, it is probably the wrong place for this post. I'm unsure where it should go.

That being said, I think your drawings are cool, and you should keep it up. There may be a market for your stuff within the community for you to draw people's cars for their garage walls, dens etc. Father's Day presents?

I like it!

Good luck

Nick

[GT3STIG]

Great art Dennis! I'm going to check out your web site.

[dsalnidrawn]

Originally Posted by NYNick

Dennis,
As this is a place to discuss the Porsche Marketplace, and this appears to be an ad for your art, it is probably the wrong place for this post. I'm unsure where it should go.

That being said, I think your drawings are cool, and you should keep it up. There may be a market for your stuff within the community for you to draw people's cars for their garage walls, dens etc. Father's Day presents?

I like it!

Good luck

Nick

Thanks guys! Well, more than half of the cars in my portfolio are customer cars that have been done on commission, so by all means if you guys are interested in getting your Porsche illustrated, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.

Here's a few more:

[Southbay356]

Nice work

[dsalnidrawn]

latest addition to the Porsche artwork collection:

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by dsalnidrawn

latest addition to the Porsche artwork collection:

I like the sort of Liechtenstein style here. I could easily see this as a t-shirt, if the subject car were more in a stock or OEM style. As it sits, I like the way you went about doing the illustration, but the 'slammed' look is more for the JDM crowd. I could see a Turbo or a Carerra as subject material, and a two color print as selling a lot of shirts.

[911Empire]

Great work! The website is cool as well. Keep it up

[David Borden]

IMO, you are an incredible artist. I would love to see more, and we are definitely a potential customer and your prices are reasonable.

David

[dsalnidrawn]

Originally Posted by SilberUrS6

I like the sort of Liechtenstein style here. I could easily see this as a t-shirt, if the subject car were more in a stock or OEM style. As it sits, I like the way you went about doing the illustration, but the 'slammed' look is more for the JDM crowd. I could see a Turbo or a Carerra as subject material, and a two color print as selling a lot of shirts.

Originally Posted by 911Empire

Great work! The website is cool as well. Keep it up

Originally Posted by David Borden

IMO, you are an incredible artist. I would love to see more, and we are definitely a potential customer and your prices are reasonable.

David

Thank you for the kind words gents!!!

[dsalnidrawn]

latest offering - limited print on brushed aluminum - yep, print on metal! limited to 30 pieces:




fancy wall mount:

detail of the brushed surface shining through:

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[sugarwood]

Wow, that is amazing for a guy new to Porsches.
Do you render these by hand, or are you starting with a scan of a car and then rotating it somehow?

[dsalnidrawn]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Wow, that is amazing for a guy new to Porsches.
Do you render these by hand, or are you starting with a scan of a car and then rotating it somehow?

Thanks for the kind words!

All of these are basically digital paintings, if you want to call them that. No scans, just a reference image and a white canvas in the beginning. Then layer by layer I create the illustration.

[sugarwood]

You created that reference image by hand?

[dsalnidrawn]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

You created that reference image by hand?

the reference image in this case would've been a photo that the customer provided - being reference for the illustration. But yes, all of the artwork is hand drawn using a tablet.

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