Just playing with Photoshop

[WYOSVX]

Recent photo shop update. Still not quite right. Pic is of the SVX slammed, bumpers shaved, no wing, trimmed boot, hood bulge is the main thing I wanted to see. I like it. I wonder if it'd make room for more horses underneath. I'd been thinking of the old all aluminum Buick 215 V8 but measured it for fit already- won't work without major changes. Might be room for a V6, dunno. Someone probably already checked, though. At the least, it might look good and help cooling.

Rear is too curvy, like someone photoshopped out the styling.

Shoddy Photoshop work, I know, but gets the idea across. And it's fun.

[Sean486]

I like it a lot.

[Stevebsy]

I love that bobbed look on the front and back.

If you left off the giant styrofoam block, I am almost certain you could keep the whole impact beam structure under a front bumper in that style.

I don't remember for sure, but I think the rear would be the same way.

See attached pic.

[WYOSVX]

I'm a long way off from doing the actual work. I've been all over the web learning fiberglass technique. Just have to find time to practice it for a while and then I'll try it. Lots of IFs between now and then, though, realistically.

Still, it's fun to just imagine the possibilities anyway.

[dr atom x]

Not quite as quick as photoshop
but cheaper on printer ink

I had the idea and then saw this thread
which gave me the courage to start

critic's dont bother insulting the finish

As they are NOT completed still WIP



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[dr atom x]

the front bumper

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[dr atom x]

another view of front

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[WYOSVX]

You beat me to It! I'm looking forward to seeing it from more angles when you're ready. I think this'll be cool. I also think the hood really needs to change and have messed around a little with the raised portion of the hood (the theoretical hood) left open on the front to be a big intake that would also eliminate the existing front grill completely. It would be part of the hood and that part would be vaguely similar to the Bugatti Veyron.
Don't have it quite right yet.
Nice to see progress.

[dr atom x]

Originally Posted by WYOSVX

You beat me to It! I'm looking forward to seeing it from more angles when you're ready. I think this'll be cool. I also think the hood really needs to change and have messed around a little with the raised portion of the hood (the theoretical hood) left open on the front to be a big intake that would also eliminate the existing front grill completely. It would be part of the hood and that part would be vaguely similar to the Bugatti Veyron.
Don't have it quite right yet.
Nice to see progress.

I cant visualise what you mean
can you do a simple sketch

[svxfiles]

"I'm on vacation at the beach "

Whats a vacation?!

[WYOSVX]

Vacation is when they open the cage door just long enough to let you think you are free. That was 3 years ago.

I will try to get a sketch going for the front end of the hood.

[svxfiles]

BTW, the picture of the SVX did remind me of a Corvette too!
I wonder if
"the rules" (aka Elezar) will allow me to shorten the rear end?!?!

[WYOSVX]

So hard to tell what it'll look like in real life. What looks Corvette-ish in the photo might look Chevette-ish in real life.
So, I hope Dr. Atom gets it done so we call see the results.

Here's a quick, really bad sketch that shows what I mean about changing the front grill. Sorry it's so shoddy. Not sure how it'd look with the stock headlights.

[Austin]

Like most of us I too spend my time walking to and from my car thinking about how one might change the appearance of the car. I don't have photoshop or the skills required to mock up something, I'm not very artistic, and, well, you get the picture.

What I have to offer to the discussion is observations and thoughts. I'm not sure which to start with first, or to just mix both.

One thing to consider is what one wants to do overall, with the car from a conceptual standpoint. Do you want to make the car look completely different or just slightly alter some lines? Do you want to add all sorts of new accessories and parts to try to make it look like all the new cars, or do you want to make it look the way you wish it had been designed to begin with, or do you want to simply "correct" where the designers went wrong in your opinion? Or, do you want to make it look completely different? Do you want to get completely outrageous with fiberglass and wings and LEDs and "rimz, yo"®?

It's up to you, obviously, but one thing I'd suggest is starting out with simple and plentiful parts sources. That is, rather than sketching a crazy "exotic" with headlights and tail lights from a UFO and finding out it will cost a fortune, it might make more sense to use something "exotic" you can find in a junkyard or online if you get in an accident. Another thing I would suggest is considering what is trendy as a mod, vs. what is trendING as a design queue from the manufacturers. Neon lighting was a "Fast & Furious" fad in the early 2000s, but LED head and tail lights were something the auto manufacturers saw as an effective technology and will continue in automotive design for some time.

Something I've noticed in many of our imaginings is our treatment of the nose in terms of modifying the grill or the bumper leaving the stock headlights. Few, if any of us, has the means or the tools to do dramatic body work. However, if money weren't THAT much of an object and I were to take a stab at it, I would probably try to incorporate lights from another, at least somewhat common vehicle and custom cut/work the fenders and hood to match. BIG job! But, if you look at recent model vehicles that's precisely what has happened in the last several years. Look at this 2015 Kia Forte's headlight assembly and how it interacts with the lines of the hood, fender, bumper, and grill:

http://i.imgur.com/j9ichbT.jpg

I'm not proposing that particular headlight as a suggestion, I'm merely saying that if you are trying to come up with a nose redesign for the SVX in the realm of a more modern look, you might want to consider that a current design trend is to tie those surfaces together at the headlight. So how does one to that on an SVX? I'd say find a current model car that has a cool, modern headlight design which might mildly intrude into the adjacent panel surfaces. Meaning it might follow the general lines of the hood but to fit it would require a bit of cutting of the hood's corner... maybe nip a bit out of the bumper... maybe carve a small arc into the upper corner of the fender.

Another design trend has been the evolution of recent production cars' noses from "bumpered" to "bumperless". Meaning, in recent years the bumper has become less profound a feature than it used to be. Nowadays new models don't even have a break in the profile from hood to "chin". Rather than cropping the bumper (and potentially losing some impact protection) another path might be to build a nose that extends from the front hood edge out and down around the bumper to the "chin", and includes a newer style grill area. All of that, in essence, completely covering the same space that currently includes the bumper.

I can't draw it or photoshop it, so the best I can do is that description.

Personally, and this is just my take, I wouldn't go with the LED running lights around the headlight assembly found on cars today. I would totally go with LED headlights, tail lights, turn signals, and marker lights, but I would try to make them look just shy of "modern". It wouldn't take much to go too far and have a car that simply looks like a 20 year old car with silly LED light strips stuck on it.

I'd probably lose the power antenna. Bluetooth connectivity allows us to put a virtually endless supply of music at our fingertips and on our car stereos, so a radio for music isn't really needed anymore. I do actually listen to the radio for NPR, but not enough to warrant having something that dates my car so much. I'm pretty sure an internal placement would suffice. I'd fill in the hole and have both side of the car match.

I wish it were practical (even if it cost a fair amount) to lower the roof line in the front just a bit, but it's just plain out of the question unless you are a buhzillionaire.

Of course after all that, I'd want a modern dash too - and that's a whole new story!