1942 beetle

**littlenovice33** · 02 November 2007, 04:52 PM

This is a 1942 VW Beetle or Bug. It has been lowerd a bit. Well I hope you all enjoy let me know what you all think thanks.

**ss-kalm** · 02 November 2007, 05:04 PM

Really nice work!

My only comment is that assuming it touches the high gloss flooring, the tires and their reflection should touch.

**littlenovice33** · 02 November 2007, 06:17 PM

Thanks ss-kalm here is the updated one

**-=Drifter=-** · 02 November 2007, 06:52 PM

Littlenovice, an excellent job, and a novice you are obviously not.

In my mind's eye, I see the reflection as being straight downward, not on an angle as in your pic. I could be wrong.

**ss-kalm** · 02 November 2007, 06:59 PM

I had the same thought, but wasn't sure how correct I was ......... Something about the reflection seems wrong, but can't put my finger on it.

**steve.ledger** · 02 November 2007, 07:21 PM

Very nice old bug! W/F view show's lot's of thought gone into lighting and shadows. Nice one..

As pointed out already, floor reflection is very wrong.. Your's appears more as a 2D mirrored object, it has to 'reflect' 3 dimensional space.
Often this will mean drawing a new object to be used for this.

Best way to see how the reflection should be, is to sit a toy car onto a shiny surface (or mirror) and note how the reflection works in real life.

**parahandy** · 02 November 2007, 07:53 PM

Nice smooth job littlenovice33. I had the same problems depicting reflections.

**MarkMyWords** · 03 November 2007, 03:46 PM

Very nice work, my advice would be to forget the reflection altogether, it isn't necessary and, at this angle, would mean drawing a whole new view of the car. I would suggest a simple background. This is very rough; sorry I don't much time right now.