Project - Wheels on Vehicles

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Project - Wheels on Vehicles

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Course In Progress

Drawing wheels on vehicles is an excellent way to practice cylinders and reinforce what we've already learned.

Level 1

Draw a simple car, bus, RV, or truck focusing on the wheels.

  • Add a spare tire on the front or back to practice cylinders in different orientations.
  • Use photos for inspiration, not for direct copying.
  • Draw your vehicle from a slightly different angle than your reference to practice perspective construction.
  • Make vehicles toy-like, simplifying details and focusing on perspective.
  • Start with the side view silhouette in 3-point perspective, then extrude it.
  • Construct wheels by approximating square planes and drawing ellipses within. Give them thickness!
  • Experiment with the same vehicle from multiple angles or different types of vehicles.

Level 2

Include at least one tank in your drawings to practice cylinders along all three axes.

  • Tanks should primarily be constructed out of boxes and cylinders.
  • Add simple details like headlights, a window, or more guns for enhancement.
  • Use the X method to ensure consistent wheel sizes.

General Tips

  • Keep lines light and clean in early stages to avoid messiness.
  • Apply "X-ray vision goggles" to visualize and construct internal parts.
  • Remember the techniques for constructing cylinders inside boxes.
  • Review previous lessons if necessary to refresh on the concepts.

Deadline: Submit by 03/28/2024 for a chance to be in the critique video!

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Menriv
8h
Project - Wheels on Vehicles
Evan Wray
Attempts #1-2 before demo, #3-4 after demo. I feel like I'm understanding the perspective and minor axis, but as soon as i place a major axis and try to create the ellipse all semblance of perspective disappears. Trying to figure out what exactly the disconnect is, on to the critiques!
Michael Koch
The far side of the interior isn't angled like the other side. Whoops. Also wheels are hard in dramatic perspective.
Mary
11d
This was a very tough assignment for me. The “toy bus” has issues with the tires for sure. The toy truck looks better. I did not use a photo. First time doing something from imagination. I’m up for all the help anyone is willing to give. Thank you.
Mary
11d
Dang it. See that know. I know better than this. I’m going to redo it. Thank you so much for the feed back
Martin M
11d
Congrats on taking a leap to draw from imagination! It will be tricky. Some feedback for the truck: The lines of the body of the truck are converging in the wrong direction. As things get further from us they should get smaller. But the truck looks like it's closest parts are smaller than the parts further away from us. I have added a picture with the lines highlighted and an example of how they should converge. I'm unsure about providing feedback about the tires. I see you constructed them with the box which is good! And you might be doing all the steps correctly there. But as I mentioned above, the vanishing points are not used or used incorrectly so the tire construction boxes might be incorrect as well. I would suggest trying this exercise again. Mark down the 2 vanishing points and make sure that all the lines are converging to those points OR going vertical.
@nasim_alchemist
Fun exercise. It’s a challenge not to just go ahead and lazily guess where the shape of the ellipse is. Also keeping it clean and tidy with all the supporting lines is a great line quality practice.
Luke
17d
I was having difficulties with pulling clean straights and ellipses, warmups helped quite a bit. It also took me some time to understand why we needed to consider minor and major axis, though I think I have the hang of it now.
Amu Noor
24d
This was even harder than the hands.
Rachel Dawn Owens
So good!
Thien Minh Pham
This is my attempt. It so hard~ but I kinna enjoy it I still struggling with long straight line it also take me too long I assume to do this project it took me an hour. I don't know if that is too long. I just use the idea of the car and change it position. I tried be creative with the wheel by turning it. Turn out it quite above my capability lol. And tips and advice is greatly Appreciate!
@aubrey
1mo
Hi every one, Im not sure where to post this but Ive struggled to create and enjoy the process of drawing due to perfectionism. I wanted to do character design to have put it off for years waiting until I was Good enough. Unfortunately by waiting so long to do what I actually wanted to do all along I've become better at doing studies, and drawing from observation than character design and story telling, and this gap has made me feel like an imposter. don't get me wrong studying is important and so is drawing from observation, but I almost never drew What I actually wanted to, and when I did I would criticize it harshly and tell my self to go back to studying, thinking my fundamentals were the problem. It burned me out and now Im 6 yrs in and my character designs still aren't very good. Now Im just trying to enjoy creating characters, illustrations and having fun. I think this year I've had the most growth out of all the years combined due to being willing to make mistakes and letting perfection go. If you're starting out please try not to get too caught up in the way your art looks, it will save you years. ( yes,I know Stan is always says this, Thanks Stan for awesome advice!)
Melanie Scearce
Thanks for sharing @aubrey. I think a lot of people can relate. The real secret to becoming a good artist is a lot of bad drawings.
@julia52
1mo
Hey! Thanks for sharing this—it’s such a relatable story. Perfectionism can be such a tough barrier, and waiting until we feel “good enough” often just holds us back from creating what we actually care about. I went through a similar struggle before I finally allowed myself to dive into what I really wanted to make, and it was so freeing. The best advice I can give is exactly what you’re saying: if there’s something you want to create, just start now. Thanks for sharing your journey and for the great advice, and i wish you all the best on your art journey!
I did not Want to see that
here is my level 2 assignment for this project. I feel like this one has way better wheels then my level one's. I can still see some faults in there like the sphere on top, and someone I made the smaller wheel at the back a little bigger than the one at the front, and my line quality is horrible for this one, but I tried my best at the wheels. I am still very lost about this, and I mostly go on intuition. It seems I will have to spent some time on getting this particular part of drawing right
Rachel Dawn Owens
I tried. I will need to work on cylinders more.
I did not Want to see that
God I am so embarrassed of these, I have been trying to understand this for over 3 days now, and I am so lost. I even went ahead and watch the demo's but I am still so lost about these elipses/cilinders. I did some elipses/cilinder drawings and warmups before and I did not really think it was hard, but for some reason after watching the demos and the project video I have been beat. I still have no idea how to do those elipses in perspective, and when I do try it, it makes me mess up the perspective of everything around it as well, making it look even worse. I am not even trying to talk down to myself, but it almost feels like my brain has been reset for this or something. If there is anyone out there that can share some advice with me, I will be so super grateful to you!
Gannon Beck
What helped me finally get it was understanding that the minor axis of the ellipse points to a vanishing point. It's what helps me orient my wheels correctly when I'm doing these. I didn't get it for a long, long time, so I definitely empathize with you. It's a tough thing to get your mind around.
Rachel Dawn Owens
This is looking great to me! This is a tough assignment. I think the 3rd drawing looks the best because the x,y,and z axis angles line up the best.
Jack H
2mo
This one kind of stumped me, not gonna lie. I'm not sure how to draw the correct ellipse for the boxes I've chosen, and the resulting vehicles all look kind of funky. Maybe I'll revisit this after watching the demo. Will try level 2 after getting the hang of level 1 first.
Jack H
1mo
My tank attempt. Honestly, I can't seem to get the hang of drawing the wheels aligned and of the same proportion no matter how long I try. Would definitely appreciate any advice/critiques on this...
Lil FatWombat
Here are my attempts. The old car is my last picture. At first, I had little desire and motivation for the task. Fortunately, it became easier for me over time.
Amu Noor
25d
These are so clean and detailed. Great work!
Melanie Scearce
These turned out great, way to stick with it 👍
Alvaro Villanueva
A lot to improve, but I'll keep practicing it time to time
Rachel Dawn Owens
These are super nice!
Christina Unger
Ah, well. First try was a bit impatient.
Vili
2mo
Hi ! I tried my best for ellipses but i am not able to do it free-hand even with the box method. For the tank (imagination), i tried by putting an ellipse fitting in the box with the "ellipses tool" on procreate as "guideline". Then i try to draw with the ellipse as background. I think a lot of things are off, but i want to move on to the next lesson haha
@writedrawface
The wheels were definitely a challenge. A good one, though. Centering cylinders in boxes can be pretty difficult. Measuring the minor and major axis was what got me. Maybe drawing these bigger would have helped.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Drawing a bit bigger might help you if you make more of these drawings. I like how you drafted the different points of the ellipses on the wheels
@josephl
2mo
My first attempt was without any practice and jumped right in. You can tell with the tank I got lazy and started getting impatient, cylinders are hard. Went ahead and watched the demos and critique and got a lot of help from those and then attempted both again with the new information. Tried to do a cool angle with the tank and did a lot better than the first but still feels off in areas.
Zeev
2mo
I feels like this ones are kinda bad… my patience for vehicles is way more limited <o.o>
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