The Racer - WIP

I like to draw, I have a series of interesting (in the eye of the beholder) drawings. These typically start with a bunch of shapes that gradually grow into scenes with funny beings.

In this topic I’ll be recreating The Racer in 3D. One of the goals is to put Raytraced through its paces while modelling. So far it has been stable, I’m on the lookout for performance problems that would make using Raytraced all the time unbearable.

This topic I’ll be posting updates with any good renderings replaced at the top of this post.

This is very early blocking of the model, basically just the main forms, and trying to figure out how to make this drawing in 3D. I am not sure if all of the things I do translate that well into 3D, but we’ll see.

eye

The original drawing for The Racer:

(this and my other drawings are also great as coloring plates for kids and adults alike).

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Upload of a good hour modelling sped up 6 times. One or two Raytraced viewports, Grasshopper 2 usage. On M2 Max Macbook Pro with 64GB.

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oooo! I can’t wait to see this develop! thanks for sharing it Nathan!

The render and processing of the video upload has finally finished, so first recording session is up. I have often two Raytraced viewports running, both set to 4 samples. I am using an internal build, which is going to be Rhino 8.4 eventually. Anyway, this build has denoising built-in, so it makes quite nice and quick results in the viewport.

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Current iteration for segmented tube Grasshopper 2 script used for spine, neck, limbs.

segmented_tube.ghz (110.9 KB)

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Blocked out head, leg and a muscle.

please tell me you plan on projecting your line work onto the 3d model to give it that lovely sketch feel!

I don’t think projecting directly, but I am planning on creating textures for some of the shading based on the drawing.

Professional, I love topics like this :heart_eyes:

Working on a Grasshopper 2 definition for the eyes

They eye added to the model

A bit late that I noticed to do it, but setting on the picture material white as the color mask gives funky effect in the Left view

Recording of the third session

Trying to add the eye ran into a bit of a trouble. I made two mistakes: 1) incorrect orientation compared to when I created the definition, and 2) wrong scale, definition was made in a mm model, the Race Driver is being created in a meter model.

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