Anyone Good At Drawing??? I Need A Truck Sketch!

[CharmedLinz]

If anyone is good at drawing, I'd sure appreciate some help!

I need a simple cartoon or caricature like, black outline sketch to use on an invitation of the front/side of a Peterbilt cab.

Please email me at charmedminis@comcast.net if you can help. Thanks!!!

[Rev.Vassago]

I did these two quickly in Photoshop.

[Dejanh]

I did these two quickly in Photoshop.

Thats tight !! :rock:

[devildice]

Rev....where you a computer geek in a previous life?

[dano2006]

I sent you an e-mail I can do a pencil drawing no problem just send me exacly what you want it too look like.

canmandan@hotmail.com

[Rev.Vassago]

Rev....where you a computer geek in a previous life?

Nope. I've always just understood computers. I taught myself CorelDraw back in college (1993) in about a week. I taught myself Excel in about a half hour, to the point that I was employed by a large bank in N.E. Wisconsin, reprogramming their accounting system with Excel spreadsheets. I taught myself HTML in a few days. I've been using Photoshop for about 6 months now.

I never did get any formal training, though. If I could do it all over again, I probably would. Unfortunately, there weren't any sort of I.T. programs available when I went to college (at least not that I could afford to go to).

Although I did own a Commodore 64 as a kid. :wink:

To be fair, the pics above were pretty easy to do. There's nothing real complex about them.

[devildice]

Nope. I've always just understood computers. I taught myself CorelDraw back in college (1993) in about a week. I taught myself Excel in about a half hour, to the point that I was employed by a large bank in N.E. Wisconsin, reprogramming their accounting system with Excel spreadsheets. I taught myself HTML in a few days. I've been using Photoshop for about 6 months now.

I never did get any formal training, though. If I could do it all over again, I probably would. Unfortunately, there weren't any sort of I.T. programs available when I went to college (at least not that I could afford to go to).

Although I did own a Commodore 64 as a kid. :wink:

To be fair, the pics above were pretty easy to do. There's nothing real complex about them.

Well more power to you!!! I for one am a dummy. In fact, you know those books "____ for dummies"? Well I need a "how to use the book for dummies" book

BTW, when you gonna put up one of those cleaver avatars like you used to have?

[CharmedLinz]

Rev-- Those are the perfect angle and the amount of truck I want........great job!!! But I'd like something simpler, more like a basic thick outline and less lifelike, kind of like a cartoon or caricature, and yes Peterbilt is the way to go, would love to have the grill have the peterbilt logo. I'm planning on putting my friends heads in the windshield spots, with big goofy grins on their face, it's for a wedding invitation.

Thanks so much everyone for all your help!!!

[Rev.Vassago]

[silvan]

employed by a large bank in N.E. Wisconsin, reprogramming their accounting system with Excel spreadsheets.

I never did get any formal training, though. If I could do it all over again, I probably would. Unfortunately, there weren't any sort of I.T. programs available when I went to college

So what's your story, Rev? I'm curious. How'd you wind up trucking?

I always wanted a life like yours, but I've never been able to get it. Nobody would hire me, and this has been the only way I've been able to find to make a living, even though I'm an old school dyed in the wool computer dweeb from before normal people had access to the Internet and all that jazz. I just went through all of this again when I lost my job, and decided I would leverage my book and all my open source development experience into a job that never materialized.

I don't hate trucking, but I'd rather be here by choice than by a lack of other options. I've wrestled with that for a long time. I have a "Career angst" thread on here somewhere that explores that topic in depth. I've always been something of a mess reconciling all my interests and talents with what I do for a living.

Here's my story, if anyone cares:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/23/1935248

It sounds like we have similar roots, but you are here by choice. PM me if you don't want to hijack this innocent thread any further.

[Rev.Vassago]

So what's your story, Rev? I'm curious. How'd you wind up trucking?

I started doing it for my family. I wanted to be able to allow my wife to stay home with the kids, and I couldn't do that on what I was earning, so I made the switch. Before I started driving, I did a lot of computer work. Mostly what I did was re-do filing and accounting systems, to make them easier to use.

I always wanted a life like yours, but I've never been able to get it. Nobody would hire me, and this has been the only way I've been able to find to make a living, even though I'm an old school dyed in the wool computer dweeb from before normal people had access to the Internet and all that jazz. I just went through all of this again when I lost my job, and decided I would leverage my book and all my open source development experience into a job that never materialized.

I wish I had the college education to go with my computer experience. If I did, I doubt I would be doing what I do now. I probably would have ended up in programming of some sort. Either that, or multimedia work - probably in advertising.

I don't hate trucking, but I'd rather be here by choice than by a lack of other options. I've wrestled with that for a long time. I have a "Career angst" thread on here somewhere that explores that topic in depth. I've always been something of a mess reconciling all my interests and talents with what I do for a living.

Trucking certainly wasn't my first choice. I don't have any love for it, and if another opportunity presented itself that had a greater return, I would leave it in a heartbeat.

Here's my story, if anyone cares:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/23/1935248

It sounds like we have similar roots, but you are here by choice. PM me if you don't want to hijack this innocent thread any further.

Hijacking threads is fun! :wink:

[Rev.Vassago]

Interesting reading, silvan. Interesting, indeed.

I sucked at foreign languages. All I managed to learn was how to swear in Spanish.

I think my biggest problem was that I didn't fit in well in the school environment. I just don't work well with someone trying to teach me how to do things - I would rather just dive right in and figure it out on my own. I think that was my undoing in college. I just lost interest in being taught.

My latest passion has been figuring out Photoshop. I spend a lot of time at Worth 1000. You can see my work here.

[vavega]

yes silvan an interesting read! but to hijack it even further, i have an unopened still in the shrinkwrap copy of visual C++ 6.0 if you want it. it'll give you something to play around with while you're idling. :wink: my sis bought it thinking she would take the class and then found she didn't need it (the class) so i inherited it.

i suspect rev it's his choice of ties not his interview skills. :P

[Rev.Vassago]

i suspect rev it's his choice of ties not his interview skills.

[silvan]

yes silvan an interesting read! but to hijack it even further, i have an unopened still in the shrinkwrap copy of visual C++ 6.0 if you want it. it'll give you something to play around with while you're idling.

I appreciate it, but I think I'm all out of optimism on that front now. I tried every avenue for six long weeks, I sowed a lot of seeds, and in the end, I crawled right back into a truck so I wouldn't go bankrupt.

i suspect rev it's his choice of ties not his interview skills. :P

I looked damn good at my last job interview, and I felt like I carried it off well, but here I am.

At the time, I was torn between trucking and taking that job. I thought I was going to get it, and wasn't sure what to do when I did. Now that I've been back at it for a month, I kind of wish I had had to deal with the problem of telling my new boss I'm sorry, but I quit.

Alas.

I think my long-term plans all revolve around getting my expenses down, so I can afford to quit driving. I'd like to go part time, so I just drive when I feel like making a little money, and tell everybody to kiss off when I don't.

Here's hoping I can get to that place, because I don't seem to have any better alternatives. I really don't have any other marketable skills. Skills, sure, but there's no damn market for what I can do, and neither am I interested in the stuff they pay people to do. Web development, web administration, XML, blah blah blah blah blah, where are the keys to my Kenworth again?

I guess it's a self-defeating attitude, or else on some level I'm just addicted to working my ass off for free.

[silvan]

You can see my work here.

Cool stuff! Not bad for an old freighthauler!

[ben45750]

I taught myself CorelDraw back in college (1993) in about a week.

I wish I had the college education to go with my computer experience.

So which is it? You went to college but didn't get an education or you really didn't go to college at all?

[Malaki86]

I taught myself CorelDraw back in college (1993) in about a week.

I wish I had the college education to go with my computer experience.

So which is it? You went to college but didn't get an education or you really didn't go to college at all?

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