For the vehicle project, I created a personal aircraft that is halfway between a motorcycle and a helicopter. As ever, I wanted to go stylized over realistic. I looked at a lot of images of steam-punk like vehicles. I especially drew a lot of inspiration from films like Studio Gibli’s Naussica of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky. Both movies have some really interesting flying machines in them. I really liked Castle in the Sky’s designs with their chunky bodies and propellors everywhere. You can see this reflected in my vehicle. The Birdwing has four total propellors of various sizes. I’m not super happy with the texturing, though I think it gets the point across. I am very happy with the overall shape of the vehicle. I had a lot of fun sculpting it. It’s an interesting mix of hard edge and organic modeling.
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