“Seat Leon II”by David Melchor Díaz

This is a quick tutorial that explains all the process to make this composition. We´re going to see how to make the model, materials, lighting, render parameters and finishig the image with photoshop.

•  Modeling the auto bodywork.

This model has the minimun polys possible and a “Mesh Smooth” modifier applied to smooth the surface.

To start, I put reference pictures of the car in the scene. In this case, In the first place, I modelled the right part of the car in plane. I did it extruding edges. After that, I moved vertex to set up the volume. When I finished this, I started with the back side of the car in the same way. The complete process can be seen in this animated image:

Tips:

•  To obtain soft edges, you have to “Chamfer” this edge. If you don´t make this, the meshsmooth modifier will smooth this part.

•  To obtain sharp edges, I work with “Smoothing Groups”. You have to give one “Smoothing Group” to one face an another different to the other. And don´t forget to active the “Smoothing Groups” switch in “MeshSmooth” modifier.

•  To obtain hard angles, you have to “Chamfer” the edge or vertex of this angle. If you don´t do this, this angle will be curved in the “Mesh Smooth” modifier.

2. Modeling the tires.

•  Use a picture to reference. Extrude the faces to make a segment of tire.

•  Create a cylinder with the same radius of final tire.