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I don\u2019t like drawing cars — they\u2019re all straight lines and perspective. And symmetry. I really<\/i> don\u2019t like drawing symmetry. But Scarlett Hart<\/a> needs a car (christened \u2018Dorothy\u2019 by the author, Marcus Sedgwick) so there\u2019s no way to get away from it.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the first image I made of Dorothy — based on some photos of typical 1920s cars — which I made back in the initial thrashing out of this project:<\/p>\n

\"ScarlettCar-FlatIt\u2019s okay, but there was something about it that didn\u2019t quite work for me, something that made it clear a lot more development would be needed. I just couldn\u2019t put my finger on what. Before I could look into it, however, there were more practical things to worry about, such as Marcus\u2019s need for Dorothy to have a boot (for monster hunting kit) and occasional third seat.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasTaylor-DorothyBoot\"And it was at this stage that I realised what wasn\u2019t working. Dorothy is supposed to be a sports car, but here was I drawing something rather stately and grand, the kind of automobile Bertie Wooster might roll up to the races in. What Scarlett needed was a set of wheels altogether more dynamic, more \u2018animal\u2019. It occurred to me that drawing Scarlett in the driving seat might be inspirational, and I came up with this:<\/p>\n

\"ThomasTaylor-DorothyandScarlett\"<\/p>\n

I could see now that I had to ditch the straight lines I dislike so much (I\u2019m stuck with the perspective and symmetry) and create a body shape for Dorothy that cried out power and speed, even in repose — a form that was full of latent force. Think how a Spitfire looks, even on the ground. Normal cars have a chassis and bodywork. What Dorothy needed was fuselage.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasTaylor-NewDorothy\"<\/p>\n

\"ThomasTaylor-NewDorothy\" Add to this fatter, lower-slung wheels, a cockpit style windscreen, and rear mudguards, and now we\u2019re in business. This is no aristocrat\u2019s Sunday motor, this is a car Scarlett can chase demon hounds in, a car with a purr that becomes a roar and a cloud of dust, and then nothing. This is Dorothy.<\/p>\n

\"Dorothy5\"<\/p>\n

Next time, Scarlett\u2019s guardian\/minder\/major-domo, Napoleon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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