Joe's garage

[Soquili]

Hi Jay,

I must amend my earlier post, now that I'm home and can view your drawing in all it's magnificence. My computer at work was only set for 16bit graphics. It is a very beautiful image. I liked it before but now I LOVE it. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Soquili

[RTK]

... for the gas prices...

Cars like that are pieces of art, they have so many beatiful shapes to them.

Jay, I think you did amazing job on the car and the environment that you placed it in just adds to the overall feel of your illustration.

Your zoomed in view of the car would have worked amazingly well also.

Risto

[jclements]

Very Nice, Jens.

I know what you mean about the application of texture or fractal fills. It one the most difficult aspects of "rendering" for me in Xara.

Can you discuss the general approach you used for the points of perspective, etc., or is it a "trade secret"?

Did you pre-draw the perspective planes (vanishing point lines) in another app and then import into a back layer in Xara ?

Did you "freehand" the oval faces that are atop the pumps or use the envelope or perspective tools to distort an oval shape along the vanishing point lines?

Any other tricks or short cuts.

[signotime]

to Ross - I agree with you, I think to see your discribed shadow errors is what makes the difference between an amateur like me and a professionel .
to John - yes I draw a perspective raster , which had elements of an 'out of center one point view' and and a 'two point view' . The only 'secret' in this picture is : nearly every object was blured with my mostloved Xara tool - the feather region slider .
At least - I post a detail to clear out obscury with the reflections on the bumper [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
regards
jay

[This message was edited by Jay Roehlich on May 01, 2001 at 03:01 PM.]

[Soquili]

and I can't remember what follows. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Thanks Raffon, I would have sworn that the '59 was the last year to have fins.

Soquili [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[pduggan]

Thanks for sharing the picture, Jay!

I'm impressed on at least two counts:

1. You seem to have found a happy medium between 'painting' and 'photo-realism', with a lovely sense of style which is especially obvious in the zoomed view.
   
2. I've always wondered about Chevy Impalas, having found that many on Internet searches for Hunter Impalas (which are boats)!

Peter</p>



Peat Stack or Pete's Tack?</p>

[Ross Macintosh]

Jay - What a beautiful drawing! The hours of detailed work paid off handsomely. It looks to me like it should be the cover of a music CD as it convays such a strong mood.

In difference to Steve (we all have our own opinions right?) I rather like the pavement. To me it hightens the realism. If I dare offer any criticism it relates to shadows. I notice the pumps casting a shadow on the pavement yet the majority of their fronts facing the car do not appear to be shadowed as expected. Likewise the building casts a ground shadow yet we see the building sign having its own drop shadow. These inconsistancies suggest to me the shadows need a touch more work. Doing so IMHO would make this great drawing even better.

John - You refer to "Yens" in your post. Perhaps you are confusing this Jay with the other Jay [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Regards, Ross

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