...:::EKD Renderings in StreetTrucks:::...

Well I haven't personally seen them yet but here are the renderings that ran in Street Trucks April issue under Artist profile. I was contacted by them 8 days before they needed them and 3 of those days I was at RESO. So the ones that I am posting have been updated and finished with some final touches. I personally did the first 3 and Shaven did the 4th (classic). Let me know what you guys think.
-rj



the one did by Shaven

they all look good

the frame on the toyota looks oversaturated just a little.. looks like it could use a horizon line

and the f150 u forgot to brush the front step
and the wheels have no shadows at all

looks clean tho

awesome work RJ, Congrats on getting featured!

the old school looks like hes riding on rims, but other than that, they all look killer.

there is something about that taco that i dont like but i dont' know. i think it might be the perspective on the rear view. like the frame isn't lined up with the truck right, as though the cab is just sitting there crooked. i fuckin love the paint scheme though, i love it.

the window is mess up on the lifted truck. you have a highlight on the window but when the tire can been seen on the other side, there isn't a highlight there. hopfully you know what i mean, i've had that problem before also reason being that i noticed it.

the orange one is just your old rendering with a new paint job and clip on it so i'm not going to bother commenting again. well... other then the new clip was also well done

and the classic... well he's rollin on no tires which could be a problem later on. it also looks as though the hood, bed, and cab are all different shades of red. well at least the cab and hood have a shine, but ya forgot to add the artificial highlights to the bed so it looks satin now. on the fake highlights, make sure your errasing them where need be. just look around and any joint or shadow spot shouldn't have a bright highlight, ieoorjams, hood jams, and bodylines. and one last thing, is it just me or does the truck look like it's skewed to the left?

i'm done pickin at em, but congrats on the features... they look damn good overall of course, we just get picky around here ya know, lol

lol your right on mine anyway.

The highlights should have been payed more attention to even though this is prolly a reocurring statment i was crunched for time...but which is no excuse in most cases. so with that said my bad lol

Doug, you make some good comments, I see what you are talking about on the tacoma and I know why ... it is the perspective lines (body line and the frame right in front of the tire), but in reality that part of the frame in not running parallel with the side of the truck it is actually at an angle to clear the tire and then runs parrallel under the truck...I should probably attempt to show this for the little bit you would see running parallel cause it does play tricks on your eyes.

I checked the glass on the lifted truck and it is right, but I think what throws it off is there is a light source on the tire in the rear view (from the original pic of the tire) and thus you are seeing white on white...again I should fix it by making the tire without the highlight.

Thanks for all the constructive critisim though guys...I really do appreciate it...it is always good to get someone elses eyes on it after working on them for so long ...fresh set always works better....thanks again.
-rj

i seen on the lifted ford that the front passenger wheel is on backwards, lol
but its cool you got featured

^^^huh??? The tire is on correctly I assure that...as far as the rim yes I used the original rim and modified it to be darker and whatnot so it looks like the inners side of a rim.
-rj

i know the tire is correct i was just sayin the wheel is that way, i just noticed the bolts on the face of the wheel were on the inside..