Work in Progress documentation of a spaceship concept design workflow from the first sketches to final visualisations
Please scroll down to the end to see the final viz
Software I have used:
- Sketchbook
- Speedform
- Alias
- VRED
- HdR Lightstudio
- Photoshop
- CFD
This is where all is starting: With a Collection of multiple doodles and very rough sketches in order to find the design concepts.
Rough box modelling in Autodesk Speedform using SubDs to find the right proportions and shapes
Smoothed SubD/ T-Splines Shape in Speedform
T-Spline T points
Autodesk® CFD calculations
Windtunnel setup
Pressure on Surfaces
Import into Alias: Detailing is starting
reworked hinge of the side and back wings
Detail of the visible Frame Construction is now added
Airintakes 2
Glashood and Primer
Starting the exhaust area
More Details are added
Hexagonal cooling air-intakes
Front camera
Wing frames added
Fan Air-intakes
Final Alias model with all details like screws and all radiuses
Back camera
Mid area
Back wing lights
Fuel and electrical intakes
Back area
Heaxagonal air intakes and front wing hinge
Alias Wireframe
Virtual Claymodel
Import and data preparation into Autodesk VRED:
Snapshot right after importing the data into VRED
Here the standard Plastic materials are assigned
Starting to edit some Materials
like Brushed Metal, Glass and Carpaint, Plastics, Chrome
Testrenderings for studio shots using an HDRi and a ramp
Starting to add some decals and textures and trying out different HDRi studio environments using HDR LightStudio within VRED
Adding some dirtmaps, scratches and used labelings
Streamlines exported from CFD via FBX into VRED
Renderings with DOF and some color correction in Photoshop
Beginning of a Hangar scene
Hangar modelled in Alias
Background: low Polygon SiFi city
Foreground Renderlayers: Ships, Shadow additional objects
Final Composition with Fog and Backplate
Blue Studios shots using latest VRED 2019 version with the new Lens Flare options and some little Color corrections in Photoshop.
White Background with different color concepts
Added a more detailed Jetengine form an Inventor file using Substance materials in VRED
Sky series with Sky HDRi vom www.hdri-hub.com
Photoshop retouched images