Green Toaster's Car Sketches

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?

RayOchoa

@greentoaster said:

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?

Its for making terrain and things in that form. you can make nice smooth tweaking

GreenToaster

@unknownuser said:

Its for making terrain and things in that form. you can make nice smooth tweaking

So, Ray, do you use it?

Should I be using it?

Am I ever going to start detailing and rendering?

RayOchoa

@greentoaster said:

@unknownuser said:

Its for making terrain and things in that form. you can make nice smooth tweaking

So, Ray, do you use it?

Should I be using it?

Am I ever going to start detailing and rendering?

I use it when I'm experimenting with the shape of the car but its not THAT important of a tool don worry bout it

GreenToaster

. . . another electric car . . .

GreenToaster

If you look at the low number of poly's in this model you can get an idea how fast it was created & edited . . . just another quick sketch . . .

Happy Sketching,

Brad

Marian

These look nice, post a model or two, i want to render them

GreenToaster

Thanks - here ya go.

They're really sloppy - for example, the geometry on the "electric car" is messed up around the front wheels - I wasn't paying attention to details or consistent geometry but rather just trying to quickly jot down an idea. Also, on the "electric car", I used SketchyFFD for some shaping - I find it's usually quicker to do shaping manually - I prefer to have more control where FFD quite often wreaks havoc with the integrity of the geometry requiring lots of time to "fix" stuff so it'll be symmetrical, & so forth. It's fun to take this one and stretch the shapes to come up with wildly different looking cars (see image(s) attached below).

I think the last car has the potential for detailing - it could be "okay" I guess - just a quick concept.

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bw_car_rename_044_A.skp