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Thought I'd share just a bit of what he is waiting on:
After about 13 hours:

When it's done, it will resemble this:


The yellow background is strictly a guide to let me see my mistakes. Not sure what I'll do as far as that goes..maybe the Canadian flag?

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Fly

jesus ng......that looks awsome so far.

damn that's good.

many thanks ng.........love your work

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Siege

Holy moly.

That is one fine work in progress ngdawg.

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Very cool. Any follow-ups?

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Konichiwaneko

awesome ng, I give it 5 out of 5 Shesus Kissing Ono's.

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Maybe in a couple of days, I'll post its progression

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cj2112

damn that is awesome!
Just one question.....flyman wants a pink Harley Davidson softail?

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It's not pink...really. That's more reflection than anything(and how it just looks posted here).

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Charlatan

NG... you don't have to defend flyman's taste... he likes a pink bike? That's his business...

He is flyman after all:

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Hey, to each his own. To each his own. If flyman wants a pink Harley, then who are we to criticize?
Even a pink Harley is a hell of a lot nicer than my no Harley.

And besides...just think about pulling up to a biker bar, getting ready to go on a poker run, on a pink Harley. If your man enough to pull that off, ain't nobody ever gonna fuck with you. It's all win-win.

Oh...nice work NG. All those good looks, a '49 Caddy, and talent to boot. Life just ain't fair.

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Charlatan...edited but I do think I will never be able to watch "Queer Eye" quite the same way ever again.....where DO you find this stuff??

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cj2112

good point....and if anybody can pull it off....he can

Fly

it's my bro-in laws bike.........'74.........and it ain't pink......more of a burgundy reddish,purpley colour.









love it ng.....again,many thanks eh.

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Fly

you're damn rights i could.

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i had that as an Avatar way back when.........good find Charley

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Had off so spend most of today on the wheel and cleaning parts up:
The valve stem cap is an 8-ball, which can't be seen except at 500% enlargement. Of course, I made sure it's an 8-ball in the drawing

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Meditrina

wow. That really is great. Extremely realistic. Great job, Ng!

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Fly

isn't it though


she's gooooooooooood

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I have to say that this is becoming an obsession. After two more days, for probably a total of 13 hours, I've gotten to this(doesn't look like much more, but if you can blow it up, you might see all the strokes of color. I increased the enlargement of the canvas to 1800-3600%, so I'm covering a couple hundred pixels at a time. I've also found that as I do a section, then correct it early on, I'm not wasting as much time. Funny part is, I have no idea what I'm working on at 1800%-then pull back to look and say, 'oh! it's a hose!'

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maleficent

very cool... you do excellent work

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How are you making this drawing? What program etc...

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Using Illustrator CS, it's kind of like tracing. Using the picture Flyman sent, I enlarge it on the screen anywhere from 600-3600%. I use the color selection tool and the pencil tool and go over one section at a time. Oh, the background is yellow, placed behind the picture and is good for showing up errors and misses(filling in certain colors, it was hard to see where i was leaving off). After doing a small section, I remove the picture, fix my mistakes, and go on. Once the bike is finished being drawn, I will again use the picture to make a template of colors so that any microscopic errors would be filled in.
I haven't decided on a final background yet, but have a few ideas in mind. The bike, when finished, will not be posted here until after Fly has it.

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The really cool thing about Illustrator is that the pencil size is not dependant on the area. In other words, I can go to that 3600% and fill in the finest of detail and not overfill or have difficulties seeing what I'm drawing. On the other hand, using the size picture as above, it'd be impossible to get detail at all-which is why I make it so large. Plus the color nuances are very fine, so something that may look white, even at 200%, shows up as 5 different colors at 3600% and I prefer taking the 5. It makes for a much longer process and, quite frankly, cost prohibitive if I wanted to sell it, but the results speak for themselves. Not to mention it's a great way to pass time and hone skills.

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ngdawg

Flyman!! What hath thy wrought? I spend every spare minute on this thing!!!
I'm a woman posessed!!



Not to mention I now notice and check out every HD that goes by! Yesterday I was at a stoplight next to a vintage HD-had to be from the early 50's and me without my camera I did give him the wolf whistle horn I have-not sure he heard it, although he did look at me. That thing was vibrating like mad!

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Fly

even though you are posessed.........you are still doin' a wickedly fine job on that bike ng.


absolutely fucking awesome.

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So I took a break for 3 days and went back at it tonight...

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ngdawg

Just to give an idea what's happening with this. This is a close up of a portion:

of this section of the bike:

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Lewis

Forgive me for asking, but what is your motivation to take so many hours to reproduce the same as the photo?

ngdawg

The challenge. And it won't look like the photo entirely..the bike might, but it will be incorporated into something...not sure what yet.

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Meditrina

ng, I am in complete awe of your patience and talent. I love seeing the progress on this piece of art. Keep up the great work!

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Lewis

Not to take away from what you are doing in any way! It's a great talent you have there. Can't wait to see the final result!

Fly

Lewis.........that bike is in Vancouver every now and then.

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Great! So when do I get to see it with its owner!?

Fly

probably when this rain fucks off........he (my bro inlaw) has it in storage right now and is doing the tickity boo to it.


i wish that bike was mine eh.......and i'd paint it pink too.....

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ngdawg

well you get the next best thing-a poster of it

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bernadette

damn ngdawg! fine work & patience undefinable. :thumbsups:

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I took about a week off. The engine is a ballbuster(if I had'em). The hoses are all black, but have some highlights. It's amazing how many variations of black you get and when you pull back, there's depth.

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ngdawg

Oy!! Almost done with the engine!
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cellophanedeity

Looking great NG! Keep it up!

Fly

jesus..............that is gonna be sweet.


awesome ng

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