Hot Rod Update

Got some high poly modeling done today. Specifically spent time on refining the undercarriage area, the gas tank, tires, and redid in the interior fabric of the cab (which I'm much happier with now).

Unfortunately, I also realized I forgot to copy a low poly version of the cab! I'll have to figure out what I want to do about that. Doh!

Hot Rod Update

Back to working on the Hot Rod now that the Thanksgiving holiday is over!

Nothing super exciting this update, got high poly work done on the cab interior. I'm not really happy with how the ridged cloth on the cab walls looks, so I might redo that later.

Hot Rod Update

Just a quick shot of the entire thing as of right now. Did a little work on the high poly mesh for the cab... really adjusted the flow of the cab to fit this nifty reference I found. With Thanksgiving around the corner I have to admit I didn't get tons done today!

As you can tell from the screengrab, things aren't into their correct positions yet. Going to need to elongate the car a bit to fit the engine details in, the front end of car will sit much lower in final.

Happy Thanksgiving as of tomorrow.  =)

Hot Rod Update: Engine getting there!

Modeled engine light + details. Adjusted detailing around carburetor belt. Also, wasn't fond of the round carb/engine mounts... thought they just looked kind of funny. Fixed to a square shape. Still think they look a little funny due to size... might lengthen to support light more believably.

Want to add more detailing to the light, the shape is a bit too tubular I feel. There's some cool ref out there with ridges on the top and a more protrusive top front lip.

More Hot Rod Engine

Adjusted exhaust, more detail on transmission (not sure if I like the pegs holding up the cables... will address later), added some screws and plates to where exhaust meets engine.

Hot Rod Update

Started in on the transmission.

Hot Rod Update

Hot Rod Update

Got some more work done on the engine. Creating all the little bobbles is super fun.

Kind of random, but useful, things I've learned. dafont.com is an awesome, free font website discovered when creating the lettering for the Hemi logo. Also, after fonts not showing up in 3ds Max (2011 32x) I learned that 3ds Max likes .ttf files for fonts. http://www.freefontconverter.com/ will convert your font files for free so you can drop it on into your fonts folder(s) and all is well. Super handy stuff? I think so.

Hot Rod Update

Hot Rod Update

Hot Rod Update

Started getting some work done on the engine. More time consuming as there's a lot of detail and I'm going fairly high poly. Fun, though! Have no fear.... it won't remain pink forever.

Hot Rod Update

I've been sick for the last week, so not as far along on the hot rod as I'd like! Nyquil, sleep and soup has me on the mend, though. Got some work in yesterday and today!

Obviously it's not rotated into position yet (the front suspension will all line up eventually). Just added in some detail to radiator, spikes on front tires, back end gas tank. I want to add some spikes to the front rod too, I think... not entirely sure what I want them to look like though.

Updated Website

http://april-s-art.com/home.html

I took some time to quickly update my website with screencaps from my latest shipped titles: Forza Motorsport 4 and Modern Warfare 3 (Wii).

HotRod

Got a little more work done on the hot rod. Added brake detailing to front and back, including suspension.