Wow. The details are rather impressive. The rust, stains... very nice work.

Thank you for the comment! I actually prefer a car with more character over a brand new one. I see it as kind of a badge of honor or a testament to the design that a 40 yr old car is still rolling around. The rust streaks are common on older cars around holes the chrome trim would have been mounted in, where bare metal would be exposed to the elements.

I actually prefer a car with more character over a brand new one.
so right! i wish i could save a few of these.. they look unusual in todays plastic world, and i find them spacious and comfy :D

There's one car I wish I could save. Out in a field is sitting a Limited Edition 1965 Ford Thunderbird. Only 10,000 were made and only 1000 are believed to still exist. The poor thing is too rusted because the jack*** that 'owns' it left it in that field for too long, so it sunk up to the wheel wells in the mud =( Such a pretty car for it's age. Brand new it had power seats, power windows, power locks, and power seating and a good fan system to cool the passengers (and wing-windows).

wow yeah that would be a nice car to save. My personal dream is to find a 59 Cadillac. Those huge tail fins.. classic style.

Sounds like a Chevy Bellaire would be right up your alley =)

This is wonderful work! You are so diversified in your artistic talents!

Thank you! It's so easy to get stuck drawing the same things over and over again. It's nice to break away from the mold now and again.

Thats beautiful dude.

Great artwork
epic detail
and its a '57.

Seeing the old cars like this makes me think of the time when everything seemed right and perfect,
its like looking at a lost past.

This pic does has a tone of sorrow to it. The forgotten pride and values, that is symbolically reflected.
But the great thing is anything can be fixed with the right amount of effort. Just like a classic car, if you take the time and the effort, you can make it shine just like new again.

I have the same views as you it sounds like. I identify with these old machines in a lot of ways.
Thank you for the great comment!

That was drawn from memory? Impressive. I can almost feel the rust flaking off onto my keyboard.

Yeah I drew it from memory while on the Job at the prison XD I kinda mixed some traits from the 55 56 and 57, but its mostly 57.
*dusts off keyboard*
Thank you for the complement!

Nice work. The arrangement of grill and headlights have always lent themselves to making cars look like they have faces, but you have given this car's face a truly anguished expression. As if it knows its dying of neglect.

Actually in this case the anguished expression effect was purely coincidental, though you are right. And looking at it in that way I see what your talking about. Honestly I hadn't even thought of that aspect of the picture until you said something, but it really does look like an anguished painful expression. I'm flattered that you where able to look that deep into the pic!
Older cars where intentionally personified in a lot of ways. Take the '69 corvette, the way it draws in along the mid section of the car, just like the hour glass figure of a woman. Most old cars had a lot of round smooth body lines and curves that gave them the aesthetics
of a woman (sex, even on a sub conscious level, sells). But the beauty of the machine is something I feel modern designers have forgotten, in a time when the all important aerodynamic aspect supersedes the rolling sculptures of the past. I morn the loss of chrome, and distinct bumpers, head/ tail lights, fins, front ends you could actually see while driving, Hood ornaments that where stock! Now its all part of the same blended egg shape, with car brand looks differing only in logo and minor little details and angles.

i was depresed when i went to go get a car restored i found out that it i cant shovel up 12 grand to repair it easly its a 4 door ford falcon realy a rare car