Automotive illustrations and technical transportation art.

Portfolio of cars, SUVs, trucks and passenger vehicles by Kevin Hulsey.

Automotive illustration sample

For over 30 years, the primary focus of our company has been in the field of automotive technical art, automotive illustrations and transportation artwork. Throughout those years, our passion for cars has has driven us forward, and helped us to obtain numerous design projects from companies like Acura, Audi, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Oldsmobile and Toyota, as well as automotive parts suppliers like NAPA Auto Parts, CarMax, Pep Boys, Auto Zone, Bridgestone/Firestone, Carquest, Midas and many more. Follow this link for a complete client list. This section of our illustration portfolio is dedicated exclusively to the automotive illustration, showing work from some of our favorite projects.

Automotive illustration samples:

Sports car illustration

This image was part of a series of Acura NSX illustrations, and this particular image was our first all-digital car cutaways.

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Sportscar illustration
  • Medium: Digital
  • Style: Automotive Cutaway
  • Illustration Size: 30" @ 350dpi
  • Client: Acura No. America
  • Agency: Ketchum
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

V8 car engine illustration

These cutaway images were part of a series of 20 automotive illustrations used in the Acura NSX dealer brochure and fact book.

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V8 cutaway car engine
  • Medium: Airbrush on Board
  • Illustration Size: 30"x35"
  • Style: Traditional Cutaways
  • Client: Acura No. America
  • Agency: Ketchum
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

Toyota 4Runner

This automotive photo-illustration of the 4Runner compact SUV was done digitally, using Photoshop to illustrate the engine, chassis, suspension and driveline.

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Toyota 4Runner illustration
  • Medium: Photoshop
  • Style: Photo/Illustration
  • Illustration Size: 12" @ 350dpi
  • Client: Toyota No. America
  • Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

Toyota Rav4 illustration

This profile-view ghosted illustration of Toyota's compact SUV sport utility vehicle was done exclusively in airbrush, pen-and-ink and pencil.

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Toyota SUV illustration
  • Medium: Airbrush on Board
  • Style: See-Through
  • Illustration Size: 30"x40"
  • Client: Toyota No. America
  • Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

Nissan 300Z brochure

This series of transparent automotive illustration overlays (fly-sheets) was done for Nissan's dealership consumer brochures, and was one of 60 automotive images done in that model year.

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Nissan 300Z brochure automotive illustrations
  • Medium: Airbrush on Board
  • Style: Illustration Overlay
  • Illustration Size: 20"x30"
  • Client: Nissan No. America
  • Agency: The Designory
  • Use: Consumer Brochure

Porsche 928 cutaway

This ghosted illustration of a 1984 Porsche sports car was drawn with pencil, pen-and-ink and airbrush acrylic, revealing the front-engine V8, rear wheel driveline and suspension.

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Porsche 928 cutaway automotive illustration
  • Medium: Airbrush on Board
  • Style: See-Through Cutaway
  • Illustration Size: 30" x 40"
  • Client: Self Promo
  • Agency: N/A
  • Use: Self Promo

Acura TL overhead

This ghosted cutaway image of a 4-door passenger sedan was one of 20 automotive illustrations done for the entire Acura product line in the late 1990s.

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Acura TL overhead automotive image
  • Medium: Adobe Photoshop
  • Style: Photo/Illustration
  • Illustration Size: 10" @ 350dpi
  • Client: Acura No. America
  • Agency: Ketchum
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

Toyota Supra illustration

This profile automotive cutaway illustration of a Toyota Supra was done in 1998, when the first new generation of Toyota's flagship sports car was launched.

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Toyota Supra automotive illustration
  • Medium: Airbrush on Board
  • Style: See-Through Automotive
  • Illustration Size: 30"x40"
  • Client: Toyota No. America
  • Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

Oldsmobile chassis illustrations

This project was for Oldsmobile in Detroit, showing a realistic overhead digital automotive illustration of an Oldsmobile chassis with the engine, suspension, sub-frame cradle, tires and wheels.

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Oldsmobile chassis illustrations
  • Medium: Adobe Photoshop
  • Style: Automotive Illustrations
  • Illustration Size: 8" @ 350dpi
  • Client: Oldsmobile No. America
  • Agency: Leo Burnett Co.
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

EV Plug-In electric car

This plug in car illustration was created specifically as a stock image which is available for license.

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ev plug-in electric car
  • Medium: Digital Illustration
  • Style: Realistic
  • Illustration Size: 28" @ 350dpi
  • Client: Stock image
  • Agency: N/A
  • Use: Available for license

Audi TT illustration

This project was for Audi, North America, showing a ghosted image of an Audi TT with the engine, suspension and driveline of the sports car being visible through an exterior photographic image.

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Audi TT automotive illustration
  • Medium: Adobe Photoshop
  • Style: Ghosted Automotive
  • Illustration Size: 10" @ 350dpi
  • Client: Audi No. America
  • Agency: Venables, Bell & Partners
  • Use: Brochure, Collateral

HMMWV technical illustrations

This project was for the Department of Defense, showing a HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) with line drawings of refurbished/re-manufactured engine and driveline components.

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HMMWV technical illustrations
  • Medium: Photoshop/Illustrator
  • Style: Technical Automotive
  • Illustration Size: 10" @ 350dpi
  • Client: Department of Defense (DOD)
  • Agency: N/A
  • Use: Collateral

EV Plug-In electric vehicle

This illustration was done for the product launch of Toyota's first plug-in all-electric hybrid compact sport utility vehicle.

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EV Plug-In electric vehicle illustration
  • Medium: Digital Illustration
  • Style: Line & Tone
  • Illustration Size: 30"x40"
  • Client: Toyota No. America
  • Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Use: Collateral

Lotus Esprit cutaway

This automotive illustration of a 1984 Lotus was one of our earlier cutaway images, and was done in 1985 as self-promotion for the company.

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Lotus Esprit cutaway
  • Medium: Airbrush on Board
  • Style: See-Through Cutaway
  • Illustration Size: 30"x40"
  • Client: Self Promo
  • Agency: N/A
  • Use: N/A

» Portfolio of Automotive Illustrations, Cars, SUVs, Trucks & Passenger Vehicles «

Many of these images focus on cutaway illustrations, which is used to convey a car's performance characteristics, engine efficiency and performance, passenger ergonomics, ABS braking systems, ride and handling characteristics, suspension dynamics and unique component features. Another important aspect of these automotive illustrations is to show certain passenger safety features such as door-beam reinforcement, passive restraint systems, crumple zones and airbag protection. Our artwork is typically used in print advertising, consumer dealership brochures and automobile-related collateral marketing materials and campaigns. This section covers a variety of automobile types, from passenger sedans and luxury cars to sports cars, SUV sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and newer hybrid gas/electric or all-electric plug-in cars.

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