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All Tore Up, Texas Hot Rod Portraits
All Tore Up presents portraits of people, people who are
as distinctive as the cars they love. As Brainard observes,
“Hot rods and customized cars are works of art.
“Hot rods and customized cars are works of art.
You take an old car, cut it into pieces, and put it
Trosley’s How You take an old car, cut it into pieces, and put it
to Draw back together following your own vision. You bring
back together following your own vision. You bring
something to life that previously existed only in your
Cartoon Cars something to life that previously existed only in your
imagination.” The people who do this “are drawn to
The name imagination.” The people who do this “are drawn to
George Trosley aesthetic expression, and they materialize it in their
aesthetic expression, and they materialize it in their
may not be own selves, their clothes, and their bodies.” Allowing
instantly his subjects to pose themselves against a plain
recognizable to white background and write their own captions for
many motoring their photographs, Brainard cuts through the visual
enthusiasts, spectacle of the car show and fi nds the essence
but his work of the people who are a part of it, capturing a
certainly is. Over fascinating pop subculture of American life.
the years, people www.utexaspress.com/index.php/books/
have become brainard-all-tore-up
familiar with
George Trosley’s
work through the
magazine pages
of CARtoons, Hot
Rod Cartoons, Street Rodder, Car Craft,
Popular Hot Rodding, Super Chevy, and
many more. His Krass & Bernie cartoon
ran for many years as did a “How to
Draw” column that is the basis for this
book.
In Trosley’s How to Draw Cartoon
Cars, he takes you through the process
step-by-step of drawing your favorite
cars, starting with the basics such as
profi les, point of view, speed, attitudes,
custom graphics, and coloring. You learn
to draw components including wheels,
engines, and accessories. Then you
are treated to step-by-step lessons on
many different body styles: Corvettes,
Mustangs, pickup trucks, off-road trucks,
muscle cars, hot rods, and a few race
cars as well.
If you are a budding artist, closet
cartoonist, or just want to learn how
to draw your own hot rod or muscle
machine, this book shows you how it’s
done. Trosley is one of the best in the
business today, and this volume will be
a great addition to your automotive
or art library. “From Brainard’s portraits, it is evident that people
www.cartechbooks.com/trosley themselves are like living works of art, externally
embellished in expression and internally rich in history
and meaning.” —CNN

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