Basic Rendering Technique

  In this tutorial you will develop and practice a basic understanding reflective surfaces, starting with a simple cylinder and progressing to a vehicle body side. Reflective surfaces mirror the world around the object, and distort the world in such a way as to define the form.

Assignment: 10 pages of assorted cars and SUVs in side view, rendered in pencil based on a defined light source, and defining the form through reflective surfaces. Try to develop a variety of original, futuristic designs for each drawing.

    Here we'll take what we learned in basic shading and reflectivity, and sketch out a beautiful coupe in the rear 3/4 view. First we'll map out the surfaces with section lines, and identify what surfaces are facing ground, horizon, and sky. You'll see how the principles of light, shadow and reflectivity are enacted in more complex, sculptural vehicular forms.

Assignment: 10 pages of assorted cars and SUVs in different perspectives, rendered in pencil based on a defined light source. Try to develop a variety of original, futuristic designs for each drawing