Vehicle and Prop Design | Exercises: Fundamentals of Vehicle Design

24.04.25 - 13.06.26 / week 1 - week 9

Subhana Salim / 0375936 

Vehicle and Prop Design/ Bachelor's of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University 

Exercises: Fundamentals of Vehicle Design

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Instructions   

2. Exercises: Fundamentals of Vehicle Design

3. Final

4. Reflection

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INSTRUCTIONS

Exercises : Fundamentals of Vehicle Design : 

Students are to practice and demonstrate a thorough understanding of vehicle and prop design through a series of continuous exercises. 

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EXERCISES:

FUNDAMENTALS OF VEHICLE DESIGN

1. FORM AND SHAPE

For the first exercise I drew 3 objects from 5 different angles each.

Figure 1.1 Form of Mouse

Figure 1.2 Form of Polish

Figure 1.3 Form of Tape

2. CONSTRUCT AND DECONTRUCT SHAPES

For the second exercise, I broke down the shapes of the bike, boat, and autorickshaw.

Figure 1.4 Deconstruct & Construct of Bike

Figure 1.5 Deconstruct & Construct of Boat

Figure 1.6 Deconstruct & Construct of Auto-Rickshaw

3. SILHOUTTES

For the third exercise I made 10 silhouettes of boats

Figure 1.7 Silhouette of Boat

4. VALUE STUDIES

For the 4th exercise I took 5 silhouettes of boats and added value.

Figure 1.8 Value studies 

5. PERSPECTIVE STUDIES

For the 5th exercise, I drew perspective lines and drew the boat in 3/4 view

Figure 1.9 Perspective 

6. AMBIENCE STUDIES 

For the 6th exercise I made painting studies of 6 balls of different materials :- steel, iron, gold, rock, glass, and obsidian 

Figure 1.10 Ambience Studies

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FINAL 

 2.1 Exercises: Fundamentals of Vehicle Design

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REFLECTIONS

This task was a base to learn important fundamentals that will assist me in my later assignments, especially my pre-production task. I learned valuable knowledge of breaking down of vehicles into simple shapes, drawing 3d forms, silhouettes, value painting as well as texture painting. I feel that I have learned a lot in terms of my understanding of vehicles and vehicle design and skills have improved a lot through this exercise.

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