Beetle - iameven.com
While making "The Good Old Days" I got an opportunity to make a car for one of the sets. The size in the final render on screen was really small so this is way too detailed. But I really wanted to make this one look good.
Modeling
I got the basic shape up really quickly, before making any work in progress renders.
I just had to do a test render with the head lights turned on.
This would probably have been good enough for the film:
But I got so into the flow that I continued working. One thing I noticed was that I made it too short.
This render I adjusted in Photoshop to make it pop a bit. Mostly in contrast, vignetting and a very small chromatic aberration:
In its final form it looks like this:
There are of course some more adjustments I could do. Interior, for one.
Bonus renders
I'm not completely sure at what point in the process I rendered these, but it would be a shame not to keep them, so here they are:
