I probably won't make it past high-poly, but I was getting inspired by seeing the entries so what the hell.

Here's a ref sheet I threw together:


Preliminary silhouettes:

Thumb numba 4 seems pretty cool to me, 5 is kinda nice also.

I like #5

I think 4 as well, the lines are sort of leaning forward, aggressive.

I'm diggin the sihlouette of numba six. It might not look like a sleek racer but it looks like it could be one mean beast.

Cool guys, thanks for the input. I'm going to develop thumbs of 2, 4, 5 and 6 then.

Decided to develop 9 instead of 2.

those are great! I love five A the most, but six is really nice too

I saved this for my shading reference for inspiration!

4 (B) is my favorite of this new batch.

5a or 6.
looking good

Thanks for the input guys. Really appreciate it, Sage.

Been getting feedback on deviantArt too and the favor seems pretty spread around, looks like I'm going to just have to pick one by gut. I'll mull it over for another hour and then just run with it.

Yeah I will say either of the 4s again, the shape just seems more unique and deliberate. Like the bike is leaning forward into a sprint.

Good luck on the model.

Thanks man. Alright, I've spent way too much time deliberating over this, I'm going with 4B and I'm going to call it the Red Whale or something.

Getting started on 3D rough

End of day update

Shaping up real nice ZackF.

Round that front end out more!

Yoyomon: Thanks man.
Adam: Yeah, I'm not too happy with how the front is looking right now, seems a bit too goofy. I'll try rounding it out and see how that looks.

Paintover for front angle. Going to try to model out as much of this as possible today then switch to rear angle tomorrow.

Argh, didn't make nearly as much progress as I hoped. Going to need to pull out the stops tomorrow.

Looks beautiful! I can't fault the design, it's really cool

Sweet work there Zack, nice transition from the paintover to the highpoly. Maybe Img gonna try that too!

Thanks kysterama and c0ldhands.

looking good!

Ged: Thanks man!

I've been getting intimidated by the excellent designs of the competition, and never was happy with the look of the nose, so I decided to revisit the overall design carte blanche. Feels like a major improvement to me, more aggressive and slimmed down.