25
Nov
2009
Import Tuner cover build-up video
Hello YouTubes!
Hearing my voice is freakin’ disturbing… Do I really sound like this? I’ll blame it on my room acoustics.
My buddy Jeff Creech, the cover car photographer for this issue, proposed for me to do a step-by-step guide on how the Import Tuner covers are pieced together. The idea had been itching the back of my brain for a while so this felt like the perfect opportunity. I’ve done a lot of covers in my 5 year span of being an Art Director, so why not go an extra step.
Since the Import Tuner covers literally take 4-5 days to complete because of back and forth company approvals and basically lots-o-work, screenshots were taken over the time period and pieced together later instead of doing a time-lapse video. It’s a lot to cover in just 7 minutes.
…and yes I know I accidentally said “if you have any questions, hit me up, i’ll try to ASK any and all that I can” at the end, sigh lol.
At the time of this blog post, this issue is on newsstands.
Damn you for making this ish look so easy! lol
Hey Clint, you kind of flew threw the hair part with the fake rim lighting. I couldn’t wrap my mind around what you did. Can you give a little more detailed explanation? Thanks, great tutorial. I always enjoy seeing different workflows.
I purposely flew through the tutorial. Be on the lookout for something much much much bigger, with better talking!
Hey Clint, I understand that you are currently the art director for Import Tuner magazine at the time. I didn’t know who else to ask, about my question. I’m looking for all of the Import Tuner issues that had just the cars on the cover; (No model) on the cover. I have a few issues without the model’s on the cover’s; however I was wondering if I’m missing any in between.
Hey KenB, I’m going to go ahead and say you’ll be hard-pressed to get your hands on the non-girl back issues. For one, the non-girl covers are very rare. They were made for EVERY issue, and sold in specific areas that requested non-girl covers. I believe Auto Zone and/or Advanced Auto carry the non-girl covers among others. Literally the cover is the only difference between the 2 versions. To be honest, when I worked for IT, we had all of the back-issues in-house, and not a single one of them were non-girl issues. But best of luck!