Ad Critique

I'm not saying its anywhere near exact, but it's more similar than I'd like it to be.  I've been talking with co-workers about road the presence classic Lincolns and Cadillacs have. This would appear to be incomparable. 

Where's November!?

Here's Tiiu Kuik for Vogue Mexico.  The colors and patterns on her traditional alpaca hat made painting this a lot of fun.  While the colors were important to match, I payed close attention to quickly and efficiently represent the patterns on it, being careful not to spend too much time on them.  The piece took a little over 2.5 hrs, but I'm ok with that because of the detail involved.  I'll likely retouch the hair.

Luminous Monotony

I'm realizing it may be more advantageous to do these from life rather than photos.  Practice makes perfect, anyway!  The title "Luminous Monotony" is because I painted this in grey tone then added the glowing orange and blue.
Once again the lovely Megan Ewing.  

American Exotic Down Under

How will I get a car on every continent?  This made me reminisce about my own road trip earlier this year, and amplified once more the call of the open road. 

Road Trip 2010 from skul4aface on Vimeo.

Lincoln Continental Mark X1 Rework

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Above is a re-paint of the front of the car with completely different front details.  I think it looks much more in line with Lincoln's current design language.  Below is the sketch I did earlier this year which motivated me to put a more aggressive front on the new Mark.  The original nose after the jump is more original and stately, whereas the new nose above and in the sketch is more sporty.  Although I'm satisfied with the new nose, I think stateliness is a more appropriate presence for Lincoln than sportiness.  Particularly since Cadillac is so seriously pursuing racing and high-performance, to make a "sporty" product but not be involved with motorsports would be somewhat hypocritical.

W.I.P.: Loosening Up

This started out as the Lamborghini LMX001, but after the sketch started taking shape it earned a real name: 

Mostro

 Italian for Monster- it's pretty self explanatory.  I started sketching on this in march when there were whispers of a Lamborghini SUV making it's way onto the International Auto Show circuit.  It felt like the original LM001 would be a tough act to follow for Lamborghini and judging by the Urus, the company wasn't really aiming for a vehicle in that same off-road-domination vein at all.  I thought they should've.  Instead the Urus will be a Range Rover Sport competitor, and passersby will will express their excitement with a "Oh, sweet, it's a Lambo SUV!"  My target was more... "Holy Sh*t! What the f*ck is that!!?"

In case you're wondering, Yes- those are duallies.

Continental Mark X1 Sighting

Here's the most recent rendering of the Lincoln Continental Mark X1 I've been brewing.  It's not an advanced concept (clearly) but it is aimed to put Lincoln back on the World Class podium.  The news that Lincoln will henceforth be concentrating on volume models -the money makers- was sorely disappointing to me, as most enthusiasts are shaking their open hands at the Dearborn Lux Co asking "What are you Doing!?"  Everyone seems to want a memorable, exciting model from Lincoln sailing around on the streets.  So I arranged these pixels to please the hopefuls' eyes.  Enjoy!

Fifty Shades of Blue

Tonight I threw some color (a color) onto a sketch done a little while ago of a super-light hydrogen fuel-cell electric sportscar.  It was inspired by the GM Autonomy platform (the skateboard from the early 2000's).  The goal was to visually communicate the different package, and expose as much as possible; making a very airy form for a full-body car.  The area that adds the most visual weight to a car is the bodyside... so it's been removed for the Hysport.  The body is visually compressed into a very thin upper tier to create a recognizable car shape, but a glance below the beltline will indicate something's very different about this one.  The front scoop splitter and low tail spoiler remain to plant the car.  This is not supposed to be legally feasible for production.