After several ideas and propositions we went with a “Ford through the ages” concept, choosing vehicles that really incorporated the zeitgeist of their era and positioning them around a speedometer that functioned instead as an odometer for the company, the images working around the television as a compositional anchor.
It involved a lot of research but I got the vehicles and their positions down pat and went to work. I painted in bold line work progressively filled in with washes of colour, touched off with chrome highlights that reveal shiny details in different viewing angles.
I can also now impress my friends with my car recognition abilities. (as long as it’s a Ford)