Vehicle and Props Design - Exercises: Fundamentals of Vehicle Design

2/9/2022 - 11/11/2022 ( Week 1- Week 11 )

Sasilvia Cheong Pei Hoong / 0345031 / Bachelors of Design in Creative Media
Vehicle and Props Design / Entertainment Design
Exercises: Fundamentals of Vehicle Design


INSTRUCTION




Tasks
I had to list down the tasks to keep track of it because there were wayyy too many things to do at once. 

Week 1:
1. Deconstructing and constructing vehicles from references 5 x 3 types (land, air, water)

Week 2:
1. Look at "Sketching the Basics" in further readings and do some basic sketches of any object that we see and practice perspective.
2. Do 6 versions of a vehicle hybrid of any choice

Week 3: 
1. Holiday no class

Week 4:
1. Pick out one vehicle from the sketches we did and then learn the perspective (side, 3/4) by blocking it, before adding the curves and details. 

2. For project 1, select a theme, story, some silhouettes, mood boards, etc.… 

3. For silhouettes sketches do 5 each for air, land, and water

Week 7:
1. Continue with the silhouette sketches and finalize your mood board.

Week 6:
1. Pick out one of your favorite sketches of your chosen vehicle and continue with a progression sketch where new components can be added in or taken out. 

Week 7:
1. For exercises, study the materials and finishes, study how it is going to work with the structure of your vehicle, and how to colour and render it by studying the value.
2. For project 1, continue exploring your sketches and describe the components and functions of how it is going to work. 

Week 8:
ILW no class.



Exercises
Week 1
In week 1, we were tasked to search images of air, land and water vehicles then do breakdown sketches on them to identify the shapes and blocks for the vehicles structure. 


Fig. 1.1  Air week 1 (9/9/2022)



Fig. 1.2  Land week 1 (9/9/2022)



Fig. 1.3  Water week 1 (9/9/2022)


Week 2
In week 2, we had to do 6 sketches of a hybrid vehicle, I chose to do a moth x spaceship vehicle. I struggled a little with the perspective at the beginning but I had a lot of fun coming up with different ideas for the hybrid vehicles. 


Fig. 2.1  Hybrid vehicle #1 week 2 (15/9/2022)



Fig. 2.2  Hybrid vehicle #2 week 2 (15/9/2022)



Fig. 2.3  Hybrid vehicle #3 week 2 (15/9/2022)


We were also task to do perspective studies on props. 


Fig. 2.4  Clock, props week 2 (15/9/2022)



Fig. 2.5  Hand wash bottle, props week 2 (15/9/2022)


Week 7
In week 7 we were tasked to do material studies to get an idea of how material surfaces are rendered like so that we can use this technique when rendering our vehicles later on. 


Fig. 3.1  Material studies week 7 (27/10/2022)


Final


Fig. 4.1  Exercises: Fundamentals of Vehicle Design PDF (11/11/2022)




FEEDBACK

Week 4 (23/9/2022)
Number the vehicles so that it is easier to identify them during evaluation to prevent confusion. Identify the themes of the vehicles to get a better idea of the function of your vehicle. Draw from a 3/4 view so that it is easier to visualize the vehicle. The antenna on the vehicles can be quite flimsy, so try to make them thicker. As for the landing gear, for it to be functional and able to move, look into mechanical components read, and understand them. Try to not be too repetitive it will look overused and boring, take different shapes and volumes to balance it out.

Week 9 (28/10/2022)
The materials looks cool, the gold and silver will have it's reflection depending on how polished the surface is. When it is very polished it will have a very nice rim. Grey or green slight. Do colour studies, it is fine but refine it, reflectivity admission and translucent and reflects.




REFLECTION
Having to block out shapes and drawing the vehicles was tough, it felt very technical to me like I was drawing a building for architecture. But I did had a lot of fun with the hybrid vehicles since we were allowed to create them however we want. I also enjoyed the material studies, it is nice to see that the more you paint, the more realistic it would get.



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