nullarbor racers... Sketchbook pro

Back on the nullarbor racers for my Sunday afternoon Sketchbook pro speed sketch,this ones based loosely on the old traction engines

Kookaburra sketchbook pro speedketch

 From the reference shots I had enough to put together this sketch

Reference photos

Spring is always a great time up here on the mountain to see the birds which can always be a great source of reference

Liquid form speed sketch

Just a very quick sketch to loosen up and explore a different style. The idea is to throw it down quickly ...you can clean it up in the next sketch.

MADA Monash Industrial Design Exhibition

I visited the Monash Industrial Design Exhibition this week and was very pleased to see some excellent creativity and impressive models. Congratulations to Mike Chester from GM Design, Mike lectures in the Clay Modelling Studio and the outstanding skills and techniques developed in the studio are evident in the final project models on display in the graduate exhibition. I was very fortunate to work with Mike on many occasions he was my chief modeler at Nissan design Australia, we both started our automotive careers at GMH Design in melbourne when Tom Matano was Senior designer in the Torana studio.
Both myself and Tom regard Mike as one of the best Creative Modelers in the world

Bernie Walsh and Ian Wong review a model.

Mike Chester reviews one of his students work.

The pencil

I found these the other day while looking through some old folders from when I was at RMIT University...Its my 1st year drawing class exercises.
Using different pencils from 2h to 6b to achieve different tones.

Speed sketch with sketchbook pro

A very quick speed sketch using Sketchbook pro
to demonstrate using and creating custom brushes.

Sketchbook pro speed sketch tutorial

Here is a very quick speed sketch on the Wacom Cintiq...just sketch up your design in pencil and airbrush and use as an underlay remember to use new layers as you add  colour highlights and detail.

Nullarbor Racer

Thought I would do some more work on the Nullarbor Racer concepts

Really cool stuff

How cool .....this was like the film the right stuff ...... After 9 minutes and 3 seconds (preliminary data) from jump to landing, Felix Baumgartner touched the ground safely with a perfect landing. Preliminary figures (awaiting official record data)

Altitude reached: 128,097

Total time from jump to landing: 9 min. 3 seconds

Freefall duration: 4 min. 19 seconds

Speed: 1137 km per hour