Monday 26 February 2024

Renault sketch

 

© Juan Méndez

From the Renault Luz project sketches made during the pandemic.

Monday 12 February 2024

TVR Eresus wheel gun

 

© Juan Méndez

For this particular illustration I decided to blend some images in order to show what was most important, that is, the use of the wheel gun that the "Eresus" includes with the spare tire tool kit. 
First I made a sketch of the whole scene, starting with some reference images with people just precisely doing that, changing the tire.
Then I mounted the sketch into the 3d Blender model to put the SUV in the right position and later make an overlay with it. This involved of course lifting the whole vehicle and adding the spare tire. The opened compartment for the gun was later drawn.
Next, and in order to save some time, I upload the scene to Viscom to create the girl's clothing. Drawing all the foldings and making them look real is hard and it can also make you waste time unnecessarily.
Finally, using PS, I rendered the car, the background, the wheel gun and the girl's face and hair. 
And that was it. 
I personally don't like using the AI for car design. Specially because I like to do the job,,, I like designing sketching and rendering the cars on my own, that's real fun for me.  Therefore, what I do is to leave, (what for me are), the cumbersome tasks to the computers, to complement my work and it is really helpful. Thanks for that.