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Published: 2005-10-28 06:53:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 6397; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 366
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Yeah, it feels that way.... no vacation! Or Nova-cation.... the act of converting non-believers to the ways of the mighty GM compact that could..... Whatever.Anyway, rather simple take on a '67 Nova.... cowl hood, cleaned-up grille, slammed stance, 17-inch Americans, nice shave, lost the vent windows, two-tone paint with a simple graphic to break up the tones...
As always, Illustrator artwork performed over a loose pencil rough to get the feel.
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Thanks.....I see so many other cars done but the mid 60's Novas - dominance in drag racing and your paint scheme would have looked great on my 1966 ..if I didn't want to keep it a rat racer. It's not overdone - the blue is classic of the Chevy's in that era, the white and orange work well but it's not an overkill - the scoop flows well into the Nova's Design. Great looking concept - now if GM would bring out a new Nova with the new Camaro...
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...if only there would be a new Nova.... I wish!
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Same here, The early Nova's classic Drag car and I can understand the Camaro (new ponycar wars) but a new/retro Nova would be great - and personally if they did right I think that would end looking the best of bunch....oh well, thankfully we have concepts.
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The Nova is my favourite american car. This illustration is great too.
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Heya its me Davidsgrl and I am back to my old account and I go through and fav your pics again 
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so do you redraw your pencil lines? i'm wanting to do this sort of thing for an upcoming project (ie hand drawing first and including my lines) rather than the way i've been doing it. it really gives the car a conceptual feel that i'd like to go for. i thought about using PS and then putting my lines on top after but it seems like redrawing them might just be easier or better even.
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Fantastic work here!! Absolutely Love it!! Damn Nice!! Fav!!
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Love the title and the illustration, reminds me of cool beaches, I like street cars.
- Ahmed Nayyer
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Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed this one!
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this looks great dude, love the two tones, this one seems very californian.
wish i had some useful critique for you on these, but i think i like them too much
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Thanks! It really has that West Coast feel.... and thanks for liking my stuff so much.... If you're ever in a bad mood, though, just write "this sucks" or something, and I'll take it in stride!
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lol alright then. one day itll be coming.
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Beautiful. I'll be waitin'!
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Great illustration of a great little car. A friend of mine had fastback Nova with a 283, I think it was a '67 or '68, a real sweet car.
I love how you get the look of nice loose brush strokes. It looks like one of those old car illustration done with designers gouache. Excellent work!
-YD
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Thanks for the comment/compliment! I've been working to mimic the older method (i.e. hand drawn) of automotive illustration via digital methods.... I'm considering even using Photoshop to create some cool "wash" sketches, maybe in grayscale....
Thanks again, though for looking and commenting! It's always an honor coming from you!
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Thanks! Glad you like it, and thanks for taking the time to check it out and comment!
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Brian u da man.
My favorite car the '67 Nove chevyII.
Great job on the design, angle and color selection.
Very Cool. 
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Thanks, Buff!! I took a risk on that color combo.... almost has a real Miami Beach feel going for it....
Glad you dig it!!
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Thanks! I really like how this one came out.... risky color combo.... ut it seems to be pretty popular with everyone that's seen it!
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The bits I love most about this one are the front grille/bumper and windows. The front grille and bumper just look amazing, I think the tint of blue coming from the chrome really kicks in. (Also note the hint of orange in the tip of front and back bumper!)
As for the windows, they look so realistic, tinted then you've got the interior coming through, obviously looking slightly darker because of the windows.
The orange strip down the center nicely splits up the blue and white wrongly clashing!
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Thank you! Especially, thanks for looking so close, and taking note of the subtleties.... I was worried that the color choices might distract, or even be a turn-off.... but it seemed to make the little car take on greater length, and just looks natural.
In hindsight, maybe a bit more detail on the interior....
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I think the interior is perfect! The only thing I'd add in, if I was being picky, is a rear view mirror, but I'm not sure if those old cars had rear view mirrors from the roof? You could easily go over the top with the interior, and that would only take away the the exterior; As the cars view is meant to be an exterior shot, then you want most of your detail on the outside, and subtle through the windows, especially if they are tinted!
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Tried to really play up the sketch look on this one.... Glad you liked it!
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Thanks for checkin' it out!
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lol when i seen this i instantly thot of sayin this so am gonna...
WE BE PIMPIN!!!!!
lol
its damn good btw
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this would be a sweet summer car!!! the fornt bumper looks crazy! wow man wo... im runnin out of things to say... all i can conjure up are things like sweet and awesome! so mate this is awesomely sweet! great stuff!
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