Update on Box Art for the Revell - Model King Pro Stock Olds

[SteveG]

..... hot off the press, this is one of the end panels. It's the match racer to the "Fired Up" Firebird Pro Stock also coming soon from the Model King.

-Steve

[charlie]

cool looking

[SteveG]

.... and here's the rest of the end and side panels. The top panel isn't quite ready so more to come ...

[Guest zebm1]

Hey, is tha guy starting those racers tha guy from "Pinks?"

[Daniel Peterson]

That's a refreshingly unusual approach to kit box art! I love it! Perception and packaging can mean it all in retail. This one hits it outta the park!

On the flip side...you know somebody will whine about the body not being clear

[jbwelda]

care to let me in on the process that results in that "phantom" view? it must be done in photoshop but do you take the chassis photo and superimpose a shot of the body on it?

its a very nice looking set of box art.

[Mike]

Looks great! I love the Model King box art. Great stuff!

[Tom Kren]

Looks cool Get it? LOL

[SteveG]

care to let me in on the process that results in that "phantom" view? it must be done in photoshop but do you take the chassis photo and superimpose a shot of the body on it?

its a very nice looking set of box art.

Doug Whyte is doing all the fantastic photoshop work for this project. I'm sure it's something like you mentioned. Maybe he'll pop in here and share some of his secrets.

-Steve

[Doug Whyte]

Thanks for the complements on the Olds boxart. I'm very pleased with the see-through view of the Olds.

Growing up I always liked the double exposure shots (mostly Funny Cars) that graced the covers of Hot Rod Magazine back in the late '60s.

When I shot my '53 Studebaker custom for SAE (not the cover, but the inside shot with the article) back in '93 I went a step beyond a straight double exposure. I used a technique called "matting". I learned it twenty-five years ago when I was a student at the Art Center College of Design, and it was considered old school then. Matting was commonly used in the early days of motion picture film combine two scenes into one.

For the Stude, I put a matte (black card) between the camera and the model. The card had a small oval hole that allowed me to expose only the engine (with the flip front body work removed). Next I removed the matte card with the small hole, put the flip front end back on the model, put a black matte the same size and shape as the hole and in the same position as the hole and then exposed the film again. Keep in mind the camera is locked down on a tripod.

This is a lot of work and it took four tries to get things to line up or register, if I remember correctly.

Why bother? Well.... matting gives control of what ends up beings 'ghosted'.

If you look back at that shot, the the area around the grille and head lights are not ghosted but the hood is see-through to show the engine. A simple double exposure would have ghosted the entire front end of the body.

In the digital age with the Olds: lock the camera down - shoot the chassis with the body removed - shoot another shot with the body on the chassis - use Photoshop to put the 'body-on' image over the chassis image as a layer. Then erase and feather away sections of the body 'til it looks cool. In the Olds image you'll see that some sections of the body are solid, other sections are ghosted and some are completely clear.

Ain't technology great!

[Guest zebm1]

I can honestly say that over tha years' past I have really enjoyed seeing yur "crest of tha wave" works Doug. It was a very pleasant surprise today, on tha day I begin tha sturggle to enter tha 21st Century, ....to be able to get "this close" to yu thanks to Gregg's Plastic Fantastic Dreams........... yu did a studebaker in SAE didn't yu? Or as they sey now IIRC?

Perhaps yu can mentor me ona a prog I have......JW can't. I have this GIMP prog that look's fascinating.

Am looking forward to yur association with these Mentors, Sorcerors, Wizards, Apprentices, Familiars and tha Minions of Chaos, Doug. Dive on in Doug, tha water is warming up....I see us running on 7-8 cylinders on tha Jay crankshaft currently. I see us running a V-12 by MCMF's next birthday........

Welcome Doug. 8)

ps; Is that the Pinks Guy starting those racers?

:twisted: Zeb

[SteveG]

Hi Doug,

Welcome aboard and thanks for that great explanation of "ghost view" of the Olds.

You sure know how to make my models looks great !!! I can't wait to see the completed box art.

-Steve

[jbwelda]

thanks for the explanation doug. the work speaks for itself and for your talent at creating images like that. i had a feeling it was a photoshop virtual double exposure but thought maybe somehow you had drawn the interior bits or something.

i will buy this one just for the art!

[Billy Kingsley]

I don't "do" drag cars, but I may have to make an exception and get that one. I have this odd fascination with that body style :shock: and that box art is awesome (which is no big surprise with Doug doing it!)

Right now the plan, if I do buy one, is to make it Pro-Street. I have some huge treaded tires that I don't see giving me a problem to go under it.

Those decals are going to be included right? I have a definite use for them, though not with that kit...

[SteveG]

..... and here's the "cover" shot.

Nice work Doug !!!

-Steve