How To Draw Cars Like a Pro

by Thom Taylor, Lisa Hallett, Lisa Hallet

Book Overview

In this long-awaited follow-up to the best-selling first edition of How to Draw Cars Like a Pro, renowned car designer Thom Taylor goes back to the drawing board to update his classic with all-new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760731616
• ISBN13: 9780760731611
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The one to buy

As an artist who is good with characters but weak on perspective and mechanical forms, I have looked at a lot of books over the years about how to solve the problems associated with drawing vehicles. This is the best, the clearest, and the most useful. I use it as reference whenever I have to draw cars and sometimes I look at it just for enjoyment.

An Awesome Book for Beginners and Pros Alike

This is an excellent book for both beginners and professionals. It is very easy to read and understand. It shows you from the basics to tricks the professionals use. I actually bought this book for my 11 year old son who is really into hot rods. He could tell you just about anything you want to know about Hot Rods and will if you give him the chance. I liked his book so well, that I Had to order one for myself. I am a professional artist, however my work is based on Native American Art but this book peaked my interest and I am now thinking of airbrushing T-Shirts for the Hot August Nights Event we have in Reno each year. What more can I say, it is an excellent book for all ages and all stages of artists!

Very well organized, illustrated, and explained book.

Being a car enthusiast and artist, I believe that this book is a very well explained, contains awesome illustrations, and provides an easy to follow hands on course for all automotive enthusiasts and artists. The book provides a good sense of feel for drawing cars, while at the same time not limiting the reader, or rather, the drawer to drawing the "stereotypical" car. The drawer is able to take the concepts reviewed in the book, and then incorporate his or her ideas to expand one's abilities. This is a great review for professional designers, a handy resource for all designers, and a good learning tool for the younger artists. I enjoyed reading (viewing) this book and recommend it to anyone even the slightest bit interested.-Brian (PVKnight)

The best primer on the basics by the best artist

As a mechanical engineer and an artist I have always liked building street rods and custom vehicles. I have been a huge fan of Thom Taylor's designs and ability to put them on paper for years. Taylor goes methodically through the basics and reasoning, with examples by himself and other great artists, to give one the foundation needed to start drawing with sound fundamentals. The artistic quality of the book itself is worth the price.

Best art education I ever recieved from a book!

As an artist and a designer, I do not have alot of time to go back to class! I needed a crash course in drawing cars, but also to do so with style! This book saved me untold hours of frustration, and boring professors.