Cool 3d illustrations

Excellent work by Brazilian 3d designer.

Joao Ferraz aka Lightshock is a Brazilian designer, illustrator, and art director specialized in 3D and publicity campaigns. We really enjoy Joao’s work. Very well made, and really cool 3d illustrations.

IndyCar 300 - São Paulo

Cool 3d illustrations by Joao Ferraz

Proudly I present for you one of our more important illustrations!Well, the race of IndyCar will occur now in March, here in my city (São Paulo/Brazil). This illustration brought to us so much responsibility, pressure, with short deadlines as always. The final resolution has about 53 cm x 60 cm at 300 dpi, yes it is mega huge! Imagine that!Our entire team worked hardly during eight days to finish the job.

INTEL - Augmented Reality

Cool 3d illustrations by Joao Ferraz

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Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car MTRC

The 2004 Toyota MTRC, an electric & hydrogen off-road sports concept.

Toyota  Motor Triathlon Race Car MTRC is Toyota's response to future customer demands. A tandem two-seater that combines off-road ability, sports car performance and motor sport derived technology, the MTRC shows that Toyota is now targeting not only the customers of today, but also tapped into what will appeal to future generations.

2004 Toyota MTRC

The Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car MTRC, first seen at the 2004 Geneva International Motorshow, is Toyotas idea of a tandem two seat race car of the future.

2004 Toyota MTRC

The MTRC was designed and built at Toyota's European design studio, ED2. It is propelled by four in-wheel electric motors powered by a Toyota fuel cell stack, enabling the stylists much more freedom when designing the shape of the car than a conventional internal combustion engine and four-wheel drive transmission would allow.

2004 Toyota MTRC

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/toyota-motor-triathlon-race-car-mtrc/

Renault Frendzy Concept

Renault Frendzy Concept is work and family EV car.

The Renault Frendzy is a concept car designed by Renault for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and is a similar size to the production Renault Kangoo.

The car can be used both as a modern office on wheels and as a passenger cars.

Renault Frendzy Concept - work & family EV car

Concept was designed by Renault's design chief Laurens Van den Acker with the exterior design accredited to Deyan Denkov.
The Frendzy is based on the Kangoo ZE . It is powered by an electric motor developing 59 bhp (44 kW; 60 PS) and is equipped with a lithium-ion battery pack.

Renault Frendzy Concept - work & family EV car

Frendzy is both proud of its split personality and not ashamed of how awful it looks. Examples of this duality of purpose begin at the exterior. The “work” side features a sliding door, while the “family” side has conventional doors. A modular interior allows for storage or a comfy bench seat in the rear.

Renault Frendzy Concept - work & family EV car

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/renault-frendzy-concept/

Ferrari F80

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

Very cool design by Italian designer Adriano Raeli. He studied Transportation Design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. This car is absolutely stunning, wide swooping bodywork and an aggressively look. Ferrari F80 is essentially a road-legal F1 car.

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

The designer modeled his F80 on stealth fighter jets and draws plenty of inspiration from the Enzo as well (Enzo of the future). Larger air intakes, a raked windshield and over-sized rear diffuser is slathered in the famed Ferrari red.

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

The Ferrari F80 concept has a hybrid drivetrain. An internal combustion engine and a KERS system combine to produce 1,200 horsepower.Proposed weight is 800 kg and top speed 500km/h, and 0-100 km/h in just 2.2 secs. This is as good as Formula 1.

 

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ferrari-f80/

Citroën retro concepts

Citroën cars have always been quirky and interesting to look at, never dull. What would these iconic cars look today?

Look at these Citroën retro concepts - old is new again.

Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer earned a reputation for innovation and revolutionary engineering, which is reflected in the company's slogan "Creative Technologie". Some of the most legionary Citroen models are Citroën 2CV and Citroën DS.

Citroën 2CV

Economy car manufactured for over 40 years 1948-1990. Quirky looking and iconic French car. Often described as a “car like no other”.

Citroën 2CV

French designer David Portela released some new CG images of his proposal for the redesign of the iconic Citroën 2CV. Portela took clues from the original grill, floating headlights, and fenders and merged them with a more avant-garde silhouette.

Citroën 2CV retro concept

Citroën 2CV retro concept

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/citroen-retro-concepts/

Dieselpunk awesome and bizarre World

Dieselpunk is a genre that combines the aesthetics of diesel-based technology influenced by the interwar period to the 1950s with futurist postmodern technology. First coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe his role-playing game Children of the Sun,[4] the term has since been applied to a variety of visual art, music, motion pictures, fiction, and engineering.
Dieselpunk draws its inspiration from two related sources: the diesel era and a characteristic referred to as "decodence. The term "diesel era" is a period of time that begins with the start of the interbellum era, which covers the time between the end of World War I and the start of World War II. Dieselpunk awesome and bizarre World.

 Scouting Dieselpunk machine by Cutangus (Jose Garcia)

Scouting Dieselpunk machine by CUTANGUS (Jose Garcia)

In the deep forests of remote future, other eyes would see you through the eyepieces of unsophisticated opticas. At the right moment, a rain of steel will chase you and ruin completely your armored vehicle. Maybe you have not heard the Diesel engine noise of the legged machine that is camouflaged in the dense forest.

Luftwaffe flight, 1948 by Cutangus (Jose Garcia)

Yellow 6 and 5 flight over North Africa, 1948

Luftwaffe flight, 1948 by CUTANGUS (Jose Garcia)

Nose air intake feed the big turboshaft engine whose exhaust can be seen below the forward fuselage. The 7,800 shp shaft drive the rear-mounted contra-rotating propeller (100% power transmission for full speed flight), or also mid-fuselage lift fan (78% power) for vertical take-off and landing.
Like a missile, part of lift during high speed flight is created by the fuselage, and the rest by the fins. Rear upper fins are all-moving control surfaces.

 Fiat 126p Diesel by pkowal

Fiat 126p Diesel by pkowal

 Chibi Tank by Moran Goldstein

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/dieselpunk-awesome-and-bizarre-world/

Retro styled Renault 4

Retro Concepts, the New Renault 4 by designer David Obendorfer.

About the original car:

The Renault 4, also known as the 4L (pronounced "Quatrelle"), is a hatchback economy car produced by the French automaker Renault between 1961 and 1992. It was the first front-wheel drive family car produced by Renault.

Renault 4 was Renault's response to the 1948 Citroën 2CV. Renault was able to review the advantages and disadvantages of the 2CV design and come up with a larger, more urban vehicle.

Retro styled Renault 4 top

Original Renault 4 bottom

Original Renault 4 top

Retro styled Renault 4 bottom

Concept:

The result is a combination of modern lines and the classic’s features, coming together in such a way that none of the original’s smallness and cuteness is lost. It shows us how a car can be both simple in design, practical and incredibly charismatic. Something modern cars do not exhibit often anymore.

Retro styled Renault 4

It’s a modern design with retro-styling cues, perhaps designed to be built on an existing architecture. And like most new cars today, the Revival has been designed with alternative power plants – such as hybrid and all-electric ones – in mind.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/retro-styled-renault-4/

V+ Volteis electric car

Legendary designer puts his stamp on an electric car

Electric car concept developed by French designer Philippe Starck in collaboration with Volteis, a French electric vehicle manufacturer.

Minimalistic design philosophy this 1600-pound car is composed almost entirely of aluminum, with a  full windshield, fabric roof, and no doors. A wicker dashboard and storage unit are complemented by seat frames created by Dedon outdoor furniture producers.

V+ Volteis electric car

Starck designed the ‘V+ volteis’ in response to his dissatisfaction with the current 
state of automotives: ‘they’re noisy, dirty, anti-social, masochistic; and they bring out the worst in people.’

V+ Volteis electric car

A 4kW engine with 11.5kWh battery pack drives power to the craft, with a maximum speed of 40mph and a single-charge range of 37 miles. Trailing-arm rear suspension and disc brakes for smoother acceleration and safe breaking.
The battery achieves 50% capacity in two hours from a standard 220 V power source, and six hours to full.

V+ Volteis electric car

Estimated price of V+ Volteis electric car is 40,000 USD.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/v-volteis-electric-car/

Future London Underground train

Siemens unveils proposal for future London Underground train.

Siemens has unveiled a full-sized mock-up of the train which it intends to offer when Transport for London calls tenders for new fleets for London Underground's small-profile tube lines.

Part of Siemens' Inspiro family, the articulated design for London would feature wide through gangways, air-conditioning and an option for fully-automated operation.

Siemens unveils proposal for future London Underground train.

The trains would feature a smaller-profile body suitable for London. This would include a distinctively styled cab. Industrial design for the trains has been undertaken by Atlantic Design, while the mock-up was produced by Curvature Group.

Siemens unveils proposal for future London Underground train.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/future-london-underground-train/

Machines of Cosmic Motors

Machines of Cosmic Motors by Daniel Simon

Cosmic Motors™ is a fantasy manufacturer of vehicles of all kinds, located in the center of the Galaxion galaxy. CoMo, as it is affectionately referred to by its outer space fans, was founded in the Galaxion year 8966-B…

About Daniel Simon:

Daniel Simon is a German-born concept designer, author, and producer, with professional roots as a senior designer at Bugatti and Volkswagen. Clients include Warner Bros., Universal, Disney, Lotus, and Hamilton.
After working in Spain, England, Brazil, and Japan, Simon settled in Los Angeles, where he focuses his acclaimed style on creating iconic fantasy vehicles for Hollywood blockbuster films such as Tron: Legacy, Captain America: The First Avenger, Prometheus, and Oblivion. He also offers automotive-design services, lectures, and works on his own vehicle-centered fantasy worlds, available as books: Cosmic Motors™ and The Timeless Racer®.

Cosmic Motors Camarudo

Workflow:

To offer an efficient workflow for clients, Simon relies heavily on 3-D modeling and visualization from the first stages of a project, using cutting-edge hardware, Autodesk Alias Automotive software and iRay visualization and animation technology via Bunkspeed. His data sets can be shared among most standard digital platforms. Simon’s experience in the automotive industry allows him to creatively accompany prototype builds up to the final delivery to a film set.

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The Cosmic Motors Camarudo is a one-person motion device, powered by a small conventional turbine that only enables ground-level flights.

Cosmic Motors Camarudo

The Cosmic Motors Detonator is a featured vehicles in the fantasy book Cosmic Motors. It is designed as a ridiculously magnum-sized street-cruiser for wealthy droids on planet Tarra.

Cosmic Motors Detonator

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Honda Chopper motorcycle

Futuristic Honda motorcycle

Awesome futuristic motorcycle 3d concept by artist Pete Norris.

Inspiration for this came from a number of sources, the clean functional lines of medical machinery, 70's and 80's marker drawings and manga.

Honda Chopper motorcycle Inspiration for this came from a number of sources

As a kid my favourite vehicle from any film was the speeder bike from Return of the Jedi, so I guess there maybe some influence from that too.

Honda Chopper motorcycle side view

I wanted to design a bike that was a purpose-built chopper, long front suspension, feet forward seating position and a large footprint.

Purpose-built chopper, long front suspension, feet forward seating position

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New London bus concept

Bus concept by designer Jamie Martin.

In the summer of 2008, London Mayor Boris Johnson launched a worldwide competition to create a replacement for the classic Routemaster bus. The competition closed in Sept 2008, and winners were invited to an awards ceremony in London's Westminster on 19th Dec 2008.

New London bus concept

Jamie was awarded joint second place, behind winners Aston Martin cars and Copoco. The finished bus is planned to hit the streets in 2011, and will be an amalgamation of the winning designs.

New London bus concept

The London Navigator has been conceptualised as a spiritual successor to the now classic Routemaster bus. The Routemaster is regarded as one of the key recognisable icons of London. It was felt that an equally distinctive replacement for the Routemaster is required to retain this iconography; a red bus that can only be associated with London, is easily distinguishable from the standard double-decker or bendy bus, and is quintessentially British. The overall approach has been to produce a unique and recognisable bus; a functional yet characterful new icon for London.

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iMove - Apple inspired car

Concept car inspired by Apple design

Designer tries to answer question what would Apple designed City car look like?
Little older (2010), but still very interesting concept designed by Liviu Tudoran.

iMove - Apple inspired car

Is simple, smooth, cute, and most of all, blends right into the Apple existing  product. It follows the same design language & styling as the rest of Apple lineup.

body covered with transparent materials

Features:

electric car
touch screen instead of the steering wheel
body covered with transparent materials - driver gets cabriolet feeling
exterior photochromic material - change the colours of the exterior
built in solar panel in car body
seats 3

body covered with transparent materials

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/imove-apple-inspired-car/

Flying Jetbike

Awesome, Flying Jetbike by Norio Fujikawa

We love a Flying Jetbike concept by designer Norio Fujikawa. Looks very futuristic and cool, of course it will never happen. Imagine jet powered flying bike with no traffic jam.

Awesome, Flying Jetbike by Norio Fujikawa

Unfortunately this concept is a SCi-Fi for now. Who knows, in a few decades ….

Awesome, Flying Jetbike by Norio Fujikawa

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/flying-jetbike/