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TwistedMethodDan — 0847 - TVR Orthrus Concept

Published: 2008-12-18 18:34:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 1363; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 36
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Description Hi,

This was something quite interesting for me to do.
I love cars, especially TVR ; and at school I did a quick doodle in my workbook of a car that looked half TVR-inspired; I quite liked the idea so I decided I'd sometime get round to drawing it properly.

I draw a lot of cars; but I found out today that drawing a car that doesn't exist, properly (buy that I mean with the right angles, perspective, shape, proportion etc - the same quality as when you copy something that does exist) is muuuuuuch harder than just drawing a real car from a picture...

To do so I actually first sketched the outlines of real TVR's and then heavily changed them so they would look like my idea. The rear view was based on a Tuscan; the front on the Speed 12 and the side on a Sagaris (though thinking of it I think it would have looked better if I'd have based the side view on a Cerbera...too late now...)

I tried to make this "concept" car as near to TVR as I could; I wanted it to look like something that might actually be one; not just any car with TVR badged on it.
For that, I'm sure you can see that the style is heavily influenced by other TVR cars - which is normal as otherwise it wouldn't look lke one... I didn't want to outright copy their existing models though, so I made sufficient changes and much was copied straight from my original sketch.

Also to keep with TVR tradition, I wanted to find a name for it with a link to mythology; as some of their cars have been named after mythical creaures. I decided to call it the Orthrus; the two-headed wolf , as I find the car has more of a resemblance to the cerbera speed 12 than their other cars (Cerbera being the three headed dog)

Of course this sin't perfect, or the best idea for a concept car you'll have seen on this site; I just wanted to make a car that looked like it could have been a real TVR, and I'd like to know what you think of it

It's red cuz I think it suited it, don't think I'm trying to make some Speed 12 ripoff lol
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Comments: 6

busterclaw [2010-01-02 02:15:39 +0000 UTC]

I'll need a set of keys sir.

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Daniel-Storm [2008-12-19 21:13:14 +0000 UTC]

Hey! Great piece of work!

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TwistedMethodDan In reply to Daniel-Storm [2008-12-19 21:25:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

I finished and uploaded my second concept today, the mazda 'RX-9' ... of course there's be a break for christmas but I'm gonig to be doing a half dozen more drawings for ideas of imaginary cars I've had soon

Dan

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Daniel-Storm In reply to TwistedMethodDan [2008-12-19 21:28:16 +0000 UTC]

Cool! I will be looking forward to seeing them!

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hanzoushinrei [2008-12-19 02:08:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow, nice, for a car that haven't been made yet. I like how the headlights look.

It looks 'orange' - giving onlookers the message that this is a 'fun' car. (think Opel Speedster). Hmmm...kinda cute.

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TwistedMethodDan In reply to hanzoushinrei [2008-12-19 12:14:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks !

It was supposed to be dark red; as my first sketch was and as you suggested too, but after scanning it suddenly looked a lot lighter lol ... still it came out OK in the end ... I'm already halfway through my next one (I'm on a spree now, I'm going to try the same sort of thing for a half dozen made-up cars I've sketched in various schoool books lol)

Dan

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