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How To Draw Crazy Cars & Mad Monsters Like a Pro (Motorbooks Studio) Paperback – Illustrated, January 15, 2007

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Chopped, slammed, channeled, blown . . . in the late '50s and early '60s all of these features lent themselves nicely to the rise of hot rod art that caricaturized the already severe design traits associated with these cars. Usually, the rods and customs in this art were piloted by slobbering, snaggle-toothed "monsters" with bulging, bloodshot eyes. Thanks to the iron-on T-shirt boom of the '70s and a raft of younger artists working today, hot rod monsters have persevered. Now award-winning car-designer Thom Taylor and legendary kustom culture figure Ed Newton reveal the tricks and techniques used by masters past and present to render these whack rods and their warts-and-all drivers. Beginning with a brief history of the form, the authors examine figures like Stanley Mouse, Ed Roth, and Newton himself, then reveal how those pioneers influenced modern artists like Keith Weesner, John Bell, and Dave Deal, to name a few. In addition to offering chapters covering topics like equipment, perspective, light sources, and other technical considerations, Taylor expands on the cartooning, proportion, and color chapters from his previous works, applying them to the subject at hand. Also includes dozens of examples of the form from many of the above-mentioned artists and more.

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Motorbooks
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January 15, 2007
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8.25 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches
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0760324719
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978-0760324714
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In this follow-up to How to Draw Cars Like a Pro and How to Draw Choppers Like a Pro, award-winning car designer Thom Taylor teams with kustom culture legend Ed Newton to reveal the tricks and techniques top artists past and present have used to render crazy cars and snarling drivers, warts-and-all.

Chopped, slammed, channeled, blown . . . from the late ’50s through the ’70s all of these features and more lent themselves nicely to automotive art that caricaturized the already severe design traits associated with the cars of the period. More often than not, the whacked rods and muscle cars depicted in this art were piloted by slobbering, snaggle-toothed, wart-covered monsters with bulging, bloodshot eyes.

Beginning with a brief history of the form, Newton himself traces the lineage of rod ’n’ monster art to legends like Von Dutch, Stanley “Mouse” Miller, Dean Jefferies, and his former employer, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Taylor and Newton then proceed to chapters covering everything from equipment to perspective, light sources, and other technical considerations. Taylor also expands on the cartooning, people, proportion, and color chapters from his previous works, applying them to the subject at hand. In addition to art by Newton and Taylor, the authors include dozens of examples from current top automotive artists Darrell Mayabb, Dave Deal, John Bell, and Keith Weesner.

About the Author

Renowned car designer Thom Taylor is an inductee into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame. He has designed cars for industry-leading builders like Boyd Coddington, Roy Brizio, and SO-CAL Speed Shop, and for individuals like Eric Clapton, Tim Allen, and Billy F Gibbons. He is the author of the MBI bestseller How to Draw Cars Like a Pro.

Ed Newton began working at Roth Studios in the early 1960s after leaving the Art Center College of Design. \u201cNewt\u201d has designed a number of show cars over the years, including many of \u201cBig Daddy\u201d Roth\u2019s feature cars, bikes, model kits, and most of his early T-shirts. In 1999, Mattel marketed a set of collectibles called Ed Newton\u2019s Lowboyz™. He lives in Dublin, Ohio.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Motorbooks; 1st edition (January 15, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760324719
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760324714
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #66,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Val Guzman

Grew up with a lot of these characters great information on how to draw them now thanks again

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 19, 2022

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Great technique an easy to follow lessons thanks again

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 26, 2022

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The book, not a total waste, fell short of my expectations. Also arrived BENT.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 12, 2021

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Great for intermediate lvl drawers. Lots of good tips on chrome and perspective.. not very palatable for a beginner though

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More than a 'How-To", A must have for auto-art historians

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2010

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As much as Ed Roth, Ed Newton (who did a lot of art for Ed Roth's projects), might be the alpha-center of what a lot of artrodders consider the most profound period of automotive art, ever. Still today, the lowbrow art culture borrows heavily from the designs of Ed Newton/Roth from 40+ years ago.
From a strictly clinical standpoint as a how-to book, you will get out of it what you want. But to me, the real beauty of this book is Ed Newton's remembrances, insights and anecdotal stories. They will inspire you to pic up the closest ball-point pen and scrap of paper and draw some rats in old GTO's or T-bucket Roadsters ! The inspirational aspect of this book was immeasurable to me. Ed's sketches and T-Shirt art from the late 60's and early 70's brought back some very fond memories of sitting in math class in 1972 and drawing twisted Roadrunners and Mustangs instead of paying attention, or wondering how many lawns I need to cut to get the "Mopar Madman" sweatshirt I saw in the back of Car Craft magazine !! He also gives many props to other great caricature artists like Dave Deal. I would call this book a "Must Have" for auto-art fans and historians as well as appreciators of old and new Rat Culture.

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Wardster

Fabulous collection of artwork (and a nice how-to book)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 14, 2014

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Great book! Just smashed full of wonderfully inspiring artwork, from cover to cover!

I'm on my third copy now. A buddy of mine asked if he could "liberate" my first copy, as soon as he saw it. This was not long after I finally quit borrowing the one the local library had, over and over; and bought myself a copy. After giving my first copy to that buddy, I picked up a second book for myself... which worked fine for a while. Then I got a wild hair and had the book's spine removed, so I could turn many of the book's pages into a huge collection of mini-posters. They're happily decorating my workshop's walls now. So then I had to pick up a third copy, to replace those first two ... !?!

Basically, if the cover art is to your liking, you'll love what's inside! (But be careful ... fun art like this can be addicting!)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 16, 2021

great book!!

Great book for the young and old

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 16, 2011

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I bought this book for my 17 yr old son who will be attending art college soon. He (and myself) loved this book. Not only is it full of amazing artwork but it also has a lot of interesting text about artists that draw like Ed Roth. Both of us have enjoyed the work of Ed Roth and his style of cartooning. I have been teaching my son this type of cartooning for years, I wish I had found this book sooner. I found it very enjoyable to read and it taught me a few things along the way. Anyone wanting to try this type of artwork will find this book very helpful and interesting to read, I highly recommond this book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 3, 2020

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Very nice book

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philbo

Dont expect the title content.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 25, 2020

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Unlike cupranol it doesnt do exactly wjat it says on the tin. Im mjaorly disappointed as its more like a walk through history of gasser cartoons rather than actually drawing them. Not one breakdown of how to draw ratfink, any of the cars in great detail and sparadic explination of perspective. Reall really poor and im a bit pissed off.

savvas

good seller, nice product!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 31, 2022

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B J FLETCHER

quality of book is very poor,cheaply produced and badly printed.it's content however is well presented.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 3, 2013

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contains a few good tips and some informative drawing guides for budding artist,some history and examples of different drawing styles.
paper quality and printing of the book is terrible,it looks like somebody ran it off using a failing home printer and all the pages are near see through.
not a total loss but,don't expect to be wowed.......

Barry Elliott

An informative and interesting book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 27, 2020

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Great book and an interesting read. I love drawing but had never attempted vehicles and this gave me the tips I needed to attempt it

Horacio

Para los que tenemos 60 años o más.

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on March 9, 2021

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Excelente libro que te hace recordar tu juventud, con el tema de los dibujos de Crazy Cars and Mad Monsters. Yo no lo compre por el tema de aprender como dibujar ya que eso no se me da muy bien, lo compré por los dibujos que podía tener y creo que no me equivoque. Es posible que compre otro para hacer un regalo.

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