OlderThanMe Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 OTM brings COLOR!!! Unfortunately it is at an odd angle which makes the rear camber look all off. I promise this is the last sketch from this perspective!!! Also the headlight buckets are way different from stock on purpose...if you were wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Hey Dan, something I like to do when using colored pencils is to get a white one and go over the other colors with it. this will smooth out the scribble effect so common with colored pencils, and help it look professional. As a side note, this will also work with crayons, just use a white crayon instead of a pencil. Also, if you have to use crayons, it helps if you lay it on really thick, and then scratch off the extra wax with something sharp like an exacto knife or a razor. Not that I still color with crayons or anything, and spend my time developing advanced techniques for using them...that would make me some kind of guy with too much time on his hands or something... hate to bring up old stuff, but just to illustrate the difference: NOT with the white over color: WITH the white overcolor: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar240z Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 this was my final for my concept drawing class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Been working on this for a while now and have got it to a point where I have A, realised that they're not completely to scale, the car is actually more narrow at the doors in the top view, and B, that I don't care enough to redo them from scale dimensions. Comments are welcome. I will add some more notes later on, but for now let me just give you a legend: Black is the external chassis. Cyan is vents in the external surface. Yellow is diffusers Red is the internal chassis (rails etc). Dark blue is cooler ducting. Purple is the wing and splitter. Shitgreen is any suspension. Not as pretty as some of the other posts sorry. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 || / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I took a photo that was posted of Darius' incredible YZ conversion and chopped the roof off to see how it looks as a roadster. A layed back windshield version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Zlalomz: That is really cool! Maybe chop the windshield to 3/4 the height? It looks a little out of place being that tall IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I agree on a classic short windshield for a roadster but I am 6'4", so all of my dream cars have tall windshields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 what *I* would kill to see.... obviously SERIOUS fab work here. possibly consider installing AWD STi drivetrain and engine.. yes, a box four under the hood freeing up ACRES of space between rad X-member and engine. AWD of course. Lose the stock hood. In fact, the body would be much easier made, with a full fiberglass front end made from pieces of other cars for molds..... but picture THIS. Cut the headlight buckets and the extension of the firewall ahead of the rad x-member OFF. knock off a roadster-style hood wide enough to cover the Z engine bay.. cut the forward section and wheel well out of a roadster fender, put that section onto the top/rearward half of the Z car fender. Re-create the roadster front end on the Z.. the grille might be difficult; using a stock roadster grille might be too narrow to be pleasing to the eye. The intercooler and the radiator and the fans can ALL be moved to the back side of the cross member now. I have no idea if the soobie engine could be made to line the front output shafts up to the front wheels on the Z, obviously that is a make-or-break question on the choice of engines.. but hey, an SR20 could go there too, and still leave room for the stuff up front. Chop the top... maybe even chop the WINDSHIELD if you can, and replace THAT with a roadster windshield (although that would at least double the difficulty of an already ABSURD concept) and if the roadster windscreen can be utilized, why not try to make windows that fit into the roadster Top, too... Chop the tailsection to a point where one could re-create the roadster tail end, add a stretched fiberglass trunklid, and suddenly you've got a vehicle thats not quite a Z, not quite a Fairlady.. hell, not quite a Datsun, either, but man o manischewitz in my mind's eye, its a LOOKER. Miata? WRX? S2000? nah. Fair Lady Z-XT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar240z Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Draw it daeron! im having trouble picturing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Draw it daeron! im having trouble picturing it. I can picture, but i can't draw.. it may well be that the idea is beyond drawable, just not possible to render the way I spell it out. even if I drew it, I don't have a scanner, or even a decent camera, so it would be fruitless. I may try though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Doesn't the WRX have the front diff integrated into the transmission? That would mean that you would have to hang the motor way out front... I like the idea though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 but man o manischewitz lololol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I did a pencil sketch as a concept for the 350Z a few years before they released it. It was a sketch/photoshop based heavily on the S30. I submitted it to zhome and they had it posted along with a few other sketches. I lost it and zhome does not have them up anymore... UPDATE! Holy Cr@p I found it! Thanks to waybackmachine.com http://web.archive.org/web/20010203174400/http://zhome.com/titleNov.html Keep in mind this was done in 2000 with my VERY limited photoshop experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutlass372 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Started this last semester, but i was pretty much just messin around... It looks a little different now, but i dont have a scanner anymore so.. Fixed the front bumper, the rear window, and just cleaned it up alittle, I'll see if I can scan another of it more recently. Still needs more work though in the wheels and stuff. Edit: Bottom one is recent (just scanned it). Still needs lots more work, just not really a top priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Glad to see this thread bumped back up. Looks like a good start, '372, too biggies I see are the sidewindow is abit long, and the door handle should be lower, the bodyline intersects the handle and the recess right at the middle. Heres alittle sketch I did maybe 3 months ago and forgot to post. The perspective of the frontend is off, but it was just something to pass the Biology time away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Doesn't the WRX have the front diff integrated into the transmission? That would mean that you would have to hang the motor way out front Exactly..i fantasize about doing this very swap but the dimensions of the project just dont line up well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-TARD Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Guess I'll trot out the drawing I did a few years ago. Since then, the wind tunnel tests have changed my ideas of how the hood should look. Given the huge amount of drag imparted by the radiator, the pass through hood design seems like it wouldn't really provide any benefits. I still like the integrated side pipe/mufflers though. Running the exhaust externally like that would allow the underside to be cleaned up quite a bit for better under car areodynamics: I'll try to do another drawing using the ideas I've had since the wind tunnel tests were published. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Z with what I think would be really good aerodynamics with somewhat extensive body mods. Just lightly shaded for now. Should be finished by tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 i've got so much else i should be working on...must...resist...urge...to...draw Z's..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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