05-04-2013, 05:23 PM
Are these finished? The main thing that stands out for me is the sketchiness of your designs. You are depicting hard edged surfaces but you rarely use straight lines or nice clean curves as needed. The lineart from your original sketches needs to come out or be integrated into the final render unless you are going for a cel shaded look.
I recommend Scott Robertson's vids on youtube and maybe his Gnomon dvd's to get a really good understanding of the approach to hard surface rendering in a more methodical and controlled way, because that is the nature of the beast unfortunately. I think you also need to work on understanding how light affects form and refining your use of value control to show off form. Again Scott Robertson is awesome for this, and the "bible" Colour and Light by Gurney outlines most of the lighting variables and conditions you would ever need.
As a general case, I find almost white backgrounds really hurt my eyes with the contrast so maybe dial it down a notch.
You can also search out car or industrial design concept sketch vids on youtube, which often have some useful tips and techniques you can learn from. For the most part, get really comfortable with using selections, masks and the lasso tool.
I recommend Scott Robertson's vids on youtube and maybe his Gnomon dvd's to get a really good understanding of the approach to hard surface rendering in a more methodical and controlled way, because that is the nature of the beast unfortunately. I think you also need to work on understanding how light affects form and refining your use of value control to show off form. Again Scott Robertson is awesome for this, and the "bible" Colour and Light by Gurney outlines most of the lighting variables and conditions you would ever need.
As a general case, I find almost white backgrounds really hurt my eyes with the contrast so maybe dial it down a notch.
You can also search out car or industrial design concept sketch vids on youtube, which often have some useful tips and techniques you can learn from. For the most part, get really comfortable with using selections, masks and the lasso tool.