Line of Sight - Transport

I found picking subject for this brief a bit of a challenge as i don't really know what a guy jumping a ramp on his skateboard, or the rear view of a sports car accurately look like without having to heavily reference them - and thats pretty much how the final result turned out. Like a re-worked, digital version of someone else photo. The examples of line of sight in them are a bit blatant, and although i got compliments about the execution of the final product i don't feel there was a whole lot of me put into it. I was set a task, i completed on time, with minimum of creativity.Not giving myself a reasonable amount of time to experiment and try something more analogue was again my downfall. 

Having said that, i set out to produce a heavily shape driven piece, with minimum detail and well thought out colour composition, so maybe the digital route was the most effective to achieve what i had envisioned.

various photos featuring a clear line of sight & focal point

I produced a few  rough layout sketches of the skateboarder. Although i didn't make any coloured mocks, i did mark the scamps up with 'B' 'W' & 'R'  (black,white,red) to indicate which parts would be what colour.

I turned my focus to the photo of the Dodge, as i felt it had a bit more potential.

I planned to use negative space for the smoke, and include only essential details. I added pylons, some landscape shapes and a wall on the side of the road to indicate the vanishing point.

As the original photo was square it felt a bit squashed, so to give the image a longer line of sight and some more breathing space i extended the length of the frame, but not the height as i didnt want too much empty space above or below the car.

I traced my lifework and brought it into Illustrator, as time was running low, otherwise i would have considered painting it - but as there was some thinner linework involved i feel this probably the smart choice. I added lines in the road moving away from the car, and a cropped moon at the far end as another slight focus point and also to balance against the red sky and with the white smoke in the opposite corner. Again, the line of sight isn't very subtle, but i feel the image keeps your eyes moving around it quite well.