[Freddio]

I did these in photoshop, the top is the original pic..



You can post yours too!!

[Freddio]

[[Shizo]]

I dont know dude!
Maybe you should work up some designs in 3d eh?

[Freddio]

Haha I love these I could do millions of em

[Freddio]

[Freddio]

[jasonN]

Those cars look real nice So are you gonna make 3d models of them?

[Dr. Bang]

DAMN, THOSE MOD CARS ARE FRIGGING COOL!!!!!!!!! WOW WOW WOW MORE MORE

[Rat]

Kewl.
3D models'd be even better!

[Freddio]

yea I want to make em in 3d

I will make my fav designs in 3d soon

[spooge demon]

Hi Freddio, you didn't ask for any of this, but I do have experience with it. I know you don�t mean these as the beginning of a new profession, but I thought you might be interested.

It was drawing cars that I first got a handle on which end of the pencil was the business end. The sweat, the tears...

Draw them from other perspectives first. You will learn a huge amount. Draw through the forms (like draw all four wheels) and use section lines.

It is tougher than you think to draw the same form from several angles. For instance, where you have made the roofline around the b-pillars the same as the silhouette, that becomes a flat plane on top. Or, there is a very soft roll to the section, but you have to show that.

The teachers were always getting on guys for "designing in clay.� It has probably changed to designing in 3-d now, but anyway. The idea is that you need to have a much better understanding of the form in order to draw it than model it, or so the theory goes. It requires a more complete understanding of the form. Then you use the drawing to model it.

The clay models were used to study masses and silhouettes, but also reflection patterns. Most cars have a �break� in the form where the sides go from vertical to starting to roll more horizontal. This compresses the bright reflection of the sky and ground down to a thinner line, and really cleans up the appearance of the car. Reflection control was the buzzword.

There are designers who won't ever do an elevation drawing, because it is so easy to be misleading. Others, like Giaguaro, just do elevations and let the modelers actually design the thing.

When I was at Ford they were trying to make a virtual studio, going from wet dream to prototype without any messy drawings or models. I am sure that is a reality now.

Also consider that a windshield at an angle greater than about 60 degrees is impractical. The angle that the occupants look through gets shallow and visibility is impaired. The material must be perfect. Also, visibility becomes very sensitive to any dust, and if driving toward the sun, very dangerous. At one time, another reason was glass is heavy, expensive, not strong, and difficult to make into compound shapes. I am sure some new unobtanium is coming along to make these problems disappear, though.

Just stuff to think about, not serious suggestions.

[Freddio]

thanks thats interesting


Ahh cool I didnt know that about the windsheild glass..

I have been doing a fair bit of 3d drawings of cars lately.. Im getting better, however the perspective can get a bit whacked some times..
Lots of fun

I dont suppose anyone can post some vehicle design links for me to look at?

[Renderson]

Here is a site I found, with a nice gallery.
http://www.cardesignnews.com

[Freddio]

cool thats a good site..

[Radiater]

Looks like you had fun! There's some pretty snazzy ideas in there btw. My fave is the one you posted at 7:11 pm.

[sCriBBler aka Jito]

BEFORE!!!

MODEL1

MODEL2

MODEL3

[Mr. T]

here goes nothing

[roundeye]

thats awesome mr t, reminds me of MASK

[Anthony]

I knew someone working at Ford last year - he seemed to be saying they go from sketch to Alias Studio to a little computer carved model, no clay as far as I know. They also have a VR room to view the 3d model full size in 3d space.

[klaivu]

mr T : muahahhahahaa

[Tryzome]

Great idea Mr. T!
Love it.