I have always been fascinated with flying cars, and it was a dream of mine that maybe one day I could pilot such a flying car. Since that is far off though, I thought I would make a piece of art related to the idea instead…
I wanted the piece to be inspired by the film, "The Fifth Element", whilst keeping my own style to it. I wanted the vehicles in the shot to be something that could be used for both Earth and for other planets, too.
Sketch:
First of all, I started off with a sketch of the vehicles. I used paper and pen rather than the computer for this as this is what I’m used to, but you could ask create something with a tablet in digital format if you like. Luckily, I had a clear mental picture of what I wanted, and only had to refine the environment.
Modelling:
I created a camera with a background of my scanned sketch, and began placing box objects in line. After this, I went into independent cameras and used simple box modelling for the ships. The ships are actually not that high in poly count, as I wanted detail in the texture and post effects (which also worked well with my not-so-fast computer). You can see a bit of this low detail in the main model. Usually when modelling I always start basic, and make details by cutting faces, extruding and chamfering. A little rule I sometimes go by is: "Chamfer it!” The detail grows and grows as you cut more details into the model, and get more extrusions and chamfered edges.
