Race Car Design Challenge

[Joe Diaz]

It has been a while since we have done a design challenge here at signs101. This one can be open to anyone.

Scenario: The other day a race car driver and his entire crew stopped in and wanted a price on doing his car. You price out the job the way you normally do. The race car driver gets all bent out of shape and says the price is too high. He then goes on to say that he would rather just buy his own equipment and do his own car (and possibly all his fellow racers' cars too).

You decide that if the race car driver can do your job, you should be able to handle racing. Your company decides to invest in it's own race car, and everything that goes along with it, to compete every Friday/Saturday at the races.

You need to design your own race car (any model) to either show the local crowd how a real race car should look, or to poke a little fun at the other local racers. The choice is up to you. Just post a sketch when you have time and remember to have fun. :thumb:

Ladies & Gentlemen.... Start Your Engines!

[Joe Diaz]

Morning bump

[Jillbeans]

Here ya go, Joe.
Remember I don't do race cars.
So I don't know the placement but I know green is bad luck right?
This car is off an ancient CD.
It would be made out of old sign pieces, coro, speaker wire, a Snapper lawn mower engine, tinfoil and some mismatched old tires my kid has out back.
The lettering would be nice though.
The logos are all old ones I've done.
Man I need to step away from the prismatic fonts and Valentino.
:ROFLMAO:
:doh:
:rolleyes:
You probably can't read my driver's name but it's a girl racer named Polly Ester.
Love....Jill

[JD3]

I'll play too

[p3]

Here's one I did a while back, customer never had it printed due to cost. hah. Went with a simple version of it though.

[houseofgrafix]

should be fun

[Gino]

We don't really race, but what the heck....... it can't be that hard. :doh: What do you really need besides a vehicle and lack of brains to go 200 mph in a circle ?? I do similar to that everyday going back and forth to work.... and I never hit anyone there. I feel like it, but the road rage has settled down. I think my new ride might have something to do with it.

Anyway, we gathered up all of our extra cash and we figured we start out small.... you gotta start somewhere and lettered up our 'BULLET' and in no time... we'll be putting all the other racers out of business.
Here's our entry..............



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[gnatt66]

oh wait....did joe Diaz start this thread for me? haha.

this is our car...bought a chassis and interior tin, built the rest.

been at this for three yearsish, had the printer 10 months.

sponsors wreck all the cool designs :)

p.s. i didnt charge myself enough..that's for sure.

3621/210 lam....

[Joe Diaz]

great stuff!

[mikey-Oh]

does anyone have a freebie template? the shop i work for doesn't mess with race stuff and my evenings free tonight, don't really care which model/type/whateves.

thank you!

[JManes7]

Quickie done in photoshop lol

[Pat Whatley]

I thought this contest had already been won?!
http://www.signs101.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43815&d=1254366451

[SignManiac]

I started working on something earlier so maybe tomorrow I'll have something to show. Since I don't do or have any race cars. I'm building a car from scratch so to speak. I like the wheels so far!

[clarkracing]

What about my actual race car?!? LOL

[jlpwoody]

if you want to see some real great race cars check out 702graphics.com they wrap 85% of all the cars that race at the dull ring in las vegas

[Pro Image]

This would be what I would put out on the track.........

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Cheap *** Racers.........:thumb: :ROFLMAO:

[Pat Whatley]

Wow....so my link is gone? What's up with that?

[dmayhew26]

Here are a few of the cars that I race.

[SignManiac]

Ok I got to learn a few new tricks on this task using CorelDraw X5. All vector work from the ground up. I can see how you can really go deep with the details on a project like this. It was a fun learning exercise.

[Joe Diaz]

Ok I got to learn a few new tricks on this task using CorelDraw X5. All vector work from the ground up. I can see how you can really go deep with the details on a project like this. It was a fun learning exercise.

And that is what it is all about.:thumb:

[grafxxx]

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[Jillbeans]

Bob that is hilarious!

[SignManiac]

So Joe, I hope you plan to submit one of your own? We've come to expect great stuff from you, so dazzle us with your design :)

[SignManiac]

Bob that is hilarious!

LOL Jill... You know how some times you just get into one of those creative mind sets??? I already know I'm going to hell so I might as well drive there in style :)

Ok this S#$%T is addictive. Hard to stop. I found a few more tricks to tweak it with. Subtle things but cool stuff.

[K Chez]

My little race car...
http://www.signs101.com/photopost/data/500/medium/DSC00562.JPG

I've got another one being built that resembles an asphalt modified

If I could afford a full size operation...

http://www.signs101.com/photopost/data/500/medium/7Lmod_frt.jpg

[Graphics2u]

This is one I did a few weeks ago. Really don't try to go after this market. That's assuming there is a "market" for it, because that would imply you would be making money on it! :smile:

[FBGraphics]

Here's an 1/18 scale Late model I did recently.....

[kraigsnowden]

This would be what I would put out on the track.........

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Cheap *** Racers.........:thumb: :ROFLMAO:
Works for me! Best one here...cause it sends "a message"!

[Flubber]

I had to do it but will spend more time on it later.

[Sparky]

Three cars, me in the middle.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbonvouloir/3700062394/in/set-72157621116232370/

[animalgfx]

Here's my car for 2010 season

[PhatWall]

Here is an awesome designed in photoshop

[PhatWall]

here is a link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r167emP_2jU

[Turn2Designs]

Just wanted to throw a congratz to Mayhew i just saw this article.. "WheelMan"


http://www.shorttrackaction.com/archive/news/08/18/Notebook-Mayhew-turns-flat-tire-to-5th-kn.html

[RobbyMac]

Ok I got to learn a few new tricks on this task using CorelDraw X5. All vector work from the ground up. I can see how you can really go deep with the details on a project like this. It was a fun learning exercise.
Sorry to bump an old thread, but...

I use corel ALOT. Attached is a small image of a timeline I created. It only covers up to 2006 as I havent had a chance to update it recently. But these are all 'templates' I created (Some are actual designs though)
The idea was to track how each car got better in appearance and detail. Partly due to skill, newer software, and sexier chassis developments over the years.

Also, I have a tutorial on how I use layering to develop my car illustrations. Its rough, but you get the idea. it's at http://www.deviantart.com/download/30146843/vector_tutorial.jpg
This was all back when i was self employed/freelancing design. Though I still do similar work, and use these for sponsor renderings or illustrations with many of our clients.

[SignManiac]

Some awesome renderings there RobbyMac! Are you still doing this kind of work? Great tutorial btw...

[ForgeInc]

very impressive robby.

[signmeup]

Nice tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

[Pat Whatley]

Isn't it about Design Challenge time, again?

[SignManiac]

I'm up for it Pat. You have any suggestions to toss out there?

[Pat White]

Cool thanks for sharing RobbyMac!

[saktrnch]

Here's one I did.

[signage]

:thumb::thumb: RobbyMac :toasting:

[RobbyMac]

Thanks for the compliments. I do still create similar illustrations for our shop here.
The 3/4 views give a better representation of the finished product compared to flat layout views. Indycars in particular have alot of compound curves that just don't get represented well in a flat side or top view.
We use these illustrations to develop paintschemes/livery's, sponsorship proposal art, or even arrange sponsors on an existing car. They help to streamline the design/approval process quickly.
There is a bit of time involved in creating a template however. So if it's a template we can re-use often, we'll eat the cost of developing it. ie, indycars, dragsters, or funnycars get used alot. But if someone comes to us with a one-off landspeed car or some other vehicle that isn't as popular, or no other clients would have, then the client must pay for the template should they want a 3/4 view created.