2012 concept bike build, my Honours year Industrial Design project!

[JamesE30]

cheers guys! The Mock engine will probably be mostly made of machined MDF and laser cut aluminium.. Not entirely sure yet, but I will be making it, not using an engine from something else.


Ok another update.. still from a few weeks ago but im getting there :p
the photos may be a little out of order but I'll try and keep them in line...
However the model itself goes forwards and backwards alot... try something.. dont like it... try something else.. meh.. go back to before, try something new again etc etc.. you get the idea

Ok so first time hitting the armature didn't take long!




..aaaannd again. Cut/dig/chisle out as much as you can and clay it back up. Better to be making a mess now than when your doing your final surfaces..



Claying in the stem






Mocked up wheel bas with seat blocked in and new feature tying the stem to the tank



Ditched the chamfer and accelerated a few lines to speed up the dynamic. Parallel lines (generally) = bad. Also playing with having a split seat.. Trying to make it a little less retro and generic..

[JamesE30]

Dropped the seat alot



more..



Much more!.. (Partly thanks to your observation Ged)



Much better! now to make it look good..



I know it looks like my bench is buckling under the weight (approx 60+kg of clay now) but it's just the shitty lens on my camera!

[JamesE30]

Seat clayed back up



Working on shut lines for the seat



Shaping plan view







refined seat support






Pretty happy with how it's looking at this stage, still a long way to go though, and still needing work on tweaking proportions.

This brings us to about 5 days ago..

[LJ851]

Love the headlight!

[JamesE30]

Love the headlight!

Hahaha

[Vedubin01]

what an awesome project! Thank you for sharing!

[DTM190]

Awesome James, it is looking fantastic!!!

[ethirtydavid]

got my attention, look forward to more progress

[JamesE30]

[JamesE30]

Lengthened wheel base and extended the seat cowling to lengthen the bike visually and help with proportions



Also clayed in the chin spoiler. Adding to the dynamic of the bike by pulling the lower graphic forwards



Trying different things with the seat/cowling to make it less on an eye saw

[Raxe]

This is wicked cool, thanks for sharing with us!

[elemenohpee]

You're making me wish I majored in industrial design instead of graphic design. This project is awesome.

[SkiFree]

Holden (GM) actually has a very impressive clay modelling studio here in melbourne, as does ford. Our uni has connections with GM, and I know several industry people who have been very helpful with my project so far, but you guessed it, there are very few jobs available each year, possibly only 1 if any. Really just depends on what's available and how well my work competes against other job seekers.

Several Grads of Monash have gone to work overseas, One of my friends has landed a job in California clay modelling for VW, and another for Opel in Germany. I'd love to work overseas (part of the reason I'm perusing clay modelling), just depends what's out there for me.

What discipline of design did you study? Are you working in industry now?
Cheers

That's really interesting, should of guessed Holden would have something there.

I studied Auto Design specifically, the highlight of which was spending some time at Pininfarina. Right now I'm back at school studying Mechanical Engineering to balance out the design background.


Do your resume/portfolio handy?

Really nice updates by the way, the extension of the seat cowling made a big difference! I'm looking forward to seeing the finished bike.

[JamesE30]

That's really interesting, should of guessed Holden would have something there.

I studied Auto Design specifically, the highlight of which was spending some time at Pininfarina. Right now I'm back at school studying Mechanical Engineering to balance out the design background.


Do your resume/portfolio handy?

Really nice updates by the way, the extension of the seat cowling made a big difference! I'm looking forward to seeing the finished bike.

Thanks man! Pininfarina, wow that would have been pretty amazing. I don't actually have an up to date folio at the moment. Im working on a new one now for the end of the year, I'll send you a copy as it develops if you don't mind sharing some feedback. Cheers mate


Here's a shot from 2 minutes ago. Trying to make the design a little more dynamic and less generic. Geting the top piece working in synergy with the rest of the design. It was a little too segregated before, especially from top/rear view. Just trying different things..

Should be here working on it for the next 6-7hrs. Getting cloud scanned on thursday next week so need at least one side done by then!

[JamesE30]

Heres a pic for the sake of uploading a pic!