Concepts

Flying car: station wagon


Infestation


Orbital Burger Joint

2954 Concorde

I had finished modeling it on Thursday, and in a fit of boredom, I took an unextred render, put it in Photoshop to try and get an idea of how I would like the car painted. The painterly look I put on it looked too good to just have for a simple composite. I saved an image with the background set transparent and dropped it into Illustrator, with the outcome being this neat little vintage-styled print ad.

Project: Concorde

Concept



Modeling: Day one


Modeling: Day two


Further details on the work soon.

Another WIP

Because I can't have enough work on my hands, right? I'm already working on the spaceship, the Imagine Cup game, the Zombie Cab, and a texture package. And now this flying jet car thing. Personally, I like the results so far, a lot of it is looking very smooth, and hopefully, it'll keep up like that all the way through.

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Current WIP: Zombie Cab

Between working on my class assignment, The first Imagine Cup Project and gearing up for what will hopefully be my second IC assignment (I couldn't find a way to log on to the US site, so I might be SOL--I'll find out in a few hours), I feel like I'm going to experience a severe case of burnout, if I don't have something to keep my mind busy. So, I decided to take on another little side project: building the Zombie Apocalypse Marathon Checker cab.

The progress is going well, and I'm currently working the hood. Hopefully when it's done, it'll look a lot like this:

Speed Modeling: Range Rover Classic

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The castled bonnet was a bit tricky to make, and the mesh isn't all that symmetrical. But the vehicle's basic shape was made rather quickly, being intended to be a low poly model. Unfortunately the lighting flattened the shape of the grille bars, which is in fact a modeled mesh rather than a normal map.

Shaping the rear tailgate presented it's own unique problems, but the flaws were easily covered once the taillamps were placed in. Note the Blender monkey placed as a badge in lieu of the traditional Land Rover logo.

All in all, not too bad for a two hour sit down. This was more an exercise in getting in line on working with vertices and faces, as a means of cutting back on polygons for smoother gaming. Though the roof may be a little too high, the exaggeration of it's shape with the lack of fine details, gives it an almost cartoony look while still making it recognizable as a Range Rover.

EDIT: Now that I look at it again, it looks like something you'd find in Katamari Damacy. Which I have to admit, plays off it's low graphic quality as good stylization.

Sketch Dump

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I seem to have come down with an inner ear infection, and can't hold a steady line for the life of me. Managed to get these done. Photoshopped versions will arrive in a later post.

Containment Unit: Haulers and Yards

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After working on the containers, I began to build other things that may relate to it: container loaders, storage yards, & such. The textures used are either preloaded with Strata 3D CX, open license images, or made from scratch in Photoshop.

 

Death Cab For Zombie

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Pencil sketch

Inked & coloured in Photoshop

Everyone loves zombie games. They're what WWII games were a few years ago. But way more fun. That being said, what better vehicle to motor around New York City in during a zombie apocalypse, than an old Marathon Checker cab? Big, roomy, 5 MPG, and built to last. Outfitted with some window armour, a few portholes to stick your guns out, and you're ready to hit Times Square!