Don Vierstra

Illustrator/Designer — Buena Park, CA

Automotive Portfolio

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'69 Z-28 Retro Mod Hot Rod - 1969 Camaro Z/28 - Custom paint and 2008 Camaro rims. Digital Illustration.
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69 Camaro Z/28 - Version Blue -Digital illustration
'73 Laguna Estate Wagon - 1973 Laguna Estate Wagon - Photoshop illustration (customized into a 2 door)
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Laguna S-3, SS look - Sportier version of a '73 Laguna Estate wagon
Barracuda - A Rough sketch of my Idea of a retro design of a 1970's Plymouth Barracuda
Versa Car - A design Idea I came up with a couple years ago. Car image Ended up as on Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage" and won a "Cool Car" contest in a local Orange County Newspaper and was displayed at the Anaheim Auto Show 2003. Car was initially sketched and detailed in Photoshop.
Surf Utility car - Another Photoshop polished car design.
G force Muscle car (hydrogen) - Pencil sketch of a Hydrogen powered Muscle car.
Hydrogen - Electric - Pencil sketch of Hydrogen/Electric powered sports car/Race car.
Custom Hot Rod 55 Chevy truck - Photoshop - Illustration
All of it was created in Photoshop. To create the asphalt texture - scanned in crumpled piece of paper and played with filter effects over and over to get the desired effect for the cracked asphalt look.
Original -Versacar - My original Versacar (Versatile car).
Photoshop - 2001
1964 Hot-Rod Lincoln - Slammed or bagged (lowered) 1964 Lincoln Continental with tribal Ghost flames.

Created in Photoshop (2006)
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60's Surf Wagon - 1962 Oldsmobile Wagon. Digital Illustration
of my friends Wagon after modifying the stock version. Changing paint, rims and stance of car.

Photoshop Illustration - 10 hours.
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06 Impala - 2006 Impala created in Adobe Illustrator.
Chopped top and lowered.
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Chevelle Laguna "Retro" design - Digital Illustration
A retro Version of the 1973 - 1976 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna modeled for NASCAR.
Car was designed& illustrated in 2000.

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1971 Buick Boat tail - Custom paint scheme.
Digital Illustration
Celerity II ..................Meaning: Speed, quickness - Digital Illustration of my own design.
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1932 Ford - Hot Rod - Digital illustration of a '32 Ford coupe.
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67 Stingray - Digital Illustration of a 67' Stingray (427)
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'71 Plymouth Barracuda -American Muscle - Digital Illustration of a 1971 'Cuda with paint like graphic effects in the background. Mopar - 70's American Muscle.
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Kicks on Route 66 - 1955 Corvette with rusted and aged route 66 sign. Artwork created in both Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.
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Retro Batmobile - Digital Illustration of my version of a retro Batmobile of the original Barris design.
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AGGRO CONCEPT DV2005© - AGGRO Concept -
Meaning: Aggressive or violent.

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Little Red Wagon - 1960 Ford Country squire- Created completely in Adobe Illustrator.
I took the original Photograph this was
modeled after. The real wagon was black.
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SupeBee PhotoChop - Here is an image of a Dodge SRT8.
I decided to do some photomanipulation on the Body and drop it Pro-Touring style.
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Maliguna - Vector Illustration - A vector illustration (w/Photoshopp background) of a 75 Chevelle Malibu with a Laguna nose - powered by a 454!
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1960 Brookwood - Originally a Vector illustration brought into Photoshop and added some extra filters.
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71 Dodge Demon - Digital Illustration (rendering of a client's car). He asked for a specific rim and two tone paint with orange-yellow stripes on side. This is what I came up with.
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Demon paint schemes - Various ideas for graphic paint schemes for client.
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72 Charger - Could not decide which colors were the most interesting.
71 Demon...second set of color choices - Client is still undecided...
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Photochopped 1957 Hillman - A chopped, channeled, slammed, bagged and blown Hillman!!
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Demon set 3 - Final chapter in graphic color design?
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Customized '40 ford - Radically customized two door coupe into a sedan delivery. Chopped Channeled and dropped!
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2008 Pontiac G8 - Photo-chopped Pontiac G8 custom mods in Photoshop.
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'71 Cutlass conv. - A little Photochop...added, a dropped body, color: two tone and a graphic added...dropped the chrome strip at bottom.
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'40 Ford - Vector illustration of a 40 ford color fading to an old Black & white image.
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G8 Photo-chopped Blue version - A Modified Pro-Touring G8 Pontiac
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G8 revision -2 - Photoshop design revision
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Modern Muscle - '08 Challenger - Plum Purple

Digital Photoshop Illustration.
Thumbnail sketches - I was doing some thumbnail ideas the other day and thought that I would post a few. I am working on ideas for a more modern roadster type. The largest rough sketch was two inches! I seem to come up with quicker ideas that way. The one on top I plan on developing more.
Roadster (rough) sketch - My version of old school and some update looks to a roadster.
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Quick Pencil Car Sketch - A pencil sketch (rough) and quick airbrush passes over the pencil sketch to give it more depth.
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'Vette - Just a slight difference on headlight design. Photoshop rendering of a late Corvette.
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Custom '37 Lincoln Zephyr - "Orange Zephyrous" - A custom Lincoln Zephyer chopped, dropped, burnt Orange paint with Ghost Flames.
Pinstriping Logo - A Pinstriping Logo for local business
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Roadster - A small (Original 3.75 inches long) Thumbnail sketch with a few modern influences.
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Roguester - A roadster concept from sketch - Adobe Illustrator.
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Custom Concept- SS Impala - A Photo that I did some heavy Photoshop work to create a custom version of a 2006-2009 Chevrolet Impala SS.
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Blazed 68 - 1968 Chevrolet Blazer Customized.
Paint Design - 1955 Chevy truck. Trying out some new paint colors and graphic work.
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67 Riviera Custom - Digital illustration in Photoshop of a 1967 Buick Riviera Customization
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1961 Parkwood - A custom version of ta 1961 Parkwood. Photoshop work. Many hours!
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Tshirt design- Fundraiser for Autism - Fundraiser for Autism, Deary Idaho.
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Graphic Design for a poster - Event - Poster for Palouse Autism Society - "Classy Chassis" Deary Idaho Show-n-Shine. Donated my time for a good cause. Poster and T-shirt design.
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GT 500 - Vector Illustration of a 2008 GT500 Mustang
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Sun Burn - 1960 Ford Sunliner - Concept drawing for a client in San Diego, CA
Spyder Byte - Speedster - A thumbnail sketch of A little
Speedster Convertible.
Pencil sketch (Thumbnail) - A random pencil sketch of an automobile
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Spider Byte - Inspiration from a '97 Mitsubishi Spyder Convertible (My wife's second car) and older model Porsche.
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"Satchmo" - A vector illustration for world music college course.
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Random thumbnail hot rod design - five minute pencil sketch
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Pencil sketch - Camaro Influenced © DVDesign 2008 - Pencil sketch I did during a few breaks at work. I scanned the image in at home and added a few filters and effects in Photoshop.
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33 years of Camaro - Artwork created in Adobe Illustrator CS3
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1969 Lincoln Continental - Lincoln being built by CMC Designs (custom fabricators) in Costa Mesa CA
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1969 Lincoln Continental - Lincoln being built by CMC Designs (custom fabricators) in Costa Mesa CA
The Lincoln before tear down - Mike Belair did not know what he was in for! The top had signifigicant rust...
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Paint swatch - The paint swatch chosen for the "Boatster."
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Classic American Muscle - Design for T-Shirts
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Lincoln Continental Roadster - Lincoln Continental Roadster (Boatster) Concept. Removed the fender tail lights.
Removed canopy. Dash is a 1957 Ford Ranchero. Interior is Cigar and Champagne metallic.
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Bullitt 390 - Retro style '68 Mustang with some added custom styling - rear view

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