This is why the 24HR is King. Concept cars like LF-A and many other upcoming models including race versions of current models will be ripping around the ring. Here’s one to watch.

The Audi R8 Race car.

The engine size is decreased to 4.0L, producing 530HP @ 7.800 rpm and 480NM @ 7.000 rpm. Weight is 1.250kg. The exhaust system is custom made by Eisenmann, crankshaft by Omesa and pistons by Mahle.

I was gonna do a photoshop rendering of the R8 but I guess I don’t have to, haha.

source:GermanCarScene.com

Something’s fishy going on in this picture…LoL

Watch this craziness.

As a comic book inker, our craft is often misunderstood. The movie “Chasing Amy” didn’t help the cause ( I did love the movie though haha).

Well now there’s a way to honor the deserving Inkers of the industry and show your support. Enter the Inkwell Awards.

Click this LINK to vote for the deserving inkers. The voting ends on May 30th so make it count.

THE INKWELL AWARDS are an all new, exciting award set up to celebrate the art of inking within the comic book industry. THE INKWELL AWARDS have been established and overseen by
a number of professionals from all aspects of the comic book industry, including such artists as…

Adam Hughes ( Tomb Raider, Justice League, Wonder Woman and All Star Wonder Woman ), Senior DC Editor Mike Marts ( Uncanny X-Men, X-men, Wolverine, All Star Wonder Woman and so much more ), award founder Bob Almond (Black Panther, Annihilation: Conquest-Quasar, Warlock), Tim Townsend (Uncanny X-Men, The Amazing Spider-Man, Civil War ), James Tournas (Full Moon Craze, Shylock, Epoch ), along with Bill Nichols (Sketch magazine) and Daniel Best (Andru & Esposito: Partners For Life ).

Voting starts April 1st and ends May 30th. Results will be announced on the web-site inkwellawards with further information on the first of July 2008.

There will be awards for favourite inker, embellisher and others, along with a hall of fame award named after industry legend Joe Sinnott. These awards will be voted up by both the public and
industry peers with physical awards, which will be given out to the winners (or families where a posthumous award is given) and the results posted on the site.

For those unfamiliar with Inking, here’s a quick description:

WHAT IS INKING?

Inking is the craft of enhancing an illustration through the means of redrawing pencil lines with ink and its related tools. This enhancing, or ‘ink editing’, would elaborate in the areas of, but not limited to, weight, space, depth, definition, contrast, texture, composition and design.

This is not to be confused with Digital Inking, the art of using a computer drawing tablet with a pressure sensitive stylus, to produce the digitally simulated effect of inking or Digital Darkening, often called by the misnomer ‘digital inking’, which does not emulate inking but simply alters and darkens the already-existing pencil lines within a scanned file with a computer program like Photoshop.

Check out INKWELL AWARDS for more info.

Following my Mercedes Benz post, here is what an 8 sec Gull wing looks like in real life.

Mercedes Benz will not release the official images of the SL65 AMG Black Series until couple more months but I thought I post my rendition of how it may look like.

Here is the base image I started with.

And here is my rendering.

To view the high res version, goto
http://jonsibal.deviantart.com/art/SL65-AMG-Black-Series-85470522

Drop it like it’s hot.

In Japan, Appaloosa has one of the few authentic AC Schnitzer CLS I left in the world. As rare as this car is, they used it as it was intended. The car was tracked, and tracked hard. The chassis was stiffened, a roll cage was welded in and the motor was even rebuilt numerous times, currently using an IDING Power camshafts. The rear bumper was also modified to integrate a rear diffuser to aid in the stability during high speed runs while some carbon fiber canards added in the front bumper for traction on corners.

This car is currently for sale. Anyone who buys this isn’t only getting a CLS I but also the craftmanship of the Appaloosa team. This car will also come with 2 sets of wheels. For anyone interested, contact Appaloosa.