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7:31 PM, Friday May 26th 2023

So there are many ways to get good reference

  • to use search engines, first you need to think about which vehicle you want to find, for example Boeing 747, then you need to google 'Boeing 747' and add 'side view', 'top view', 'blueprint' and so on

  • to use online 3d model galleries/shops for example sketchfab, turbosquid, etc

  • to use 3d games

  • to use real life toys, or relevant magazines/books

  • to use online car re-sellers like facebook marketplace, usually people post a lot of pictures of their car when they are selling it so it can be good reference to use.

The easiest method is to find a vehicle you want to draw first and then get an image of it and use google image search to find similar pictures. If it's a popular vehicle then there will be loads of images.

Good luck with lesson 7!

5:40 PM, Friday June 2nd 2023
edited at 5:43 PM, Jun 2nd 2023

Hello Rabuuhs, sorry to disturb you again I am linking this question of mine I posted a while ago

https://drawabox.com/community/submission/DMISMU8M

You can ignore those that ask how to subdivide or so since you have already pointed in your own post like most of them are our own judgement and we subdivide based on our own convenience and there is no full prove accuracy required

(Correct me if I am wrong)

I thought there is some material that I really wanted to know as I am doing vehicals now and answer some questions there can prove helpful. Since you are who have answered many of my questions I hope you can answer more !!

Sorry for disturbing in advance!

edited at 5:43 PM, Jun 2nd 2023
6:11 AM, Saturday May 27th 2023

Thanks man!!

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