Green Toaster's Car Sketches

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!

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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)

GreenToaster

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

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GreenToaster

. . . another car . . .

Roguer1

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

. . . inspired by a velomobile . . .

This is supposed to be an animated gif file - does it work?

GreenToaster

. . . CFTD . . .

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GreenToaster

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

I think the mirrors give it a sort of insect-like aesthetic.

ely862me

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

GreenToaster

@unknownuser said:

lol a flying car??

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

GreenToaster

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

Obviously, I'm not happy with the back end yet . . .

RayOchoa

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

Roguer1

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

Models are looking good btw.

GreenToaster

@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

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

. . . 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

@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

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?