3d art

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Waldemar
Bartkowiak
Username: mancubus
Personal portfolio site
www.mancubus.glogow.org
Country Poland
Hardware used Quadcore
Q6600 2.7GHz, 8GB RAM
Expertise Waldemar specialises
in modelling and texturing
The idea is to build a post-apocalyptic style car, like you might see
01 in the Mad Max movies, or Fallout computer games. It needs to be
rough, dirty, put together from different parts – look mean. Most of the parts
need to be rusty, weathered and damaged, showing it has been built from
junk and that it has a long history on the road. We chose the cliché setting –
on some desert road, which highlights that there are few to no survivors left.
Texturing,
lighting
I
n this tutorial, the main goal is to create an
image, which has the feeling of 2D art, but uses
3D tools. You can find a lot of shiny, brand new,
realistic car renders out there, but we want this artwork
to stand out from the crowd. We feel that concept art
really complements the rusty pick-up truck in a postapocalyptic
environment better than any other style. To
create the image, a combination of 2D and 3D skills will
be used. The car will be modelled with a large amount
of detail, using LightWave 3D and modo. We want to
design a truck that looks as if it could actually have
been built in reality, but give it an illustrative finish. For
lighting, rendering and compositing, LightWave 3D will
be used to match the background. To get the 2D feel,
multiple passes will be composited and then combined
with overpaint techniques, using photo textures,
procedurals and hand-painted elements. Finally, all the
layers will be composited in Photoshop.
For the base, we used a
02 combination of two popular pick-up
trucks: a Dodge Ram and a Ford F-150. Using
parts from both of them, the car was
customised to make it less recognisable. Of
course the car also needs custom tyres and
a different engine that will stick out from the
car body. We opted for a pick-up truck for
the vehicle as it will be able to carry a greater
amount of armour, fuel and equipment. Plus
the survivors can load various objects/
resources, which they may discover in this
unfriendly environment.
You can’t have a post-apocalyptic
03 vehicle without weapons. Militia in some
countries use pick-up trucks as weapon bases/
fighting vehicles called ‘technicals’. While looking
for references, we found the big, mean Russian
Kord machine gun that seemed perfect for the
main gun. Then, you can go on to look for other
details and references like rucksacks, fuel
canisters, pieces of armour, etc. This research part
is very important, and the amount of time you
spend on planning your piece at this stage will
definitely pay off later.
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