Chances are good that I'll post another version at some point to play with a couple other ideas, but it's done. I give you my track machine DeTomaso Pantera! Was lots of fun and I got a chance to play with carbon fiber. It you look at the front and rear spoiler you'll see what I mean. It turned out looking pretty cool I think. I'm also posting an Audi R8 done by my brother just a little while back as well. He put a bunch of little custom tweaks into it and the colors are just perfect. Even the most anti-two-tone enthusiast can dig on this color scheme ... to me, it just works.
I've been taking my sweet time with this project and you can see more updates than this at lateral-g.net but it is progressing along at this point. Here is a http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?p=347942#post347942 to the actual thread. The body is pretty well complete, now I'll be putting in the stuff that gives it the race car vibe. I've gone back and forth over the rear spoiler but I feel that given the car's theme, it will need a race wing.
Well if you direct your browser to lateral-g.net and go for the artwork section in the forums, you'll find my little community project. It's a trial run, first time. It has come together pretty well and I've got a list of things I'll do differently next time around. It started with the first ten cars that people suggested - they went into a poll with a few styles and colors and everyone started voting. I set the poll to expire in 30 days so you've got unit May 1 2011 to get your vote in. The real question is, why vote? The poll results are public, everyone who votes, goes into a hat and a name will be drawn. That person gets to put the finishing touches on the car. See the deal is, the poll can only handle 18 options which isn't many when you figure all the things that can be done to a car. However, the winner will be choosing wheels and helping me figure out just how to modify the car's looks. Then when it's drawn, that person will receive a signed print of the rendering. Those prints will then go on sale right here at the O'Dell Studios blog in the Prints tab.
For anyone interested, a 70s De Tomaso Pantera is currently in the lead to be rendered as a purpose built track monster which is going to be great fun. I've got visions of fender flares, turn buckle-adjustable front splitters, sponsor decals, roll cages, the works. But I've also got visions of body mods. The car's shape lends itself to modification well and there are a few things (like pop-up head lights) that could use updates to bring the car into the 21st century. BUT! There are a couple other cars creeping up and tied for 2nd at this point, and the Pantera may not be on top in the end.
Got some leftovers from the show and they are now available. We've got a couple versions; the signed and numbered prints are 13x19 high end units. $35 a piece or the set of both cars for $60. The second variety are your average toner-based prints on 11x17, unsigned, for $10. Send me an e-mail at colter_odell@odellstudios.com and I'll get you fixed up.
Like any project it gets to the point where looking at it just won't help. A couple more ideas out.
I think I'm just about gonna call it done. I'll have to have a proof printed and make sure it looks the way I think it should, but aside from that, not much else to do here unless I see something I hate about it between now and the weekend.
Just wanted to also throw up the sketch of Sasquatch. Nothing amazing, just a quick 20 minute job after doing a few doodles of people in suits with their arms crossed.
Nearer to completion. The Emerald City Comicon itself draws nearer too so the clock is ticking. But I think I'm getting there on my piece. It's actually kinda tough not to leave it a cool bit of automotive art but it felt like more was needed. My Sasquatch sketch (I'll have to post the sketch) turned out pretty good and the final colored version ended up the way I meant for it to so I felt like it deserved to be included. About all I wanted to accomplish was to make him look like he would be found in a comic book. I didn't want him over-rendered and I think it came out just right.
OK so he's gotten pretty far along before I got a post up but this is AJ's portion coming together. Still a WIP but we've got a mild custom Camaro going on in the same hue I used. Getting away from the green overtones but with an obvious Seattle icon for part of the background. We've kept the mods mild on both of these modern muscle cars to maintain recognition but subtle improvements make them even more appealing than they already are.
I still want to try a couple different things with the light streaks but this is my initial layout. Next I'm working on my Sasquatch!