How to Draw Cars Like a Pro, 2nd Edition

by Taylor, Thom; Hallett, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780760323915
• ISBN10: 0760323917
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-31
• Publisher: Motorbooks

Summary

Thom Taylor is a four-time winner of the coveted America's Most Beautiful Roadster award and an inductee into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame. A graduate of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, he has designed cars for builders like Boyd Coddington and Roy Brizio, and for celebrities Eric Clapton, Tim Allen, and Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top. In addition to creating signature die-cast lines for Racing Champions, Revell, and Testors, Thom is the author of Motorbooks' How to Draw Choppers Like a Pro.

Author Biography

Thom Taylor is a four-time winner of the coveted America's Most Beautiful Roadster award and an inductee into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame.  A graduate of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, he has designed cars for builders like Boyd Coddington and Roy Brizio, and for celebrities Eric Clapton, Tim Allen, and Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top.  In addition to creating signature die-cast lines for Racing Champions, Revell, and Testors, Thom is the author of Motorbooks' How to Draw Choppers Like a Pro.

Lisa Hallett is a writer and editor based in Southern California.  Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles, Times, Emmy, and Westways.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
A Quick History of Automobile Design	p. 8
Tools and Equipment	p. 14
Perspective	p. 19
Proportion	p. 29
Ellipses and Axes	p. 35
Sketching and Line Quality	p. 39
Light Source	p. 50
Shadows and Reflections	p. 58
Technique	p. 76
Color	p. 87
Presentation	p. 97
Cartoons	p. 103
Cutaways	p. 115
Interiors	p. 122
Computers	p. 128
Schools	p. 140
Appendix	p. 142
Index	p. 143
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