Sharpie Camaro

[Smock67]

First thing that comes to find is try to tie in some pinstripe design into the actual graffiti, something your good at and reflects more of you while still adhering to some of their guidelines.

[2Bad4Ya]

yeah in the end you gotta give the customers what they want. But if were me I would not meet with any of the 3 people ALONE. Meet with them all 3 at the same time or not at all, otherwise as you have seen you will get conflicting visions.

Just like each of us on here give you a different opinion. For example I like the stuff you did on the caddie hood, and the panels you did on the snow days found in your gallery. Even though I did not go for the car theme on the examples posted here, the caddie had a better mix of different themes and less focused on he car theme I thought.

[Z06killinSBF]

You put only 4 spark plugs on both of them.......just saying....

[John Wright]

You put only 4 spark plugs on both of them.......just saying....

...and only one shock.

[Pinstripe Chris]

The bmw art cars are an interesting set for their time. In the search for inspiring ideas i recently went to the Hirshorn museum in Dc. I found virtually identical styles of things i was drawing that were actually made in the 1920's. I've spent a great deal of time researching the field of the catagories i've been drawing from. My comment on the bmw cars was directed at the similarity between what im doing and what was done on them. That would be the 'not even close' part. And i mean the art itself. Now, the fact that there are art cars from back when means something in itself- that is something in common with what im doing.I do recognize them for what they are, but i am in no way trying to go in that direction because of the dictation involved with this process. The amount of limits and time i have put into this is mind boggling... but i want to do it so i push on. Slowly, working within their parameters, we've gotten somewhere. I should make a sharpie persiverence poster after this.

Thanks again to everyone for their critiques!

[Vicinity]

I actually like it. I think it's pretty cool. It's kinda like how people started the berger mod on 4th gen Camaro's. Berger started it and other people liked it.

Now, I would never in a million years do it to my own car, because I like my stuff to be clean.

[Rhino]

I actually like it. I think it's pretty cool. It's kinda like how people started the berger mod on 4th gen Camaro's. Berger started it and other people liked it.

Now, I would never in a million years do it to my own car, because I like my stuff to be clean.

What's even funnier about it is Berger was simply imitating the black tail panel of the big block 1st Gen's.

As far as the new piece; I do have to say that I totally prefer the stripes over the full car. Still not something I'd do myself, but seems more "in place" for these cars.

[Jim Nilsen]

I keep looking at all of this and keep wondering if anyone else here has seen the HotWheels cars over the last 30 years. There has been enough done with those little tampo's to give us ideas for the next 30 years. Some themes lend to some really awesome looks and others make you go blind and choke on your lunch but they are based on a theme and notably so in the outcome.

I like the idea of dry erase markers and temporary tatoos for artwork on anything I own. I like change and I like plain and pure, it's tough to have both on a limited budget.

[Pinstripe Chris]

Lol... the reason there are only 4 spark plugs and 1 shock was for a couple reasons... first, i didn't want to keep doing the same things over and over in a small area. Secondly, on an actual car i would want to spread them out anyways so that the same ideas aren't reaccuring over and over in the same places. Might look more oriented if full sets of things were together like the pistons tho. But its nice to know that people are looking hard enough to find my flaws. Atleast your lookin. So do you think the car parts stuff should be grouped?

[John Wright]

Lol... the reason there are only 4 spark plugs and 1 shock was for a couple reasons... first, i didn't want to keep doing the same things over and over in a small area. Secondly, on an actual car i would want to spread them out anyways so that the same ideas aren't reaccuring over and over in the same places. Might look more oriented if full sets of things were together like the pistons tho. But its nice to know that people are looking hard enough to find my flaws. Atleast your lookin. So do you think the car parts stuff should be grouped?

LOL...I was just attempting to make a funny off the other post about the spark plugs.....From what I remember about art class in HS was to group things in odd numbers (maily groups of 3) to keep the picture interesting and to keep your point of interest in the rule of the thirds.

[Z06killinSBF]

I think certain components should be grouped, like the plugs. But you obviously cant have everything grouped or it would look like a parts tree for a model car

[Pinstripe Chris]

Oh i get it... i thought i was just being made fun of for not counting right. Sets of three is an interesting idea... might raise more questions then anything but it still sounds cool.

[John Wright]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

[Pinstripe Chris]

Thats pretty interesting, i like that. I will definitly take that into concideration on the next task

Thanks dude

[John Wright]

My wife thinks I'm being sloppy by not centering all of my objects of interest in my pics that I take with a camera. She didn't understand the rule of thirds.

Flow is another consideration, as lines in the pic that make the eye follow around the frame and back to the point of interest. IOW, you never want a line to lead your eye off the pic, like a bold tree limb or telephone pole in a pic of your car that might lead the eye out of the frame.

[Pinstripe Chris]

Oh i get it. I sometimes do that with the sharpie stuff, and sometimes it's boxed in. I definitly understand what you mean by your eyes leaving the page when the design allows you to follow it out. Another good tip- i'll start writting a book soon

Thanks a million

[04ctd]

sounds like you have good sense, and the ability to reason & think

that's pretty cool for a 23yo guy.

here's the deal, i bet if you pulled the demographic of most guys who are on here, they are old enough (in order to have the pro $treet $cratch) to be of a different mindset.

tattoo's are the greatest comparison I can give. i have a buddy who's son is 19, and is visiting from CA to SC.

he's CRAZY about tattoo's, and is REALLY bummed that no one here has good ink. there were never legal shops in SC till a few years ago, so it's not part of our "culture"

and i am old enough that i think tattoo's are weird, sort of.

it's all about perspective, and i can guarantee a young guy (under 30?) would love to have some of that crazy stuff on his car, esp the more it looks like tattoo's. most young folks can NOT get enough individuality.

most kids that age DON'T see graffiti as property damage and the destruction of other people's property, so they don't have bad feelings about it.

keep us posted.


Mr Ven, if i may, what makes you a graffiti specialist?

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

Mr Ven, if i may, what makes you a graffiti specialist?

cause I am..

[jknight16]

cause I am..

hahaha, its what he do son!

[Jim Nilsen]

cause I am..

I keep waiting for you to come by and do my garage door in the middle of the night, I'll leave the light on for ya just like at Motel 6 !