Want try your skills creating cool vector artwork but don’t want to spend a lot of money on software to get started? Try taking a look at this posting I found called “20 Vector Graphics Editors Reviewed“. Some of the software listed is free to download!
I use Adobe Illustrator to create my artwork but I have done a little work with Inkscape, which is on the list. What vector programs have you tried?
See the guys of Top Gear mix up a new drink with a V8 powered blender. Wouldn’t you love to have something like this at your next neighborhood cookout!
It looks like Batman now has a gas-saver to run around Gotham.
George Barris is showing his new “smart” concept of the Batmobile at the 2008 SEMA show this week. Based on the popular SmartCar, I guess Batman could use it driving around picking up parts for all his cool tiny gadgets.
I grew up a big fan of the 1960’s TV show and I’m a big fan of George’s work. I once met him at a World of Wheels show.
Read and see more pictures about BatSmart on Autoblog.com.
Find out more about George Barris at his website.
The winner of the free poster giveaway for October 2008 comes from Windsor, CT. The artwork they picked to win is “Fins“.
See the complete list of winners so far for this year!
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I saw this on Digg today thought I would share it. Think for a minute, if you had four Lamborghinis, but only two would fit on the driveway, where would you put the other two? I really did not expect to see what happens in the video. It’s impressive to say the least!
Looking for a new way to express your artistic abilities beyond just pencils, pens, and brushes?
Drift Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. teamed up with Bosch to stage a one-of-a-kind event on September 6, 2008. The event was billed as “Performance Art”. Vaughn created a unique pattern of tire marks by drifting his 650 hp Mustang through a closed course in downtown Los Angeles. He titled his creation “Abstract on Asphalt.”
Vaughn won the 2005 D1 Grand Prix USA vs Japan event and the 2007 D1 Grand Prix World Championship.
Now where did I put my car keys, I’ve got some performance art to create!!!
In a news article I read recently, automotive paint supplier PPG issued its annual forecast of popular automotive colors and they predict that blues will take on an important role in car styling. The article also stated that DuPont has seen a resurgence of blue being used.
Knowing color trends are important when creating concept artwork. When I was doing research on colors to use for the TATA Nano concept artwork, I noticed a lot of blues being used on many of today’s customized imports. In fact, the purple Nano in the artwork was originally blue until I changed it after deciding to use blue in the background to compliment the TATA logo.
So if blue is going to be the color for the future, what are the top colors now? As far as the top color, silver wins out over all others. The colors after silver are white, black, and red, in that order.
I tried to found more information about PPG’s report on their website, but couldn’t find anything. To read the news article I read, check out “Paint maker PPG sees blue as car color of tomorrow”.
The winner of the free poster giveaway for September 2008 comes from Tacoma, WA. The artwork they picked to win is the 1985 Ferrari 308GTS QV.
Win some Horsepower to put on your walls! I give away a free 11 x 14 poster every month, so enter today!!
I have seen images of the Bugatti Veyron and thought it was a cool looking super car, but I had no idea if it’s performance until I saw this video today.
Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear is driving the Veyron and in the video he says, “In a drag race with a McLaren F1, you could let the McLaren get up to a 120 MPH and still beat it to 200 MPH.”
I have seen Jeremy in a couple of other Top Gear videos and always enjoy his take on whatever he is driving. If you don’t know about the Veyron or it’s performance you will enjoy this video.
As far as Bugatti artwork, I did a piece of concept artwork called Roadgatti for Rod & Custom Magazine a few years back, where I crossed a Type 35 Bugatti with a 1927 Track Roadster for an article called “Reader’s Dream Rods”.
I read an article on Autoblog.com today about a new wireless computer mouse for the automotive enthusiast.
I have seen computer mouses (or mice) dressed up like cars before but for one reason or the other they still looked like a regular computer mouse. These new ones are different because they look more like cars than any other car-related mouse I have seen.
A company called fourdoormedia.com created these cool optical/wireless USB car mouses. They have all that you would expect in a computer mouse, right/left click-buttons plus a scroll wheel, but what sets these off from other car mouses is the attention to detail.
The also come with working headlights. Since I do a lot of my artwork late at night, my first thought was that the headlights could become distracting after a while but after a little more reading on their site, they showed where you could turn the headlights off.
Fourdoormedia has even gone as far to create a site where you can title your car mouse.
I thought these were cool, what do you think?
