WIP Thread: Enzo

[warrenkeefe]

Good evening! Just another quick update on the progression of the Enzo. I've been sloooooooooow getting this one done but my deadline is the end of the month which I should be able to do easily enough.

I just want to add a little tip or trick I like to use and it involves the mechanical pencil. If you're going for detail, like I've mentioned, use a mechanical pencil. It can shade, it can do the small stuff and so on, but one big thing I like is that it never needs to be sharpened...to a certain point (pardon the pun, I know I know a bad one...). If you're shading a bunch it will get rounded quickly which makes for some not-so-crisp lines for the detailed bits. The beauty of the mechanical pencil is that to sharpen the lead, give the old girl a little click then break the end off...two more clicks then push it in a half click or wherever you want it and you've got a nice edge on the lead again for making tiny, tiny lines or getting into tight spaces.

Thats how I get my tiny details anyway. I hope someone can put that to good use sometime, it would tickle my ticklish bits.

More updates to come!

[warrenkeefe]

Last post for this WIP everyone!

So I'm going to show you how I do mesh, and in this case its the mesh in the huge air intake on the side of the enzo.

So first, not all of the mesh is visible because of shadows so I filled in the dark areas when you won't be able to see it. Then...this is one of the few time I use a ruler...make the lines for the mesh. Note however, that these lines are not the mesh, but are used as a guideline for the mesh. In other words, the mesh is going to be negative space.


As you can see in this next photo I've started to shade in the dark areas stopping before the next ruler line with enough space to make the white line that is the mesh. Understandable I hope. You're basically coloring in all around the mesh by shading the black.


Now that this is all finished....


...there is an air scoop that is inside the big air inlet that goes right to the air box. This can be seen a little bit so just take your blending stump and shade it in and be careful to avoid the mesh for now.


In this next photo, it looks like I just went over the whole thing with the stump to make everything darker. I didn't shade it all in at first, just so I could make sure the air scoop was good to go, then shade it a bit darker so when you do shade the mesh, its not as dark...but its subtle in there as well.


Now you're done that little part, take a step back and check out how it looks.


Continue on through the last little bit, do some touch-ups and the main part...your signature. They make the picture worth money when you're dead and gone...but really, if you sell your art, chances are that a couple of thousand people will eventually see it and see a name. Might lead to bigger and better things.


Thanks everyone for following this, I enjoyed it as well. It didn't turn out quite as good as the California and the Weisman but I think thats because of the large blank spots in the body work. Its not quite as detailed as the others. I'm still more than happy with the result though. Now I need a new one to draw.....

[rexsins-art]

beautiful and beautiful not much more to be said man ,great tutorial aswell .

[lemorris]

that's a great piece

I learned some stuff

thanks for doing that

[Blip]

Thanks again for sharing the details.
It's amazing what you can do with a pencil and the blending stump.

[ajrichar]

Just excellent. Great tutorial and great detail on a fabulous sketch. Thank you so much for sharing your step by step progress with us and the explanations of how you achieve certain effects.

[warrenkeefe]

Hey guys, not a problem! Thanks for all the comments and compliments too.

[suprageex]

Originally Posted by warrenkeefe

Last post for this WIP everyone!

So I'm going to show you how I do mesh, and in this case its the mesh in the huge air intake on the side of the enzo.

So first, not all of the mesh is visible because of shadows so I filled in the dark areas when you won't be able to see it. Then...this is one of the few time I use a ruler...make the lines for the mesh. Note however, that these lines are not the mesh, but are used as a guideline for the mesh. In other words, the mesh is going to be negative space.


As you can see in this next photo I've started to shade in the dark areas stopping before the next ruler line with enough space to make the white line that is the mesh. Understandable I hope. You're basically coloring in all around the mesh by shading the black.


Now that this is all finished....


...there is an air scoop that is inside the big air inlet that goes right to the air box. This can be seen a little bit so just take your blending stump and shade it in and be careful to avoid the mesh for now.


In this next photo, it looks like I just went over the whole thing with the stump to make everything darker. I didn't shade it all in at first, just so I could make sure the air scoop was good to go, then shade it a bit darker so when you do shade the mesh, its not as dark...but its subtle in there as well.


Now you're done that little part, take a step back and check out how it looks.


Continue on through the last little bit, do some touch-ups and the main part...your signature. They make the picture worth money when you're dead and gone...but really, if you sell your art, chances are that a couple of thousand people will eventually see it and see a name. Might lead to bigger and better things.


Thanks everyone for following this, I enjoyed it as well. It didn't turn out quite as good as the California and the Weisman but I think thats because of the large blank spots in the body work. Its not quite as detailed as the others. I'm still more than happy with the result though. Now I need a new one to draw.....

Very, very nice, but I have a q: how do you get such sharp edges on your shadows?

[warrenkeefe]

To answer your question Suprageex, its easy to do with a mechanical pencil when you break off the end. The lead after you break it can make very sharp hard lines which is what I use to go along the outside of where the sharp edge has to be. Also, for straight lines, I put a piece of paper along the edge then use an eraser along the piece of paper.

Its like if you want to spray paint a hard edge, you use cardboard or tape to cover the part that you don't want to be sprayed. Understand? I can post some pictures to show you in detail if you want.

Also, with the hard edges, a sharp edged eraser is your best friend.

[suprageex]

Originally Posted by warrenkeefe

To answer your question Suprageex, its easy to do with a mechanical pencil when you break off the end. The lead after you break it can make very sharp hard lines which is what I use to go along the outside of where the sharp edge has to be. Also, for straight lines, I put a piece of paper along the edge then use an eraser along the piece of paper.

Its like if you want to spray paint a hard edge, you use cardboard or tape to cover the part that you don't want to be sprayed. Understand? I can post some pictures to show you in detail if you want.

Also, with the hard edges, a sharp edged eraser is your best friend.

okay, thanks!!!
MAybe one day i'll be your level

[xpeed]

Very nice, great work on keeping the shading consistent. Will be looking forward to more of your work.

[Roboduck]

Wow... I'm learning so much... and the Enzo is fantastic... thanks. Roboduck

[lemorris]

you thanked yourself

[Pukutukas]

Omg. Thats awesome. I never seen that. It is professional work. you have a gold hand. you draw very nice. 1 question is how you do that very nice shadows and other colors with pencil. i can't do it i draw about 5 hours and i cant learn it. So damn. I don't know how to learn this. what you use? for that shadows? they are stuning. look at my rubish http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5761/imguv5.jpg i can't do better shadows. i am very angry please help me. If you can't so it's ok but your drawing is stuning . top class sorry my english is very bad and i dont understand it very well.

Good luck .

[warrenkeefe]

Originally Posted by Pukutukas

Omg. Thats awesome. I never seen that. It is professional work. you have a gold hand. you draw very nice. 1 question is how you do that very nice shadows and other colors with pencil. i can't do it i draw about 5 hours and i cant learn it. So damn. I don't know how to learn this. what you use? for that shadows? they are stuning. look at my rubish http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5761/imguv5.jpg i can't do better shadows. i am very angry please help me. If you can't so it's ok but your drawing is stuning . top class sorry my english is very bad and i dont understand it very well.

Good luck .

Well first off, thanks for your kind words. I appreciate you liking my work. You said you drew for around 5 hours and couldn't get it right. I usually spend between 20 and 40 hours on a drawing, depending on the size and level of detail. Also, if I were to add all the hours I spent drawing and sketching, it would for sure be in the thousands! I know I'm only 22 years old but I've been drawing most of my life.

The only thing I can tell you to do is practice, practice, and practice. Its the same with any other person who is great at what they do. Time invested is the best thing you can do.

Also, I just use one pencil when I draw, a 0.7mm mechanical pencil and blending stumps. Its all at the beginning of this post.

Again, thanks for the compliments and keep drawing my friend!

-Warren Keefe