How to Draw a Dodge Viper

Video Transcript

"Okay folks, in this clip, we're going to learn how to draw a Dodge Viper. Now, I'm going to tell you right off the bat, this is not the easiest of drawings. It's going to be, you're going to need to learn to visualize the space, and just overall dimensions of a car that is designed by professionals. So, first, start with the top of the car and we're basically going to, I'm going to do a rough outline of the entire body, just to start out. And, like I said, you're going to learn a lot about dimensions when you're drawing a car like this. Obviously, if you are curious about learning how to draw this car, I'm assuming that you are a fan of the car. will try my best to live up to your expectations. I'm telling you now, drawing a car this streamline and complicated is no walk in the park. Let's start by laying some distinctive guidelines as far as wheels, particularly, are concerned. We're going to want to draw the car coming at us, coming toward us, so these will be the two wheels that on, that are on the, what would be the right side of the car. This will end up being, obviously the hood, the top, and then the back. We'll draw even a little definition back here as we go on. So now that we have all that down, let's start by drawing in the headlights. Almost kind of look like evil eyes the way that they're slanted like that. Come in on the side and draw the same right across. Now obviously, you can add more definition to this, if you desire. Draw the little lights in there, if you wish. There's that, and then we'll come down here and we'll draw the front, the grill area. Now the real trick with drawing cars, especially cars that people recognize is there are a lot of little details that if you don't know the car very well, are going to be hard to capture, so I would say, first of all, before you even attempt to tackle this, that I'm, what I'm drawing here, go out and really study this particular car. One thing it has, I've noticed, in the front, is it's own little...it's got it's own little stylized sort of things that make it very unique, that make it it's own unique type of vehicle. I'll come up here and I'm going to draw the, I, the reason I left a little bump up on the top is I wanted to give, save room for this little, truth be told, I don't even know what it's called officially, but it looks like a place for air to kind of stream through the car, basically make a little bit more aerodynamic. It kind of comes over the top just like that, and this is in fact, the same sort of thing right down here in the front. So, now we're going to do the windshield. Come down here, followed by the side window, and then we'll come in and we'll do the wheels. I'm kind of going to try and make it so the wheels seem to be turned at an angle, and adding definition to wheels is something that would take a long time, even of itself. So I'm not going to go into a great amount of detail, but I'm just going to give you the rough sort of look that you're going to want if you attempt to fill in the wheels exactly. Wheels in of themselves, can get very tricky and a lot of these people who own these cars take a great deal of pride in their wheels, so make sure you really study those if you're going to attempt this particular car. It's very sexy, streamlined vehicle. Now, at this point, just really, if you have a copy or a picture of one in front of you, I recommend really studying, at this point, and look at the, all the little details that make up the car. The little things like the spoiler in the back, any little, any things that kind of make the car stand out in your mind, stripes down the front, across the top. Take the car in and really kind of get a sense of what it's about 'cause that is where, ultimately, it will come together for you and before you know it, you'll have your very own Dodge Viper."