Buick Roadmaster

[GrandPrix08]

My 2nd entry will be this one. This is the first draft. The back needs to be lifted and the whole pic needs to be balanced and straightened out and the proportion needs work, I know, but.... I hope you like it.

[A.J.]

Raise the taillights up (as in make them higher, not taller), and incorporate the sweepspear.

[CadiEldo67]

Wow, I really like your Buick design. But I feel the need to critique a few points. First off, the greenhouse is much too tall. Its almost got a BMW 1 series look to it, and design wise, its not the way to go. The grill is nicely shaped, but I would enlarge it vertically and make it more bold, ala Enclave. The beltline is too small for such a large car, think about the Chrysler 300. Its a modern car with semi-traditional styling and with the Buick cues that you’ve incorporated in the car, I think it would look much better with based on the 300.

Pros:
-Rim design is traditional, yet unique and really elegant.
The doors look like a picture, they are really drawn excellently, especially the back door and c-pillar?
-The overall design of the car appeals to me because its modern with traditional Buick styling.

Cons:
-Belt line is too low for such a large car, makes it look squished.
-Grille is too small, if it was bigger it would make a better statement.
-As said above, the taillights are too low and would be impractical in the real world.
-The driver’s side A-Piller or the hood are at the wrong angle. This is a tricky spot to make work but I think that with practice you could do it. I think I know how you could get rid of it, make the front passenger side(the leftmost point of your drawing) lower.
-There’s no portholes!

Personally, I think you should stick with designing Buick’s, you seem to have a knack for it.

[GrandPrix08]

Thanx for the feedbacks. I have reworked it. Not sure if it worked. As for the low tail-lights, I was kinda going for the design direction that the 60's GTO had, the tail-lights housed in the bumper, but to be different, I just smacked it just before the beginning of the rear bumper. I guess it wasn't such a great idea. So, I changed it. Which now look kinda like the previous gen LeSabre, imo.



Hope you like it.

[CadiEldo67]

I like the grille in this one better. But I still think that the greenhouse of the car is too tall. Rather than messing with the greenhouse height, maybe it would be easier to raise the height of the hood and trunk area.

[GrandPrix08]

An update in a while. I just found out after scanning it, that I FORGOT to add in the portholes. Big Oops there. But, if this gets received better, I am going to replace the current one I enterred with it. I think this came out a bit better, though it still has problems here and there, and the proportion is still not in there, though that was the thing I spent most time on, correcting it. Let me know what you think. If this version gets some better feedbacks, I will add in the portholes, and enter this instead of the junk I have posted in the contest now.



Thanx.

[CadiEldo67]

I hate to critique because this drawing alone has come so far. The greenhouse-body ratio looks exceptional, now the wheelbase looks a little too long. But then again, the car is meant to be "Big as a Whale..." so maybe it's what they're expecting.

I think you've got a talent when it comes to designing Buicks. Should the opportunity present itself - a Buick convertible - Velite inspired would be a welcome sight from you. I'd love to see how it turns out.

[GrandPrix08]

Well, anymore tips so I can further improve it so I can ready it to replace the current entry of mine?

[A.J.]

The wheels are too large for the body, and the whole body screams "fleet car".

Why don't you try making it sort of curvy? Your Pontiacs exhibit the curvy design language. Try looking at the Enclave, new Lacrosse, and Velite concepts for inspiration.

[venom8HHR]

I'm not completely sold on the new headlight design, but the car itself looks great. Your drawings have come a long way real quick.

[GrandPrix08]

Minor Update:



I tried to make it look more curvy up on the front-end and raised the back and rounded it out just a touch. Tried to make the wheels smaller(though it didn't work, since I got lazy to re-draw everything inside the rim, I just deleted the outermost rubbers and accentrated the fenders). For its headlights, I took the Velite concept, and rotated it horizontally and modified it a bit, and put a little distance from the grille.


I know, it isn't much different for the change was minimal, but let me know if this is better or worse. I don't think it came out better for it kinda look too similar to the Bonneville I did before in stance, in overall look for the front-end and it looks kinda too aggressive for a Buick. But, I hope you like it and let me know which one do you prefer.

Thanx.

[venom8HHR]

Now that's a Buick I would drive, and I like the more aggressive front design. Bold is better with Buick

[GrandPrix08]

Thanx. Anymore feedbacks? So I can ready it.

[CadiEldo67]

That last one is the best yet