really amazing work abrown.
what is your reference? and are you modelling with nurbs or polys?

here is a project from earlier this year...

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thanks Jim, glad you like it :) ive modelled it using only photos i found on the net, everything is done by eye. with each object i would compare the proportions with parts ive already modelled or with other photos to get a feeling for the scale, detail and texture. luckily there is alot of photos o...

and some renders showing the texturing

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hi everyone, an accicental click brough me back here, good to see its still going. love all the awesome work thats been posted! i thought i would then share my long running project. i rearely get the time to work on it, but ive promised myself to finish it over christmas. its finally all modelled an...

hey guys, im glad you like my work :) ive constructed all the detail on the 300sl from looking at photos. i have about 1200 photos that i use, all found through google. you just have to look and compare proportions, if you know roughly how big one object is and where it is positioned then with the h...

hi Lyle, technical data is very hard to get hold of, you will be able to find some simple drawings of most things, but like you say you will only get cad data/detailed info on comisioned gigs. for all my personal work i just simply use googled photos. ive been constructing this old merc from just lo...

to be honest, i realy dont think AutoCAD is the way to go for a Tech Illustrator, in 15 years of doing this job ive not met a single person that uses it for Illustration (naturaly there will be acceptions). With Autocad you will be severely limiting your creative freedoms. you will not be getting th...

Yikes, you guys are scaring me... While I'm up to the reality that 3D is coming and here to stay, I'm wondering how much I want to delve into it. While I'd like to learn an interface, I can't see myself competing with some of what is out there. I guess it also comes down to client needs. I would im...

Hi Guys, glad you like it :) I use Cinema 4D by MAXON. I started learning C4D in my spare time, just messing about realy. But my employer at the time noticed and through his contacts we landed a rather large contract with VW to make all the marketing illustrations for a new engine in 3D using CADdat...