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• Jeff said:
  

  I’ve seen these things so many times it’s stopped being impressive :p

  The fact that someone did a Saab is cool, though.

  My personal favorite, though it isn’t in Paint

  -February 25th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
• Snotfjold said:
  

  Jeff is obviously nonplussed but I must say I was damn impressed. MS paint is a shitty program to draw strawmen in not to mention cars and the way it was done here. there is lot of talent out there and we can only hope it can be harnessed in way that is positive for everyone.

  -February 25th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
• eston21 said:
  

  painting with ms paint is as useful of a skill as hitting yourself on the head with a shovel

  -February 25th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
• Martin N said:
  

  If he can do that by hitting himself on the head with a shovel, think about what he can do with better tools.

  If you can’t handle Paint, you can’t handle Photoshop.

  -February 25th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
• Olav said:
  

  Wow, that was indeed double awesome! Not only because of this is SAAB related but also since this awesome drawing were accompanied by my favorite group - Dream Theater.

  I am not only driving my 9-5 24/365, I’m also a bassplayer…….. ;/)

  -February 25th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
• saabyurk said:
  

  Reverse video? I not really saying he did this, I’m envious of his abilities. But, it’s so good, and dimensionally accurate and smooth, it’s almost like he started with a photo/drawing imported into MS Paint, then gradually erased/modified it until there was nothing left, and then ran the video in reverse.

  -February 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
• eggsngrits (Author) said:
  

  The level of difficulty is very high. MS Paint is a horrible piece of software that even a novice like me will not use (I’m a GIMP man, with Irfan View as a quicky tool).

  It took this man forever to do this. At least several hours. Good stuff.

  -February 25th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
• Saaby said:
  

  Dang impressive. Some real talent there. How did we ever get along without Illustrator and 3D modeling programs? Oh yeah, this is how.

  -February 26th, 2008 at 12:17 am
• Ivan (MuzX) said:
  

  Pretty nice job!
  However, it’s not about the efficiency…

  -February 26th, 2008 at 6:07 am
• Simon A said:
  

  Olav, I’m with you 100%.

  Dream Theater, 9-5. Except i’m a drummer.

  Drummers. You know how to tell if a drum platform is level, right?

  The dribble falls evenly from both sides of the drummer’s mouth

  -February 26th, 2008 at 7:17 am
• 1985 Gripen said:
  

  What is it with Saab owners and rhythm sections?

  -February 26th, 2008 at 8:09 am
• Joel said:
  

  I wish we could see a full sized image
  I really love the beginning sketch with the rough red lines. It makes the 9-3 look incredibly beautiful and aggressive!

  -February 26th, 2008 at 9:05 am
• Simon A said:
  

  Saab drivers and Rhythm sections…

  Not the glamourous end of the music or motoring industries, but without us cohesive songs and cohesive design would suffer irrevocably.

  -February 26th, 2008 at 10:20 am
• Jeff said:
  

  Yeah, rhythm sections are so awesome that no one wants to be in them around here. You’d think my stepbrother was the only drummer in Maryland.

  -February 26th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
• Olav said:
  

  Simon A: what about teaming up an international Trollhattansaab band? We could tour the various car saloons (Geneva, Detroit, Stockholm, London…..) playing on SAAB stands. And, with Swade on lead vocal (he has after all got himself a name in the auto industry) we should receive some proper attention ;/)

  -February 26th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
• Martin N said:
  

  Saabyurk,
  Doing a reverse video like that is probably only a tiny bit easier than actually drawing the car.

  But he did not draw it by heart, he used this picture as an original: http://www.autovideoblog.it/img/video/825/39autocabrioletepotentesaabsicura.jpg

  If i were to make a drawing like that, I would maybe use a printout of the photo as an underlay to my Wacom tablet, making it easier to sketch the outlines.

  Nevertheless, impressive work. It’s not magic, just excellent craftmanship, the kind being done all over the world every day

  -February 26th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
• saabyurk said:
  

  Martin N, Yeah, I wasn’t implying he did that, just saying that’s how good it looked. I would have guessed he used a photo, though I know an artist who can just mentally visualize a complex scene, and then paint it. When I try that all I see is a gray fog. I stepped through his video and noticed he used what looked like traditional pencil drawing techniques. Like, he firs rough sketched the outlines in a color he could remove completely later on, and then drew more accurate lines using those as a guide. He used the “curve” tool almost exclusively for the lines.
  If I could draw, I’d be sketching up my own version of a 9-1.

  -February 27th, 2008 at 12:05 am

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