Complain

So I have been waiting to get a Nissan 240SX coupe. I have been looking around on craigslist. Around 3 to 5 years ago, there were plenty of clean stock 240SX out there. Everyone was selling their stock 240SX. Something like this.

Very clean and costs around 3k for one of them.

So then few years later, I was checking up the market for 240SX again. Surprisingly, it is so difficult to find a clean stock 240 nowadays.

Such as this, you will discover



I asked.. Why would you do that to a such beautiful car. Why would you put on parts that doesn't even look good on 240SX?

Now, it is VERY difficult to find a nice and clean 240SX in Bay Area SF. I am giving up hope slowly.

These days I have been thinking and came to a conclusion. Why not just get a cheap car first? Then later on when I have an stable income, I will just spend some more money onto a clean 240SX.

The first car came to my mind was Honda Civic. I can't believe I am liking EG and EK a little bit now. I used to dislike front wheel drive car, because I am into drifting. Since EG and EK are cheap to play around with, saves gas and fun to drive around. I have decide to look for one. I don't really know the market for EG out there, still need to do some research first.

I want something like this. It will satisfy my lust for 240SX for a while. I hope.



And of course, I am not gonna give up my 240SX. Still in love with that sexy S13 front end.

I do not own any of the image of the cars in this blog post. They are just pictures from the internet.

Poster 2

After some revision and editing, it looks like this.

Poster.

Had a little time to create a quick poster.

Life

Currently, I am attending college. Life is difficult. Perhaps, I should talk about what I am doing lately. I started taking my drawing serious after summer 2009. Ever since that, I couldn't stop drawing. As more people asked me for commissions, I really appreciate them. With the money I gained from commission, I invested them into things that would be beneficial to my quality of site. Part of the money goes to the fee to set up this site such as domain name. Part of the income goes to investment such as a better camera to take better pictures. I really thank those people who considered letting me to draw their car. It was really a wonderful experience. My next goal is to save up for a car I always obsessed with- Nissan S13. I know it's going to take a while, but I hope to get my dream car soon!

Once again, thank you guys for your wonderful support.

-David

Project Completed

Quite busy with school lately. I haven't have much time to draw as usual. Time is money, so I started to concentrate and work faster on drawing. The reflection of the car is based in a parking lot. I found the bristol smooth paper is really cool. A tutorial on how to draw this rim is going to be up soon. Please check back again!

Car: Acura RSX

Media: Graphite pencil, eraser, tissue and brush.

Hope you guys like it

Enjoy!

Comments are appreciated. Thank you!

Tip: Concentrate when you are drawing, but have fun also.

Progress

Finished up the rim.

Progress and Tip

Here is my latest progress of the RSX. I notice, many people has trouble shading the car. I would like to show you one of my technique. First, I will look at my reference picture. Detect the darkest and the brightest spot on the part you are shading. I start with HB pencil. Shading the line out first. Notice the set of lines are all pointed toward the same direction. Put down layers of lines. The brightest area has just few lines, for darkest area has more layer of lines. I wouldn't say my technique is cross-hatching.




After you got that down, you could begin the process of blending. This part is fun. Take a tissue or cotton stick or even blending stomps. Gently blend it with in a circular motion. Then you should get something like this. Look back to your reference picture to check if the level of shade is right, meaning if it look like the reference picture. If not, add some more layers to where it needed to be darker. And blend it again.




Repeating that process should give you something like this. The smoothness depends on what kind of paper you are using. I am using bristol smooth paper for this drawing.



Hope this tip is useful to you. Leave me a comment to tell me what you think! Thank you.