IM no 3d artist but i have to show this off!

From a single picture, and almost no previous knowledge of 3d modeling:





Some people have taken the piss out of me for this, why eh? WHY? :P

Lemme know what y'all think.

Its not bad, but does sort of look like you did a 2d spline in the shape of the car body, then extrude. The texture job could do with some work (around the wheels).

But for a first time model it is "not bad" :)

(From a single picture, and almost no previous knowledge of 3d modeling:)

Good start :D

dave

"but does sort of look like you did a 2d spline in the shape of the car body, then extrude"

Hehe, yes, i kinda had to, i only had one picture of the car :)

im glad i got it textured, and the texture problem around the wheel keeps returning for some odd reason!

nice one. looks like a lamborghini countache. Now go and find some topdown pictures for the textures, the web is big :)

its a prism,though. Brilliant prism at that.
The textures are applied really well i think

Good start man, i suggest you mess around with that model until you make it perfect. Thats how i learned a lot, you will too. Just mess around and read tutorials.

try not extruding just once, but maybe 5 or 6 times - that way you can change the shape of the car towards the center, making the front stick out more, the roof slightly higher, etc... looks good though!

It reminds me of that car Homer designed in an episode of The Simpsons (the one that sent his brother's car company bankrupt). :)

In fact:

"try not extruding just once, but maybe 5 or 6 times - that way you can change the shape of the car towards the center, making the front stick out more, the roof slightly higher, etc... looks good though! "

hmmm! didnt even think of that, extrude.. ya know, i think im gona go redo this one! or at least, mod it a bit more....


@GfK: yes, yes it does.... D'OH!


ive also got a horrid problem with some zordering and a plane i threw in to make the in car view realistic >.<

@aab: Thanks, im realy chuffed with my texturing, even more chuffed at my transparent windows! ^.^

yeah m8 keep at this.

these two were my first cars as well. and I used the same method, I splined the outline of the middle of the car, then extruded a few times to the left and right to give me something to work with.

How can you not extrude? I guess all my accomplishments were pathetic compared to these. The only way I can create a car is to draw a 2D poly and extrude. Is there anyone that can help me with my problem?

And I can't figure out at all how to create those weird texture maps. HOW DO YOU PEOPLE GET THIS ALL ALIGNED?!?!?!

You 3D artists are weird, man.....

hmm. im a 'texture?' person myself

In truespace, I use U/V Cow U/V Cow tutorial

Give yourself time and keep at it. You got a good start and that counts for a lot.

im going back into it later on and designing a car i have multiple views of!
i need to, i have a car engine to model for (save myself £100s)


Cheers for your comments :D

A whole new world awaits you. I now spend my time looking at stuff and working out how I could model it. My girlfriend regualrly asks why I`m looking at here stangly. I now see polygons everywhere.

lol @ nick.

Damn my servers down atm, so the pics arent working (werent working) as of this post...


Il post back when im done with car v2.

why not make it from a box, (much easierIMHO)
Define the form roughly with a box, cut in to it to get the shapes you want

But yeah, nice work yavin

I think it is a good start:)

This is my very first model,i am also total new to modeling,i made it in GameSpace Light(this week),
from 3 digital shots of my old Mazda 323F(Astina)
Hehe it allmost looks like a car
Henrik

@Cygenus:
I would add more detail to the texture.

o.O i would, only i didnt make the texture- its the same pic i built the car from :P


@ruz

Box modeling didnt do good for me- i have to have something there to start with- ie a background picture. If i dont have that, i cant work, cuz i dont have a good mind for images and stuff :(