© 1999 Paul Shotan

Ford Another exercise in how to achieve various subtle effects from a vector media. The greatest difficulty in rendering metallics and high lustre's in an image like this is where body panels wrap around edges and form large amorphous areas. Within the body panels and doors life is very much easier but otherwise it's a case of building up many barely discernible semi-transparent layers and blends to achieve the final surface. There's no easy solution here I'm afraid. Just sheer hard work and very close observation. I still like this one a lot, it took many hours but put a grin on my face when finished!