Filks sorry, but my internet at home has been wonky all weekend so I haven't been able to upload. Hope it will square itself away soon.
Ok, a bit of a rant here (insert Old Man Simpson shaking fist at the clouds)
It's great we have some up and coming talent in the pipeline. I like em all, and they are pretty good.
But they aren't great, yet.
What they need to push them to the next level is attention to detail. Not talking about their lines on the bases or primary sponsor logos. I mean the little things, like b and c pillars, contigs, namerails, and those little nagging memorial decals. It kinda drives me nuts to see a great car, but it's missing those details. I know some guys want to rush and get things out first, but what good is it if it's not right? That's how you earn a rep. Those young painters are going to be the great ones someday (and replace guys like me), but they need attention to detail.
I'm going to let you in on a trade secret: here's what my week looks like. If I'm lucky a team will release a preliminary image of the car weeks before or mid week of the race. That gives me a chance to start on the base, gather the logos and place them, do the numbers and so forth. Then when they unload the day before the race most teams will use Twitter to show some images. This gives me a chance to refine bases/logos/numbers and such. Then i keep watching their Twitter the day of the race to see any fine tuning I need to do. Lastly in the days after the race I use Motorsports.com, Getty Images, and Jayski to finish my detail work.
Again, it's not about being first, it's about getting it right.
Rant over