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The way I see it , and to my eyes what jumps to me at first glance is the breaking lines front to back
The visual rake line deeps right at the A pilar , kind of a deep point in there , then it rises as it moves to the front . Maybe is it just stay on a strait continuos line , or it may jut waive along up and down as the oceans waives or the rolling hills that we can find all over in the natural mountains around North Cal Last edited by oldfriend; 01-02-2014 at 08:23 PM. |
01-02-2014, 07:30 AM | #30 |
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Hey Doc,
Try flattening the hood instead of curving it downward. I believe this will add some height to the grille and raise it a bit as well. Also, try bringing the left and right sides of the tail closer together to give it that "tightened" look. I think if you do this, it will look more "muscle". -B |
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I am sorry Doc, I don't have anything nice to say...nor do I have the skills to do any better!
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Doc,
I have lurked in your two threads for a little while now and you ask for constructive criticism...I truly agree that it was you need. I come from a design background and can tell you that what may be constricting you a bit is drawing. For every design that I created I made at least 20 or more thumbnail sketches, from those I chose the best 3 to 5 and refined them. This had me define more of what I was looking for, by no means the finished product. After that I chose 2 or 3 that truly had the basis of what I wanted, and only then did i place it into a digital format (and normally 2d first). The first is a digital rough, blocky and unrefined. But i would then take those three and after seeing the digital roughs sided by side, decide on which one I would create. By then it had taken on a life of its own. I truly feel this may be the part of the process that is holding you back. Every design process is done in this way; many, many steps until digital. Reason being is that you are constrained by the small box that you place the digital image in and thus less creativity comes forth. Trust me I tried. **In another thread you mention cartoony comic book cars, I get what your saying, but that is the beginning, the ideas, the brainstorming, the refining all before it becomes digital and tangible.** I think you are at the cusp of what you could design. Your other concept, I was not fond of only because it seemed as though it drew from multiple other cars, kind of like a Frankenstein, but with that said, it was a triumph in the aspect of learning the software, a bit about the design aspect and hopefully a way to take criticism and be humble. Remember as 1 man builds it, hundreds will try to tear it down. With this one, I like the fact that you looked elsewhere such as the P-51 mustang for inspiration, just be careful about being too literal in "retro" translation. Also an idea is to look towards nature, for your ideas as well. Nature is the perfect designer for a reason, hence why we rely on it for so many of the designs and items we have today. I think you are on the right track to inspire yourself and others, I just think you are missing the first steps and diving right into the computer cause its the real fun part as you see it fleshed out in reality. As for this car, I don't really see a solid Mustang or Camaro. What I do see is a lot more pieces parts from other cars again. Not that its not a great effort, it just needs that bit of charisma and personality to be one of those two cars, something found in the beginning stages of design. Also, let the comments of others enhance your ideas, not influence your direction. Some will like it, some will not, it is a rare bird when everyone loves it! I mean the gen 4 Camaro body style was originally supposed to be a corvette and the ford probe was intended to be a mustang, neither fit the bill for the original purpose....so don't get hung up on what it should be. design it and if its a Camaro then awesome, if its the DOC ConceptX, then awesome! Remember, Edison made hundreds of electric piles of junk before getting the light bulb! @ everyone else, give the guy a break, if you can do better than do it, if not, then give CONSTRUCTIVE advice, if not that, then sit back and watch what unfolds because you are just a bystander this time. |
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I've observed many of your drawings on here over time and see you're very passionate about design. This one; however, I just don't see any correlation to any American made pony car. To me, it's very far out of the realm of American muscle. It looks more like a combination of an exotic/1970's futuristic concept/rear engine automobile. Good luck!
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It looks good for a Mustang LOL
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this are serious thread? lolz
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and yes...is Opel GT
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Wait... We will still be driving on wheels in 2020? Damnit.
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Thank you to all the constructive and supportive commenters! The overall tone of the posts (most of them anyways) has greatly improved and the suggestions and constructive feedback is definitely welcome.
Here's the latest; a LOT of small tweaks and adjustments pretty much all over the place. Enhancing the curves and sculpting. Right now the hood is a simple and smooth shape but I created it as a separate element so I can change it and/or have multiple versions. I'm going to modify it for those who've suggested that. I'm surprised to see over 1,000 views already in only a day! Good to see the interest, and considering that many views, it's nice to see very few disparaging remarks. This is the reason why I like this forum; by and large the members are a much classier bunch than what I see in other forums.
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Sorry if you don't like my opinions about your rendering but in my opinion it looks nothing like a Camaro or Mustang but is rather starting to resemble a late model C3 Corvette like say what someone from 1980 would say the future of the corvette would have been. Just my observations but the doors are to short to be coupe doors and are more the size of a 4 door sedans doors and the back window is way to bubble like and again resemble's a 1980 corvette back window. doesn't appear to have enough room for back seats which Camaro's have. the front fenders also resemble a C3 corvette's fenders. I would also try and come up with a better grill design rather that just throwing the current grill on your model. I would think that if you were going to try and design the C7 Camaro then i would look more towards a mix of the 80's and 90's Camaro for inspiration. I am in no way trying to say that i could do a better job than you and you did post on here asking people what they think and i am not trying to be mean towards you I am just letting you know what i think about the designs you posted. Please don't stop posting the pictures because if we all said we liked the first one and you stopped at that then you would never make it better and that is what i thought all this was about. keeps the updates coming
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1. I really like the last rendering. Clean, modern, and appears producible.
2. It will not work for a Camaro as Chevy will not put a V8 powered two seater in production unless the vehicle is a Corvette. 3. I personally would like to see something like this in production, maybe with the ATS 2.0T/Tremec 30/60 power train and with a shorter wheel base and curb weight below 2800lbs. Laborsmith |
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