February 2010

How to Use Post it Notes to Sketch: Part 1

February 27, 2010

I love sketching on Post it Notes! Why? Cause they’re easy and a heck of a lot less intimidating to work with. You ever take out that large sheet of paper and try to figure out how you are going to fill it? The first thing that used to come to my mind is FEAR!!! [...]

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Intro to Value Sketching Part 1

February 21, 2010

Understanding how to render simple shapes with a single value range is critical to interpreting more complex shapes when sketching cars. Mastering these fundamentals will enable you to create sketches on your own without having to look at references all the time! Plus….it’s just cool!

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Vintage Grand Prix Car Art Series 1: 1950′s Conceptual Grand Prix Cars

February 21, 2010

1950′s Conceptual Grand Prix Car: This painting was incredibly fun to create. Pure testosterone, muscle, and burning gasoline is what this painting is all about! Typically I like to use some sort of reference when creating vintage race cars from a particular era or year. However, in this case, I decided to create my own [...]

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Driven Mavens Podcast Episode 1

February 13, 2010

Welcome to our first Podcast Episode from DM! So if you want to know what Driven Mavens is all about and what to look forward to, check out the first episode! [podcast]http://www.drivenmavens.com/Podcasts/DM%20001.mp3[/podcast]

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Best Movie about Race Cars..EVER!!! Grand Prix!!

February 8, 2010

Probably one of my favorite racing movies of all time. I guess it is not so much about the plot of the movie (which was horrible) but the spectacular photography! Simply amazing for director John Frankenheimer to pull off such ground breaking fish eye views and close ups of 1960′s grand prix cars. James Garner [...]

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