Green Toaster's Car Sketches

GreenToaster

Please keep in mind, I'm still just working on "capturing concepts quickly."

I hardly prefer this method of using a "one profile" to define the shape of a car - it's obviously quite limited, but, it can be used effectively to get good results for beginners (like me )

I wanted to give my students something quasi-realistic, very simple to model and hopefully something that would look good. The first image shows what I started out with and when the extrusions (only 3) were done (on each side), the proportions of the top were way off. Fortunately, with this groovy software it's soooo easy to fix, change, squish, twist to get the shape or design that you like.

Time is not my ally --> I still have about 100 boxes (no kidding) that I need to unpack, store, toss, so, honestly I doubt I'll have the tutorial for this one done any time soon. Perhaps that's just as well because it's not a car I really like anyway but perhaps, because it's ultra-quick & easy to create, it will motivate others to jump on the "I can be a car designer too" bandwagon. Hope so - that's my goal.

Oh, one more thing - please forgive me for stuffing a twin intercooled, twin turbo, V-6 in the engine compartment - the "pregnant hood" doesn't make a very environmentally friendly statement but . . . when you stomp it, who really cares - it's just too much fun, eh?

Happy Sketching,

Brad

GreenToaster

. . . another quick sketch while the wife is grocery shopping . . . this was done by creating the back end profile then extruding it forward, copy w/divide, scaling, rotating, & blah, blah, blah - very similar to the video tutorial I posted a few months ago . . . this technique is even quicker than the last car that used a center profile extruded sideways along with a side shape profile that was extruded along the outer most side . . . this probably doesn't make much sense without the video - sorry . . . have fun with it . . .

GreenToaster

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GreenToaster

Sorry for the low quality & slow speed - I was trying something new . . . happy Sketching . . . . . .

[flash=448,361:28xvhcw9]http://s103.photobucket.com/flash/player.swf?file=http://vid103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/ShermanPeabody/SU/bw_car_008821_A_01.flv[/flash:28xvhcw9]

GreenToaster

I'm not sure what this is supposed to be - I started thinking about a 3 wheeler and then it sort of morphed into this "thing" . . . there's always a next one . . . hit and miss is part of life - keep going . . .

Happy Sketching,

Brad

ely862me

make the front end rounded and a bit longer
it s gonna look great

elisei

GreenToaster

Thanks - I had a "decent" front end on the last one, but then I began messing around w/FFD (which I hardly ever use anymore, but it's a fantastic tool).

Here's something else - if you look at the number of triangles you can get an idea how quick this concept sketch is . . . three or four minutes?

GreenToaster

Do vegetarians sit on leather seats?

GreenToaster

. . . here's another quick idea . . . something a little different . . . oops, I need to smooth out the rear window of the cabin . . .

Happy Sketching,

Brad

RayOchoa

@greentoaster said:

. . . here's another quick idea . . . something a little different . . . oops, I need to smooth out the rear window of the cabin . . .

Happy Sketching,

Brad

I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE a nice original concept (although from the top it looks kinda like a uh um well...... you should know. ) wut were you doing when you did it? lol

ely862me

Mr Green pls finish this one.
One advice:apply on it the sub an smooth.
Is looking really nice.

GreenToaster

@unknownuser said:

One advice:apply on it the sub an smooth.
Do you mean select all the surfs in the groups and then use "Soften/Smooth Edges"?

ely862me

i mean waat s plugin

GreenToaster

@unknownuser said:

Mr Green pls finish this one.
I'll see what I can do, k?

GreenToaster

@unknownuser said:

i mean waat s plugin

I've never used it - I'll try to find it and check it out - thanks for the suggestion.

GreenToaster

Found the script you recommended (finally) - got it (finally) - can't rip the gigantic smile off me face as I use it . . .

THANKS for the suggestion!!!

GreenToaster

. . . wow . . . this is amazing . . . I love it . . . why didn't someone tell me about this earlier . . . (ha) . . . now I am beginning to figure out (finally) how people get those silky smooth models - it's cheating . . . but I still love it!

bw_sub&smooth_001.jpg

bw_sub&smooth_002.jpg

bw_sub&smooth_003.jpg

plot-paris

GreenToaster, I think you should start a new thread now called "My Cars have a completely new Look!"
(this thread has enough pages after all )

ely862me

well for ur cars i think this plugin is great but i m using it just for few parts only once i applied it on the entire car.
I don t like it because is messing the corner instead making them more soften.
I preffer making them in normal way.

GreenToaster

@unknownuser said:

I preffer making them in normal way.
Could we agree each method has advantages? Hope so.

@unknownuser said:

I think you should start a new thread now called "My Cars have a completely new Look!"
Consider it "done" - thanks for the suggestion. Interesting you made this observation b/c I took the time to look through each post of this thread last weekend - I think it's time to move on to something new, something fresh, something that represents perhaps a new level.

Thanks for the suggestions - happy Sketching,

GT
(aka Brad on a plethora of universes)