Greyscale Rendering

Greyscale Digital Rendering

Sports Car: Greyscale Rendering on White Background

This exercise introduces the basics of digital automotive rendering. In this exercise you’ll learn how to render a sexy, Italian sports coupe in greyscale on a white background, with an emphasis on sculpted, voluptuous shapes. In the video I explain the basics of light and shadow, and how to use light and shadow to describe various automotive forms and surfaces. We also learn about warm and cool contrast, using subtle earth and sky tones to further describe the form and bring it to life.

This tutorial was done using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, available on PC/Mac or iPad.

Assignment: 5 sports cars in perspective, rendered in greyscale on a white background. Try to develop a variety of unique and futuristic design concepts.

SUV: Greyscale Rendering on White Background

This time you’ll render a futuristic, off-road electric SUV in greyscale on a white background, with an emphasis on chiseled, geometric shapes. In the video I explain the basics of light and shadow, and how to use light and shadow to describe various automotive forms and surfaces. We also learn about warm and cool contrast, using subtle earth and sky tones to further describe the form and bring it to life.

This tutorial was done using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, available on PC/Mac or iPad.

Assignment: 5 Off Road Vehicles in perspective, rendered in greyscale on a white background. Try to develop a variety of unique and futuristic design concepts.

Sports Car: Greyscale Rendering on Dark Background

In this lesson you’ll render a sexy, Italian sports coupe in greyscale on a DARK background, with an emphasis on voluptuous, sculptural shapes. Using a dark background enables you to add light, as well as subtract shadow. Using a strong, directional light source is a great way to visually communicate shape and form. Surfaces facing toward the light are rendered in brighter tones, while surfaces facing away from the light are rendered in darker tones, or blended into the environment. This gives the rendering a deep, dimensional look that pops the vehicle off the page.

This tutorial was done using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, available on PC/Mac or iPad.

Assignment: 5 sports cars in perspective, rendered in greyscale on a dark background. Try to develop a variety of unique and futuristic design concepts.

SUV: Greyscale Rendering on Dark Background

In this lesson you’ll render a futuristic, off-road SUV in greyscale on a DARK background, with an emphasis on chiseled, geometric and functional forms. Using a dark background enables you to add light, as well as subtract shadow. Using a strong, directional light source is a great way to visually communicate shape and form. Surfaces facing toward the light are rendered in brighter tones, while surfaces facing away from the light are rendered in darker tones, or blended into the environment. This gives the rendering a deep, dimensional look that pops the vehicle off the page.

This tutorial was done using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, available on PC/Mac or iPad.

Assignment: 5 off road SUVs in perspective, rendered in greyscale on a dark background. Try to develop a variety of unique and futuristic design concepts.

Understanding Reflectivity: Sports Cars

This tutorial introduces the concept of reflectivity, and how reflective objects like cars are essentially a mirror image of the world around us. How those reflections undulate across the surface of the vehicle tells us what the surfaces are doing.

In this exercise you’ll render a sexy, Italian sports coupe in gloss black. Using a crisp delineation of the horizon, the ground, and the sky, you’ll be able to visually describe the car's sculptural, organic forms.

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This tutorial was done using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, available on PC/Mac or iPad.

Assignment: 5 Sports Cars in perspective, rendered in gloss black on a white background. Try to develop a variety of unique and futuristic design concepts.

Understanding Reflectivity: Off-Road SUV

This tutorial introduces the concept of reflectivity, and how reflective objects like cars are essentially a mirror image of the world around us. How those reflections undulate across the surface of the vehicle tells us what the surfaces are doing.

In this exercise you’ll render a futuristic, off-road SUV in gloss black. Using a crisp delineation of the horizon, the ground, and the sky, you’ll be able to visually describe the vehicle’s chiseled, mechanical forms.

This tutorial was done using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, available on PC/Mac or iPad.

Assignment: 5 Off Road SUVs in perspective, rendered in gloss black on a white background. Try to develop a variety of unique and futuristic design concepts.