Green Toaster's Car Sketches

GreenToaster · 21 Jul 2008, 02:17

. . . 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!

plot-paris · 21 Jul 2008, 06:45

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 · 21 Jul 2008, 08:31

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 · 21 Jul 2008, 20:30

@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)

GreenToaster · 22 Jul 2008, 01:55

. . . but, before the "new" thread, I'd like to share a little a few more things I've been playing around with . . . like dis . . .

GreenToaster · 24 Jul 2008, 07:08

. . . another car . . .

Roguer1 · 24 Jul 2008, 08:14

I think it looks great, I especially like the front air dam. I've just started posting, I've added my first post of my latest WIP...

GreenToaster · 26 Jul 2008, 11:09

. . . inspired by a velomobile . . .

GreenToaster · 26 Jul 2008, 11:17

. . . CFTD . . .

GreenToaster · 26 Jul 2008, 12:31

. . . and . . . another one - these sketches go really quick . . .

ely862me · 26 Jul 2008, 20:20

lol a flying car??
Try to attach some wings wich will open on a button and there u go.

GreenToaster · 26 Jul 2008, 22:06

@unknownuser said:

lol a flying car??

Those were supposed to be motorcycles, not airplanes . . . . . .

GreenToaster · 29 Jul 2008, 02:23

. . . something for my cat's birthday . . . meow . . .

RayOchoa · 29 Jul 2008, 04:40

i like tha last one very sporty. im happy about hearing you got sub and smooth how is it workin for ya?

Roguer1 · 29 Jul 2008, 11:38

Hey Ray or GreenToaster, do you know how to use that smooth function. It baffels me totally.

Models are looking good btw.

GreenToaster · 29 Jul 2008, 12:06

@unknownuser said:

Hey Ray or GreenToaster, do you know how to use that smooth function. It baffels me totally.

[1] select the geometry you wanna smooze
[2] with screen cursor over selected geometry, right click, pick "Soften/Smooth Edges"

@unknownuser said:

Models are looking good btw.

Thanks - I'm just having fun, I don't take this very seriously - I guess that's obvious though.

@unknownuser said:

i like tha last one very sporty.

Thanks - I fixed the cabin - it was too close to the front, proportions were way off, but, it took 12 seconds to make it better.

@unknownuser said:

im happy about hearing you got sub and smooth how is it workin for ya?

Sub & smooth works great, I just can't figure out how to make it do much with concept car designs - superb for making happy creatures like "Sergeant Bunny" below . . . I'm having fun with it and will continue to work with it until I discover how it'll help. Certainly, it is fantastic for smoothing & so forth - like any tool, only as good as the user, eh?

Happy Sketching,

Brad

GreenToaster · 29 Jul 2008, 14:24

Today is my last day of vacation so I probably won't be posting any more concepts for a while. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I did this one - the front fenders were shaped using the subdivide & smooth script. Obviously, I need a lot more practice with that tool. All the other geometry was done "manually."

Happy Sketching,

Brad

GreenToaster · 29 Jul 2008, 21:16

. . . WIP . . . I usually don't build them using this technique but I guess it works okay . . . this one is very rough, but it's easy to align and smooth out the bumps using the scale tool . . .

Happy Sketching,

Brad

Roguer1 · 30 Jul 2008, 00:52

@greentoaster said:

@unknownuser said:

Hey Ray or GreenToaster, do you know how to use that smooth function. It baffels me totally.

[1] select the geometry you wanna smooze
[2] with screen cursor over selected geometry, right click, pick "Soften/Smooth Edges"

Thanks for the help but I actually meant the one in the sand box (i thought you were talking about that one)

GreenToaster · 30 Jul 2008, 01:14

I don't use the sand box - I have cats and so, I stay away from sand boxes . . .

But really, I never use it - what does it do?