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How do you draw an old truck?

For the most part a blank canvas is pretty handy. It’s really not like drawing a car where you’re trying to use a grid, or a grid of rectangles. Instead you’re drawing out every detail of the car itself. And that’s where the drawing technique comes in. You’re just trying to make it look like a truck that’s been sitting in the snow. You’ve got the rearview mirror, the driver’s side window and all that, but you haven’t started drawing the interior yet. With a truck you can do that, although it’s more work.

The next step is the front and rear end. Most of modern trucks, even the ones that are really well done, are just a box with a bunch of panels to mount everything on.

“The next step is the front and rear end. Most of modern trucks, even the ones that are really well done, are just a box with a bunch of panels to mount everything on.”

If you’re trying to be a car guy, you want your art to look like a properly executed model truck. So you start by figuring out the basic shape of what a truck is going to look like. If you’re making a car look like a car, you want your art to feel like a proper car.

“If you’re trying to be a car guy, you want your art to look like a properly executed model truck. So you start by figuring out the basic shape of what a truck is going to look like. If you’re making a car look like a car, you want your art to feel like a proper car.”

In order to achieve that it’s usually necessary to know the general dimensions of the vehicle. With the passenger side window, for example, what height would a normal driver view be? Maybe at a 45 degree angle to the front of the vehicle. If you’re trying to make your craft look like a vehicle in a real life setting you need to measure how big it should be. The more you know about the truck, the better.

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“If you’re trying to be a car guy, you want your art to look like a properly executed model truck. So you start by figuring out the basic shape of what a truck looks like. If you’re making a car look like a car, you want your art to feel like a proper car.”

The interior shape of a truck is basically the same as the exterior. If you’re designing a truck so it looks like a car