[VIDEO] C8 Corvette Model Used for Art Project Commissioned for Chevy’s Find New Roads Magazine

Oct 27, 2021

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[VIDEO] C8 Corvette Model Used for Art Project Commissioned for Chevy's Find New Roads Magazine

Photo Credit: Felix Hernandez / hernandez_dreamphography

If you hadn’t already read the headline or seen the “giant” hand reach down and pick up the car, we bet you would have thought this was a real C8 Corvette roaring through the fog.

Obviously, this video is not real, but a very realistic illusion that was created by Mexican photographer Felix Hernandez, one of five artists recently commissioned by Chevrolet to create all-original artwork inspired by the C8 for its Find New Roads lifestyle magazine sent out to new owners.

Hernandez used a 1:18 scale model of a C8 Stingray and a 24mm probe lens normally used for creating macro images and video at very close range to make his video.

He placed the mini-Corvette on a mini-treadmill that had been painted to look like an airport runway, then created the illusion of a “foggy” night with a fog machine while a small handheld light wand with red LEDs produced authentic-looking taillights.

“I really enjoyed working on this project,” Hernandez says. “I had plenty of liberty to create and experiment with new things I had never done before. And even better, I was able to do it using a motorsports icon like the Corvette!”

Chevy also called on other artists for the project, including Jae Martin, a New York street artist whose pop art-inspired creation was done on a 36-inch by 48-inch wood panel, and Jacquie Comrie, a Toronto multidisciplinary artist whose unique digital illustration focused on color and contrast.