Car Caricatures, Logos and Cartoons

Redback Bike

Sydney based, custom bike with a Redback spider theme.

Topfuel Dragster BAROOM

A quick cartoon sketch, pen and cool gray dry marker. Topfuel dragsters are LOUD. VERY LOUD.

Mach1 Kart Racing

Logo for Mach1 Kart Racing, for an indoor Go Kart Racing business, Kansas USA.

Nitromethane is for racing

"Gasoline is for washing parts. Alcohol is for drinking. Nitromethane is for racing. Nothing else is exciting."

And here is a 2:36 minute orignal rock track Nitromethane, using ANDRA Topfuel race TV coverage for spice..... the how of this is here, the Ultimate, Almost Free, Audio Production Studio.

V8 Supercar

A variation for OZ V8 touring car action.

Clinton Sheridan - Champion Quad Bike

Clinton Sheridan Quadbike Champion's steed.

Ford GT40

The Ford GT40 was designed to win Le Mans for the American Company. It did, and probably still could....

David Tan - GoKart Champ

UK's GoKart Champion, David Tan.

Dry Marker Apocalypse Now Drag Race Funny Car

Ben Bray, "Benny THE KID", in his Mack Truck Sponsored Top Alcohol Funny Car in a Apocalypse Now vibe, which is surprisingly appropriate for Funny Car racing.

A quick rough sketch toned with dry marker and made into a cartoon in Photoshop. A Funny Car is already a caricature of a car, so here it ends up as a cartoon of a caricature.

TA/FC Funny Car with wheel bounce at 400Km/hr

Brett Steven's Top Alcohol Kitten Car Care Products Funny Car has a problem with bounce at 2/3 of a quarter mile. It bounces all over the track and the sparks fly. Terrifying.

Photorealistic Lamborghini Murcielago

Lamborghini Murcielago, "Puts the fear of God into you. And we wouldn't have it any other way." to quote Jeremy Clarkson .

And in keeping with the Topgear interest in environmental friendly "green" cars that don't kill baby fur seals or cut down rain forests, here is a green car.

This time with a bit of technology thrown into the tool kit to make it photorealistic. This was just done in Photoshop, but we also have Elastic Reality to warp things in a more controlled way.

Nitro Topfuel Dragster, fastest Carrot Farmer in the country.

Nitromethane burning Topfuel dragster. Darren Morgan has Australia's fastest Oil Fuchs Topfuel machine. The smell, the noise, the flames and the carrots. Lamattina, the other sponsor, grow carrots. Lots of 'em.

Star Kids 3 Logo

Online Motor Sport Clothing Store Logo. Motocross Bike and V8 Supercar based.

Formula 1 Shadow DN1

Shadow DN1 from Formula 1 around 1973 when they had high airboxes and huge slick tires. The current F1 cars have narrow ribbed tires, and despite being the fastest cars ever due to aerodynamic design, don't have the appeal of the older machines. The races are dull too... and by shear coincidence, this car is on the cover of MAY/JUN 2006 Vintage Motorsport magazine!

Note that CART cars still look a lot like this. The winner of the 2006 Indy 500 looks a lot like this, 30 years later.

Jack Daniel's Drag Racing Doorslammer

This is a drag racing doorslammer, doing the Australian circuit. Old style bodies on Supercharged V8s. Photographs and video do not express what you FEEL when these monsters roar.

The Top Alcohol Funny Car, TA/FC, is also back racing in Australia, mostly by the same Doorslammer teams. See them at WSID, Western Sydney International Dragway, and with TV coverage on Speed Machine and Speed Week.

Lamborghini Gallardo

This is a quick color test of a Lamborghini Gallardo. The type of 4 wheel drive that isn't out of place in the city, a country road, or anywhere everyone isn't related. This is the first supercar since the Countach to catch my eye.

Holden V Ford

V8 Supercars, Holden V Ford, nose to nose, in Australian Motorsport.

"Pixar Cars" styled Holden V8 Supercar

V8 Supercars kind of have the same place in Australian motor sport as NASCAR racing has in American. Pixar's CARS film is due in 2005 and features talking cars, and this could be how Holden would look, if you extrapolate from the films trailer. The Cars Trailer is being shown before THE INCREDIBLES. 

Australian Bea-UTE-y

The UTE is the Australian Trademan's sports car. The working mans V8 2 seater that also can carry a load. The ideal partner would have sex appeal, not mind a beer or three and have a matching checked shirt. 

The original is A4 400dpi CYMK. Enquires for T-Shirts of this design welcome.  Here is a detail of the sexy girl from this illustration.

1971 Can-Am DN2 Shadow

The lead free with UOP Shadow cars were a bed of unsuccessful ideas in Can-Am. A series that produced the fastest road racing car ever, the Porsche 917/30. 

This is the logo for the Corner Two Racing column in the Canadian motorsport magazine, Performance Racing News. 

Drag Racing Top Fuel Funny Car

Nitro Funny Car...these earth shaking drag racing machines are probably the second most awe inspiring machines man has made, after the Saturn V rocket! 

When I get high I get high on speed
Top fuel funny car's a drug for me
- Kickstart My Heart, Motley Crue

Original logo is A4 at 600dpi.

2001 Ozemail Ford V8 Supercar

The Bathurst 1000 is the biggest road race on a public road in Australia. Brad Jones shown here with his car. 

Mark Skaife with Holden V8 SuperCar

Holden vs Ford is a big angle in Australian motorsport, and this is a cartoon of the former, and winner of a race in October 2001. Mark Skaife with his car. 

Valentino Rossi Motorcycle Champion

Motorcycle racing is something my father has always followed, but Valentino seemed to have been noticed by everyone in 2001. 

Lemans 1971 Gulp Porsche 917k

This finned Gulf Porsche is what closed cabin sportscar racing was all about in 1971. Aggressive and shark like here. 

Lemans Martini Porsche 917lh 1971

The beautifully finished long tail Porsche 917LH actually lost its cooling fan during the race and the fan went flying. The 917 had an air cooled flat 12. During development they tried blowing the air up and down, but went with down. Saying the Porsche engine is air cooled ignores the huge amount of oil and oil coolers used. 

Lemans 1971 Gulp Porsche 917LH

This is the Gulf version of the 1971 917LH. It claimed fastest ever pole time that year. 

Lemans 1971 Pink Pig Porsche 917-20

The Pink Pig, 917-20. An experiment, that resulted in a wide squat body, so they painted it up with the cuts of pork. The sponsor, then didn't want to put their markings on it. Amazing..... 

 Rough sketches done in pen and marker, then put together in Photoshop... the car image doesn't have a driver in front of it. I don't have photos of the drivers either. 

Can-Am Turbopanzer Porsche 917/10K

A quick sketch. just pen on paper. The 1972 Can-Am Champion... 

Can-Am McLaren M20

Denny Hulme was the main McLaren Team driver through most of the Can-Am series.. The Bear. The M20 car itself was easily beaten by the Porsche 917/10s in 1972. Dry Markers and Pen on Paper. 

Hot Rod: Baron T. Daniel

Tom Daniel was a model car hot rod designer, and his most famous creation was the Red Baron. This is a slightly reworked cartoon version. Rough pen and Dry Marker on paper. 

Can-Am Porsche 917-30

1000bhp, turbocharged road racing perfection. It was too good, and effectively killed CAN-AM racing end of 1974, as it became too expensive to compete. Quick sketch. 

Lemans Movie Gulp Porsche 917

A different take on the real star of the movie LeMans. Quick sketch with pen and Dry Marker on paper.