Zeta E-1
Project Concept:
The idea behind this design arose from a personal interest in exploring and developing in three major areas.
1) Learning Blender as a versatile tool for developing ideas while improving my 3D modeling, animation and rendering skills with a single project.
2) Gaining a better understanding of shape language for vehicles by designing my own concept car.
3) Searching for the look of an aerodynamic sports car, with a touch of electric car futurism.
With these goals in mind, I went on a journey to make my concept electric coupe sport car.
First CONCEPT
Initially, I believed the design should take inspiration from planes and utilitarian luggage.
The element of a domed "cockpit" in the center of a sheet draped over the internals, barely covering them, was an idea that I would carry with me as I continued to develop the form and materials more.
REFINing
I attempted to solidify the design aesthetic with a retro inspired, streamlined look.
Here, the rear wheel starts to become more accented, to draw a connection to the car as having more purely utilitarian, geometric internals, under the sleek surfaces.
Animating the hard top cover movement was fun to help imagine getting inside, but there are still no doors yet.
final 3 wheeled design
It felt right to look for a color pallet that could be understated from a distance in an very untraditional vehicle design.
A muted color with hand-buffed silver accents felt right for a concept that was sharing DNA from a motorcycle, and I could definitely see still promising a fun and exciting drive.
4 wheeled version
In the four-wheeled design I wanted to enclose some of the elements to protect them better, but still let observers glimpse inside from certain angles. I think this version has a more realistic idea of the vehicle after the more conceptual 3 wheeler version.
Once I felt that the design language effectively conveyed speed in its shape and the stripe motif appearing on all the sides of the vehicle, I made these renders, having felt that I had achieved my goals for this design.
Model number design:
the leftmost character is the Greek symbol for "Zeta"
