help looking for an image

[55metalmonkey]

Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a side profile line drawing of a 55/56/57 GMC stepside (or chev) so I can figure out what colors and 2 tone line I want to use on my truck. I know photoshop is all the rage these days but I still like to just dig out the pencil & crayons when I'm bouncing around rough ideas.... (plus I have something to stick on the fridge)

Thanks for any help

[Chevette]

Got to http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=482981

[oldcouple]

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com...esto/56072.htm

[dcmalone]

Not sure who the artist is, but I've colored it about a hundred times.

[55metalmonkey]

Originally Posted by dcmalone

Not sure who the artist is, but I've colored it about a hundred times.

Thanks all,
At one point I thought I had my colors and two tone line figured out but I did a test of the paints on the weekend. The paints looked good on a small piece of tin but when I sprayed a spare fender it just didn't look like what I was going for, colors didn't seem to work together with larger pieces. So it's back to the drawing board for me.

Again Thanks

[Speedbumpauto]

The absolute hardest thing for me was not so much the colors as I wanted old school stock colors with a little added bling, but figuring out how to blend the two tone line so the difference between the cab body line and the bed/fender body line flowed together. I looked at many, many ways others had done it and with the help of the guy doing the paint, we came up with what we thought was good. Hopefully you can see it in a month or two. It finally came down to a brainstorming session on the primer cab/bed with a roll of 1/8" pinstripe tape and just making lines until suddenly something took shape. Good luck. Now I know why most guys stick to one color.

[Chevette]

Originally Posted by dcmalone

Not sure who the artist is, but I've colored it about a hundred times.

Hahaha! Been there, done that. And is it just my bad eyes, or is that back window too small for big window and too big for a small window?

[robin58]

I know you said you didn't want to use PS, but do you have it? If you do, it's pretty easy to convert a picture to a line art. Some pretty decent instructions here:

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/244/860858

or

http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut011.htm

to give you and example, following those directions turned

this: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1315287735

into (with more playing around you could either make it sharper, delete background, etc)

[55metalmonkey]

No, had an old version on my old computer but been way too busy lately, also I find my best ideas come then I'm at work or during meetings and I just need to jot them down and get it out of my head. Having a couple dozen prints handy keeps my mind off work too

[dcmalone]

Originally Posted by Chevette

Hahaha! Been there, done that. And is it just my bad eyes, or is that back window too small for big window and too big for a small window?

Think it's the 55 3rd series, for the people who couldn't make up their mind between a small and big window, lol.