Long time between drinks…

After a computer reformat and lotsa time in the workshop I have nothing to show for it…

well…

nothing except a bunch of pics and an armature in the claymodelling studio… fun!

Now, shots of the armature without clay.  Notice the ridiculous toe-in on the front wheels… fun!

These are preliminary pics of the clayed-up armature.

   

Final Concept Rendering

Yeh, this took way too long but still…

Kinda befitting a comic book hero to have his car rendered in art photoshop style…  hooray! More info on the car later

…PACKAGE DRAWING!!! ack!

That took way too long and rendering hasn’t even started and it’s 3:15pm…  but on the bright side…

UPDATE:  Here’s one with a gridline so we actually know how big the attack tricycle actually is… =)

Concepts are ack!!!

  hey there whoever’s reading this…

These are my concepts.  The descriptors are below.

Concept 1 consists of an attack tri-wheel that stows away in Archimedes (Nite Owl’s ship).  The design features wings that the weapons stow away in and FLIR (forward-looking infra-red) instead of an actual windscreen so that nite-owl has perfect visibility in the dark.

The design is based on a raptor about to strike.

Concept 2 consists of an attack bike that is smaller than the above concept.  Although it lacks the shelter of the previous design, it’s more mobile and carries many of the similar features.

However, the FLIR is less integrated and a 2-wheeler is inherently unstable.

 

Concept 3 consists of a tank/car device that stows weapons, FLIR and other assorted stuff within it.  The upshot with a car-like design is that a partner can come along for the ride.  The downside is that it can’t be carried around in Archie and isn’t as mobile.

More sketches and concept developments

Here’s some stuff I’ve done so far… ack!!!

Couple of more mood boards for the road…

… and at 4am on a Wednesday morning at that! =P

Anywho… =)

The first one is on military, stealth, weapons systems and whatnot…

Second one is on birds of prey and especially owls…

Kinda obvious when designing a ride for nite-owl…

Now for a few hours of shut-eye… ack!

Sketches: Update 1

Hey there whoever is looking at this blog…

It’s been interesting working with this project and it’s actually quite a reassuring restriction that the character I’m designing this car for doesn’t live in the real world.

It’s also really cool designing a crime-fighting vehicle to catch the bad people…  I have recurring memories of watching batman movies with extravagant cars and spaceships and other forms of transportation.  Makes me realise how much fun a movie prop designer can have or even the applications of ID on movies, games… even cartoons.

Here’s a bunch of sketches I’ve done so far 1 and a half weeks in…