I agree all about the car! Im just excited were doing an olds awesomeeeeeeeee, who ever thought of this is a genius, will fit in well to the erea of the times olds are about to get there turn in popularty besides you can only do so much with a 69 camaro that hasnt been done already, also look for the G-bodys to explode great styling under the hood will swallow any engine keep up the awesome input. PS i still like the silver and red lol :thumbsup:

Who are you??? And how is it you think the Cuda is "Beautiful" but never been impressed with any of my designs?? I designed everything on that car.

Looks like I missed all the action while I was at the drawing board today.
Apparently, I have to defend my work from people I've never even met in the context of a fun little showing among friends in a forum I'm proud to be a member of.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and their own personal style and taste which you should strongly consider when you hire a designer or a builder but don't try to talk out your southern output about me because my design isn't your favorite.

And to Jody, Chris, Jonny, and Brian; Thanks for the love. You guys are pros.

I think it should so be sure to take $1K-$2K depending on the average charge of each talented artist for 4 redenerings of the Olds.

Mike

Jason you missed nothing, You need not defend who you are or your work. You and your history speak for itself, A petty action from a petty person needs no explination. You have more friends and respect on here than you might ever know, Thanks Jeff :hail:

Thanks Brother

Wow!!!
I know three of the four guys that offered a rendering here. Having owned a 71 442, I have a soft spot for this project and have been keeping up with the threads on it.
It is truely hard for me to pick a favorite here as I see two that I really dig.
I gotta say though, I can not believe someone would knock anothers work in an open forum? It would be one thing if Jason had been blowing his own horn about a project, but to blast his work ( donated by the way for free as a token of his appreciation to Scott and this site ) just blows me away. Especially since Scott started the thread and set up the poll. This is one time when if you don't have something nice to say, why say anything at all.
When I read this thread earlier, I was thinking this would end up being an artist popularity contest and hard to get a true feel as to which direction the car should go. I really look forward to seeing which rendering guides the project. Though all four are different, I like things about all of them.

Jason, don't let the haters get you down, most here know you and your work. I look forward to working with you on a build myself some time.

I don't think the cost of a rendering should be included, as it's not a part of the car itself. The purpose of this car is to show what you can build with $15,000 ...and most of us should be able to envision what we plan to build without having a rendering done. The purpose of this excercise seemed to be more to help get the forum to all focus on one common goal... if it was not intended to be a "group" build, it would be built to the owner's specific tastes - instead, he left it up to us and a rendering contest was a great way to get an idea of what we all had in mind.

BTW, as I said in the other topic, I really love the "musclecar" look of the black & gold. The others have more of a "class" and "elegance" look to them, which isn't my particular taste... nothing wrong with that, just not what I'm into. :)

A very good point Derek Thanks for the input :thumbsup: does this mean I have more money :unibrow:

It was Jason that actually inspired me to submit my work to magazines, and to Scott here, and he's a great friend... I apologize for getting wound up at the comment made earlier by another member, but found it uncalled for. I agree that his work alone speaks volumes.

As for adding the price of the rendering on this project, I feel that the point would be moot... the idea here was to view the renderings as a bunch of guys just throwing ideas around, and as a way to give a visual springboard for the build. Besides, giving something back to the community here was a pleasure (and an excuse to draw more!) Had this been a full-bore, ground-up build focusing on body and interior mods, etc, then hell yes, a rendering should be a requirement to have all involved on the same page, and, of course, figured in to the budget. For a community build, where the focus is on teaching those new to the hobby, the renderings are just what I said before, a visual springboard, and another aspect to consider when planning a build, that being hiring a designer to help narrow the vision.

Great points made by all!

You know, I looked at all the renderings, and I can't vote on just one. They all have something about them that just kicks. From Ben's design with the exhaust and the stock flat hood, Jason's classic design, Brian's design with the stripe separating the two colors, and the look that Kris' design just gives to you, I can't just chose one. With touches from all of them, I say do this. Use Jason's paint design, with Kris' color combo with the silver body and red underneath. Ben's modifications just fit, and if there's any way to do it, use Brian's hood and turn signal relocation. Like I said, they're all so good I can't chose just one. I choose them all.