Auto Design !!

Flying Machines

2012-02-07T22:50:00.000-08:00

My Interpretation :: Ferrari-599_GTB_Fiorano

2011-08-09T20:19:00.000-07:00

My Interpretation :: Ferrari-599_GTB_Fiorano. 20 minutes sketch.

Sketch and Final Rendering for Concept Ship

2011-08-08T23:29:00.000-07:00

Thumbnail sketch to line work to Final Photoshop. 9 Hours of Work.

Random Van sketch

2011-08-08T07:24:00.000-07:00

Concept Ships

2011-08-08T05:33:00.000-07:00

This is first sketch which drastically away from what I normally do as a car Designer. It was fun doing and trying different effect. Key thumbnail sketch was done in Sketchbook pro. Refined line work was also done in Sketchbook Pro.

Photoshop was used to render the concept ship.The fun part is first time I did majority of portion of photoshop work with mouse and not on Cintiq. Probably last 20 % details were done on Cintiq.

Random Sketch Year 2007

2011-08-04T10:55:00.000-07:00

Marker Rendering Video Tutorial

2011-07-31T06:17:00.000-07:00

In year 2008 I conducted Auto Design workshop in IDC, IIT Bombay. Few enthusiastic students captured the marker rendering. I have combined those videos together and made tutorial out of that. Hope it will be useful for aspiring Design students.

Proportions- Notchback

2011-07-29T05:51:00.000-07:00

Concept of Golden proportion is the most beautiful thing nature has shown in its creations.

The 1 to 0.618 or 1 : 1.618 works very well to make the proportions appealing and to look balanced. The concept of golden Proportion( Section) was widely used in art and architecture, Greek art, Ancient Egypt. The Golden Proportion, phi, has been observed to evoke emotion or aesthetic feelings within us. The ancient Egyptians used it in the construction of the great pyramids and in the design of hieroglyphs found on tomb walls.

It was used in the design of Notre Dame in Paris.

We have talked about hatchback proportions before. In case of notchback we can see the wheel base and height proportions in reference with the wheel size. There are some basic thumb rules while drawing the sedan. From wheel center the height is 1 W + 0.6 W ,W= Wheel diameter. The wheel base is 4W+ etc.

Random Army Vehicle

2011-07-27T03:32:00.000-07:00

Proportions

2011-07-26T09:42:00.001-07:00

For next few days I will talk about Proportions. Why they are important in car design and they come way before the Form generation.

Proportions are important for any object to look beautiful. It is true in human bodies also.

Vitruvius described as the principal source of proportion among the orders of proportion of the human figure.

Even before we go to sketch exportation it is important to define the proportions of the Car in side view. Chris Bangle says in his Car Design workshop that “PSD” is vital part of the Car Design. P= Proportions, S= Surface and D =Details. They come with priority with proportion being at the top.

Some Proportions are like Golden proportions; proven to look beautiful.

For example Nautilus shell looks beautiful because of its Spiral proportions first, then the surface definition and lastly the details.

For that matter I have given example of the Hatch back proportion. As the relation of the wheel and the whole body structure is important. The proportion scale is in reference with the wheel. The moment I change the wheelbase or the height of the car in relation to the wheel size the car will start looking out of the proportion.

Quick car rendering in Photoshop

2011-07-26T09:32:00.000-07:00

This tutorial shows how to quickly render a car in Photoshop with a marker rendering style.
PDF for Downloading:
http://www.siamautostyle.in/pdf/Tutorial-photoshop_by_pankaj.pdf

Small SUV

2011-07-25T09:06:00.000-07:00

Zen Estilo

2011-07-25T09:00:00.000-07:00

Zen Estilo

2011-07-25T08:57:00.000-07:00

Random Sports car

2011-07-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

Easy Lee

2011-07-25T08:39:00.001-07:00

Easy Lee

2011-07-25T08:38:00.000-07:00

Easy Lee

2011-07-25T08:36:00.000-07:00

Limo Interpretation

2011-07-25T08:25:00.000-07:00

Random Future

2011-05-17T22:12:00.001-07:00

Sporty LIMO

2011-05-12T00:04:00.000-07:00

Sporty MPV

2011-05-02T23:04:00.000-07:00

Limo

2011-05-02T23:03:00.001-07:00

2010-05-15T09:46:00.000-07:00

Just going through my old tutorial published on www.carbodydesign.com way back in Sept 2008. I am planning to have 2 more , one for photo realistic rendering and one video for marker rendering. Video tutorial exists, but need to edit it.

Till that time enjoy the old one:

http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2008/09/12-quick-rendering-photoshop-tutorial/

Beijing Motor Show 2010

2010-05-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

Beijing Motor Show 2010 opened with theme 'For a Greener Tomorrow'. Knowing that, this show offered Evs and Hybrid cars at every stand , I am trying to figure out where our Auto Expo 2010 stand ! And majority of these Evs and hybrid cars are actually production cars, on sell , not Concepts !! Amazing....

In 2009, 13.65 million vehicles were sold in China (Number one car market). Domestic as well as International players are trying hard to introduce new models in very short time. They have to do that as market grew by 40 % last year there. Some unbelievable figures ..!!

This show showcased 65 concept vehicles and 89 models making their world debut.

The designs are much better than before. Offcourse many cars were designed by European design houses but that typical Chinease touch seems to be need of the game..!!