Diesel art - whod'a thunk?
Posted 12-22-2008 at 01:40 AM by dieselartist
My life as an artist started in first grade. A fourth grader was showing off her latest piece of art, a horse jumping from cliff to cliff at night with the moon, and I somehow got it in my head that if she could draw that, so could I. So I started drawing horses. Lots of them. I had horses coming out of my ears, my parents ears, my extended family's ears...you get the idea! I also drew people and Star Wars vehicles (my favorite movies and books!).
I fell in love with Yoshitaka Amano's style:
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/2008%2012/140-4035_IMG.jpg[/IMG]
A sorceress in black and white charcoal on matboard:
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/2008%2012/sorceress_charcoal.jpg[/IMG]
And then I discovered the world of four-wheeling and started rendering the photos I took of our trucks. Then one of my diesel friends was having a not-so-great day, so I drew his truck to cheer him up:
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/cummins%20forum/00Leah002500small.jpg[/IMG]
Next thing I know, TDR had me do the cover of Issue 61!!!!!
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/KellyArticle1.jpg[/IMG]
That's my name signed in print!!!!!! That will probably always be the most exciting thing that I have ever done in my life! There really is nothing cooler, especially when I called up my dad:
Me: Dad! Guess what?! I'm doing the cover of a magazine!
Dad: ...what kind of magazine? There better be clothes involved!
Me: Daaaaaad, not me on the cover. I'm drawing a truck for the cover!
Dad: Drawing a truck? There's a market for that kind of thing?
My dad was rather confused, but glad that I was doing something I enjoyed. He's still confused, especially since I'm really the only country girl/truck-lover in the family. I'm working on my first nephew and a couple of my cousins, and succeeding! My nephew told his mom that he wants "a big truck like Aunt Kelly, not a yucky car!" Ummm...I trained him too well, apparently. I need to let him know that vintage and American muscle aren't yucky cars. That slot is reserved for the '88 Nova, Pintos, and Festivas.
I wish there wasn't a 4-pic limit - I have a '70 Nova, '36 and '37 Fords, and a plethora of others I want to show off, but those can be viewed in [URL="http://dieselart.deviantart.com"]my DeviantArt gallery[/URL]. If it's shiny, I fall in love. Chrome was a wonderful invention, if you ask me! I honestly don't care if I'm drawing a Chevy, Dodge, Ford, Toyota...although I am rather biased toward the CTDs! Just a bit!
I fell in love with Yoshitaka Amano's style:
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/2008%2012/140-4035_IMG.jpg[/IMG]
A sorceress in black and white charcoal on matboard:
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/2008%2012/sorceress_charcoal.jpg[/IMG]
And then I discovered the world of four-wheeling and started rendering the photos I took of our trucks. Then one of my diesel friends was having a not-so-great day, so I drew his truck to cheer him up:
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/cummins%20forum/00Leah002500small.jpg[/IMG]
Next thing I know, TDR had me do the cover of Issue 61!!!!!
[IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z209/_capall_/KellyArticle1.jpg[/IMG]
That's my name signed in print!!!!!! That will probably always be the most exciting thing that I have ever done in my life! There really is nothing cooler, especially when I called up my dad:
Me: Dad! Guess what?! I'm doing the cover of a magazine!
Dad: ...what kind of magazine? There better be clothes involved!
Me: Daaaaaad, not me on the cover. I'm drawing a truck for the cover!
Dad: Drawing a truck? There's a market for that kind of thing?
My dad was rather confused, but glad that I was doing something I enjoyed. He's still confused, especially since I'm really the only country girl/truck-lover in the family. I'm working on my first nephew and a couple of my cousins, and succeeding! My nephew told his mom that he wants "a big truck like Aunt Kelly, not a yucky car!" Ummm...I trained him too well, apparently. I need to let him know that vintage and American muscle aren't yucky cars. That slot is reserved for the '88 Nova, Pintos, and Festivas.
I wish there wasn't a 4-pic limit - I have a '70 Nova, '36 and '37 Fords, and a plethora of others I want to show off, but those can be viewed in [URL="http://dieselart.deviantart.com"]my DeviantArt gallery[/URL]. If it's shiny, I fall in love. Chrome was a wonderful invention, if you ask me! I honestly don't care if I'm drawing a Chevy, Dodge, Ford, Toyota...although I am rather biased toward the CTDs! Just a bit!
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wow that is really cool... how much would you charge to do somwthing like that
in all those pics i didnt see a duramax 
Posted 12-22-2008 at 01:48 PM by DIRTYMAX2004 
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I did get a request for a sketch of a Dmax 3500 dually
They're pretty cheap (compared to the pros in the field). I noticed Bombardiers can sell wares in the Basement, so I'll definitely be posting in there soon
Posted 12-22-2008 at 02:21 PM by dieselartist
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nice picPosted 12-24-2008 at 09:23 AM by biged681985
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Those are awesome. They show alot of talent..
I thought it was corel draw.. but I see I was wrong. I had some software that would turn a picture into a somewhat watercolors look.. it was very cool .Posted 12-25-2008 at 04:06 AM by Oilfield_Mafia
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Thanks, Oilfield!
I need to learn how to use watercolors, and pull out my oil paints at some point. No fancy computer programs here - I'm a bit hopless as far as technology goes LOLPosted 01-08-2009 at 02:44 PM by dieselartist
