Friday, 2 November 2012

SOLAR SHIP CONCEPTS

At the beginning, I didn't know where to start with a solar-tech-based ship. I needed to implement the solar characteristic into the ship, but really didn't know how to.
I did think this was going to be the final solar ship concept... However...
This doesn't fit so well, I myself and my teammates feel it like a 5-star tourist cruise rather than a solar space ship.

Again, I practiced with my graphic tablet. Also I got some reference images for solar panels, so I could render it more properly with the high intensity reflection.
Feedback from teammates : they like the 5-petal flower idea, but when it doesn't work with top view. Therefore, none of those are chosen.

I got real problems with sketching this type of ship. So I went to a silent place and back to papers and pencils... Sketched something


Feedback : The pirate solar ships were for-fun ideas but my teammates like it. In 3D, it looks nice but not for the top view. The rest doesn't work out with top views.

It was a bit frustrated for me to draw the 3D view then top views through a lot of ideas. So I decided to design straight into top views for this final type of ship to save much time. The last one on the right was the final concept for solar space ship.

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