the assignment was to make a vehicle. for me a water transport vehicle. in the ancient egyptian style in outer space. wow thats a mouth full. so was this assignment to be honest. this time consept blockouts in 3d and final in 2d.
while looking at vehicles that existed or used to exist i found that the ones i liked the look of had animal like shapes. natural curves. i liked the submarines the most. since boats are already an existing thing in the egyptian culture i decided to spice it up for the outer space egyptyan gods planet i was creating.
i decided to use the manta ray as an inspiration for my vehicle since i love how they move and are so facinated by them. i think they look a bit like a scarabee shapewise so thought it would be fun to play with. i imagine the Nile as a ring of asturn around this planet so even tho my vehicle is submerged in water its not super dark.
i had a lot of struggles creating 3d blockouts since i go pretty detailled right away.... i did the scarabee first the squid second the manta ray third etc. i chose the last design i did for my final becouze: the scarabee was too simmilar to my project before this, the squid and manta ray didnt look like vehicles and the earless one wasnt enoug ancient egypt for me. i chose to do the last one since i think it has the most potential to be used.
i liked the shape language of the last one the best.
it took a while to figure out how the inside would look. since the user lays on their belly in the vehicle and it has to be water proof i made up all kinds of weird inside ideas. after some feedback i changed the ears to be less stiff and look more like the anubis ears i wanted. the lantern isnt for the person in the vehicle themselves but for others so they can see their presants. i remoddled the ears in 3d for a better paint over.
the feedback i got was mostly positive. i was told i had a lot of varity in the five blockouts and that my reasoning for choosing this one made sense. the only change i made where the ears. making them more anubis-like and bigger for better shapelanguage.
so... after all the changes i ended up with this!
Meet E1 Maasa!
soooo since i dont know when to stop and really loved the design of this i animated it....... oops dont judge me plz i know it kinda sucks but i just really wanted to see it in motion......
i hope you liked this!
