Vehicle Design with Alex Jaeger (2010)

In this series, Alex Jaeger demonstrates his process for designing a futuristic military vehicle based on descriptions from a science fiction screenplay. In this second volume, with an emphasis on the production pipeline, he shows how to break down a three-quarter view of a vehicle design into orthographic views for a 3D modeler, and then demonstrates the process for rendering that three-quarter view into a final presentation piece in Adobe Photoshop®. Alex begins with the side orthographic view, showing you exactly how to correctly measure and position each element from your design. He leads you through his workflow to then create top, front, and back views, as well as alternates for "on-road" and "off-road" modes. Throughout the orthographic demo, Alex focuses on keeping the design accurate, well organized and easy for a 3D modeler to "read". He then moves on to rendering the three-quarter view in Photoshop, adding details to the line drawing and finishing with color, lighting, graphics, photo-textures, scale cues and atmosphere to present the vehicle in its world and bring the final design to life.
Volume 1 topics covered
* Design Philosophy for Film
* Sample Script
* Script Descriptions
* Design in 3/4 View
* Ideation Sketches
* Choosing a Design
* Refining a Design
* Cleaning Up the Design

Volume 2 topics covered
* From 3/4 View to Side View
* From Side View to Top View
* From top view to front view
* From front view to back view
* Alternate side view
* Finished orthos
* Detailing the 3/4 view
* Rendering the 3/4 view