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Auto Art: Tomas Pajdlhauser
check out the superbly impressionistic mini auto art classics from Ottawa-based artist
We stumbled across the lovely artwork of Tomas Pajdlhauser on the always-inspiring Le Container blog recently.
Tomas is a Creative Director at Jam Filled Entertainment in Ottawa, Canada, and has spent the last 10 years in positions ranging from Art Direction, Direction, and Location Design to Character & Prop Design, Story, and Animation. He has overseen and contributed to projects for such clients as Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, National Geographic, Mattel and many more.
![Tom-3](https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/influx/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Tom-3.jpg)
But what we love most about Tomas’s work is, of course, the bike and car art that he renders with such subtlety – and forms an obvious passion-shaped heart of his folio.
Tomas employs a distinctive shoot-from-the-hip style, which enables his art to evoke the feeling of an bike, a car or an engine, rather than getting too much involved in zeroing in on fine detail.
There’s a lovely texture to Tomas’s sketches. You can see that he has a genuine feel for mechanicity.
![Captain Tom](https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/influx/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-30-at-10.27.49.png)
All images Tomas Pajdlhauser
Instagram: captain_tom
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