Why Land Rover is the most significant car ever!
Discussion
Hello fellow PHers.
I posted last week about my assignment in which I was required to create a booklet... and following the guidelines, I decided to make mine about what the most significant car ever might be. Happily, I got a great response from this lot and the LR was among the top answers.
So, I've decided to go with Land Rover after a bit of background research (and also because I think it would make for an interesting looking booklet)
And I mentioned previously that if I got a decent response, I'd be keeping my progress up to date on here.
To start off, instead of using pictures scanned in from magazines/books or taken from the internet, I'm going to sketch out every illustration in the booklet by hand. This would give me more freedom in terms of the angles and what not that I'd like to portrait in certain situations throughout the book... and also would give the booklet a consistent look throughout.
So, heres my cover sketch:
...and a work-in-progress sketch of a series III Land Rover:
I've added a slight amount of exaggeration in each of the sketches just because... it looks cooler... the older models would especially benefit from bigger chunkier offroad wheels I think.
I'll be putting these through photoshop over the next couple days and I'll be back hopefully with the final cover and first couple pages of the booklet then.
Any comments are welcome and appreciated.
I posted last week about my assignment in which I was required to create a booklet... and following the guidelines, I decided to make mine about what the most significant car ever might be. Happily, I got a great response from this lot and the LR was among the top answers.
So, I've decided to go with Land Rover after a bit of background research (and also because I think it would make for an interesting looking booklet)
And I mentioned previously that if I got a decent response, I'd be keeping my progress up to date on here.
To start off, instead of using pictures scanned in from magazines/books or taken from the internet, I'm going to sketch out every illustration in the booklet by hand. This would give me more freedom in terms of the angles and what not that I'd like to portrait in certain situations throughout the book... and also would give the booklet a consistent look throughout.
So, heres my cover sketch:
...and a work-in-progress sketch of a series III Land Rover:
I've added a slight amount of exaggeration in each of the sketches just because... it looks cooler... the older models would especially benefit from bigger chunkier offroad wheels I think.
I'll be putting these through photoshop over the next couple days and I'll be back hopefully with the final cover and first couple pages of the booklet then.
Any comments are welcome and appreciated.
Edited by 604 on Monday 14th April 07:30
I guess thats the first and most important thing isnt it.I'm just really excited about illustrating this whole thing.
...but after reading this book ("The Ultimate Guide to SUVs and offroad vehicles" by Peter Henshaw) ...it was one of the first cars sold and marketed as a multi-purpose vehicle... and considering the automotive market today and how many "crossovers" there are and other vehicles which commercially are marketed as dual-purpose or what not... I saw that as significant.
Also, just that fact led to its use as a commercial vehicle globally...
It was one of the forerunners for offroad vehicles. I could've gone with jeep but I feel that Land Rover was just as big if not bigger globally (please correct me if I'm wrong here) ...and also cuz I like Land Rovers better
I watched the Top Gear Richard Hammond clip on it and... some of the stats stated in there were mind-blowing:
- 70% of the old Land Rovers are still on the road today... so it's a hallmark of durability
- it's been said that Land Rover is the first car seen by 60% of the world's developing population
It's evolved into arugably the best and most luxurious vehicle on the planet today.
Among the most common answers on PH were the Model T, Beetle & mini... I didnt want to do model T... and the Beetle and the mini are limited to roads and cities for the most part while Land Rovers have seen many more parts of the world.
...overall, I've still got to sort the information. Just working on illustrations for noww cuz thats just... more fun.
This IS a graphic design class and not some sort of history course so the emphasis is on the illustration and presentation of the booklet.
The facts it states can absolutely be debatable so long as they do a decent job of backing up the topic.
Edited by 604 on Monday 14th April 08:03
williamp said:
Good choice on land Rover. Let us know how the project is going.
Will
PS Are you too young to remember "The fact show???"
The fact show?? Will
PS Are you too young to remember "The fact show???"
...I guess I am And yes, I totally overlooked (or had not gotten to reading about) the army application of the LR.
BLUETHUNDER - I think I WILL use those as reference for sketches in the booklet
In conclusion for my little booklet... to summarize my reason for picking the LR... basically, even though there are a few cars which might’ve been more crucial for the development of the automobile itself, Land Rover was most critical for human beings (on a much broader and larger scale) because of its application as vehicles other than for just on-road use… like the mini or the beetle. I mean, whens the last time you saw a mini ambulance or a beetle 4x4 (the buggy stuff doesn’t count!)
Also, hard to argue with the statment about a good majority of the worlds population first seeing a LR before anything else - not a Jeep. So, I think its safe to say that LR has seen more of the world than any other car and that itself is a very good argument of it being most significant IMO.
Edited by 604 on Monday 14th April 12:19
604 said:
The fast show? ...still Im afraid...
Surely you remember Simon and Lindsay? Im afraid...http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/characters/of...
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