Vehicle Design course

[ArtofAleksey]

@burvantill yeah i think redrawing the weak car in the same confidence you did the strong one would make it easier for you to see things that are and arent working.

[burvantill]

I redid my Weak car... better @ArtofAleksey?

[ArtofAleksey]

@burvantill yes! Flat tires are a nice touch

[Coley]

@burvantill flat tires. What a stroke of genius! Very cool

[NicolaSchofield]

I decided I’m going to include a vehicle in my entry for the March contest so it’s a good time to do the vehicle design course! Here are my caricatures for the first assignment. I feel maybe I could have pushed them a bit further so will try to keep that in mind as I move on to the stance part of the first assignment.

[shanehunt]

@burvantill I agree about the flat tires. Great idea. It looks like your image might be a bit too small judging by the texture and line quality. I would consider doing slightly larger drawings for the future assignments and focusing on craftsmanship and tightness. Looking forward to more from you!

[shanehunt]

@neschof Excellent work! I’m impressed at the wide variation in proportions. And very nice line quality. Keep it up.

[ArtofAleksey]

@neschof nice variation, I love the stubby car

[burvantill]

@shanehunt Thankyou for the suggestion. I’ve been drawing these in my sketchbook (vertical format). I will start using the full page from now on.

[NicolaSchofield]

Next part of the assignment - stance. I found this really hard but also quite fun. I had a vague idea of a scared & cringing creature for weak, I was trying for sort of hunched "shoulders", and being pushed forward but not wanting to go. For strong I was thinking of the puffed up superhero stance with chin up and chest out. It ended up more subtle than I thought.

[NicolaSchofield]

@shanehunt thank you! I’m finding the course fun and super useful / interesting

@ArtofAleksey thanks, I think stubby one kinda looks like a normal(ish) mini

[NicolaSchofield]

@ArtofAleksey just seen your strong stance - he's so perky and cute! 🥰

[ArtofAleksey]

@neschof thanks!

I like your weak stance it sorta looks terrified. Although your strong stance looks very close to the “normal” one you did

[burvantill]

Assignment 1 Part 3


What I see: The pontoon on the port side seems wrong. I think it should be slightly bigger even though my perspective lines lineup, it’s closer so it should be a little bit bigger. It looks weird like this. And the starboard tail wing is too long.
I think my ship is OK except for the tangent of the horizon line and the bottom of the hull. Lol

What do you see?

[NicolaSchofield]

@ArtofAleksey yeah, it is only subtly different. How about this? I’ve tweaked him a bit to bulk/puff him up and lean forward a little.

[NicolaSchofield]

@burvantill I’m going to give this a go now. I think you’ve done a good job - It looks quite complicated!

[burvantill]

Here are my vehicles for Assignment 2. My character is Wile E. Coyote and these are vehicles that he would use to try and chase down the Road Runner.

[Heather Boyd]

@burvantill these look great! -low form high function is my favorite.

[NicolaSchofield]

@burvantill really nice ideas and also lovely drawings. My favourite is the second, I feel like low function machines are kinda Wile E Coyote's thing

I chose Winnie the Pooh but I'm struggling with it so might change my mind!

[burvantill]

@Heather-Boyd Thanx! My very first ever engine drawing. I used to wonder why, when we were little, my brother would make car noises while drawing. I totally get it now. LOL