Modeling a Sci-Fi Motorcycle in Blender & How to Build Complex Assets

[@guldham]

I can't stress this enough this style of tutorial is much better than anything I've seen, I already know my way around blender whether it's topology, edge flow, etc... what I'm lacking is the thought process, and you go into great detail about it here, genuinely this video has been eye-opening

[@cg_cookie]

So glad to hear that! You're exactly who I was making it for then. Will do more in the future :)

[@otaldomatheush]

Absolutely. I'll take this type of tutorial instead of step-by-step ones. It is much more informative and interesting to see and understand how an artist tackles the problems they encounter while working!

[@clawsmedia8752]

@@cg_cookie Totally agreed, but i have a question, like RandomMoron, (gotta say while i was agreeing with you, your name made me laugh, not moron at all! :P) me too i kinda know my way around, what i have a hard time is creativity. I cant draw for shit. So my question is that do you hand sketch your ideas before modelling e.g a diorama or any other scene?

[@bombbossgaming3408]

Same, sometimes it's hard to conceptualize things in 3d my head especially the topology.

[@mamunmilos1169]

what ive learnt from seeing blender tutorials for months: boolean, mirror, inset, reference images, and youre on your own

[@astolenhotpocket13]

Forreal

[@sicfxmusic]

You forgot the king: The Almighty *EXTRUDE*

[@Ozblivion-Official]

I just figured out hard surface modeling after three months also where the auto smooth button was

[@gabe687]

How does that work, you don't know what to look for? There is a ton of info all over the place if you search by topic. If you don't find what you need for Blender, you can look for how to do it in other programs, and it's going to be a very similar workflow, then you just transfer the concept to blender. Check these out kzbin.info kzbin.info/door/SLLdTBwLMfTKWS56tOiQpw kzbin.info/door/yowChgs-7b38q2Bi0cKXOAvideos

[@GXNG.]

@@sicfxmusic our savior, *INTRUDE*

[@pri_yan_shu_raj]

This is one necessary tutorial for any 3D Modeler. Must watch just after basic modeling. Hats off to Jonathan.

[@DestroyerOfAglets]

15:38 THE RECYCLE BIN IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA... i never would have thought of that on my own

[@g-kems]

Thank you for modelling several times before showing us the best workflow. I believe is the best way to teach all the possible notions of the object you make

[@tomoyaogawa4485]

Thank you so much for sharing this Jonathan !! I’m character artist but it was very interesting to see how professional approach making something I usually don’t make. I might try to do hard surface modelling sometimes in the future too.

[@cg_cookie]

That's so awesome to hear! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@dhirendrapsingh6758]

Informative. Useful. Calming. Inspiring. Life-changing. Enjoyable. Heart-warming. Other.

[@user-sn1hi7my7x]

I've found only one other channel as good as yours. Slow and easy, detailed and very thorough.

[@clemsondriver9214]

One thing that helped me out when i started blocking out my cyberpunk themed motorcycle was to first look up irl reference pics of real bikes. For me it helped to know the vague differences in types of bikes like choppers, cruisers, crotch rockets. This way i didnt put a feature commonly associated with one type of bike on a different type. The one i was making was a hybrid of a cruiser and crotch rocket. Before i started blocking anything out i looked for motorcycle frames matching the outline of the bike i wanted to make. Once i found one i recreated it Blender and i pretty much blocked the rest of the parts in and around that frame. Engine sits here and is bolted to this part of the frame, radiator goes here and is bolted to that part of the frame, transmission goes behind the engine and has a path to the rear part of the frame which connects to the wheel, seat goes on the top of the frame and so on. I was stuck for like a week because i was just trying to block out parts of the bike but it didn't match up with the rest. Once i did the frame of the bike first everything else fit pretty well around it.

[@HomeWithDrew]

Watching this and seeing the qorkflow has been great! I slowed it to 25% at about 35mins to see the technical part by the chain and was funny to hear you explain like you were drunk. 50% speed really sounds like your giving a demonstration whilst intoxicated 😄 Good work on the model!!

[@TheOz91]

I was an engineering major, so a lot of stuff we do with CAD is defintiely the same as we do it for general computer graphics like using Blender (despite that CAD tools are all about dimensioning, though people with a CAD background can start learning Blender and use some addons like CAD Transform to do some precision modeling stuff). I should definitely block out large details than worry about minutae that I can add later, and thanks for this workflow video. And I definitely should brush up on some of the tools like the array modifier, screw modifiers, the like. I plan to have another watch just so that I can encode what is shown and said in the video much better.

[@travisyee7278]

I'm finally getting into making bigger projects and these videos are so useful. I need to start blocking things out more! I have no self-restraint and just start modeling details immediately. T_T

[@astrobirds3679]

Where do you find work?

[@watchitdogs2280]

I believe Fiverr? You can use that it's good I guess

[@theinventor0]

One thing I might do to help with the "too thin" issue is import Mr. Default-Man in his standard dominance establishing t-pose (or whatever). Having a human shape to reference really helps shave down the time needed to get the proportions correct.

[@unclejacksimulations9423]

This is like those super effective 1 minute tutorials but for a whole hour. Golden knowledge!

[@benolson4575]

This is one of the most helpful videos I've seen about 3d modelling. Wow. Thank you so much! :O

[@shadowflar3]

The wheels are an excellent challenge for any 3D modeler. There are many approaches to make it work, and depending on the exact pattern it can really vary which one you should go for. Extra points if you aren't having second thoughts on your chosen approach, though I have never personally succeeded in that :)

[@MrSorbias]

That is a really beautiful model. Thanks for sharing. :) I today learned the importance of that recycling file thing in a hard way. I accidentally applied bevel modifier to the whole hard surface object and that's the end of that object... Found it easier to start modeling it again, because I was not able to fix it even with mesh machine.

[@giosgio]

tbh this feels so much better than sitting through a tutorial thats rather slow, really enjoyed this vid keep up the good work!

[@chanruzzi]

Thank you very much for sharing your modeling process for this concept. Your comments, instructions and tips were detailed yet simple and very straightforward to follow along with the timelapse! Cheers 🥂

[@jonlampel]

Thanks Ruzzi, glad you found it useful!

[@chanruzzi]

@@jonlampel 🤜🤛

[@Thandidladla]

6:15 lmao futuristic rocket booster. it's exactly what I was thinking about

[@AcousticGuitarDude]

Super insightful and inspiring ofc! Thank you so much!!

[@pri_yan_shu_raj]

Absolute fantastic and valuable. Thank You, Jonathan.

[@MakingStuffWithEvan]

Love this tutorial format! Please keep making videos like this!

[@brian_t_cassidy]

Brilliant tutorial

[@jwork5680]

Sometimes i still can't imagine most of sci-fi stuff we see in movies was a cube before

[@276_rein]

Not always, it maybe any other primitives too

[@Oubergine990]

fantastic. time got away from me and i sat watched the whole thing really great stuff

[@CaiAllinx]

What did I learn from this? My blender needs updating! Great guide though.

[@daton3630]

the thing i learned is that im to broke to buy mesh machine

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

@@daton3630 meshmachin3 is great! Almost worth it for fuse alone. It's so cool to be able to bevel edges then bring it all back to a cube if you want to change something. Worth keeping an eye out for bundles to get it a bit cheaper. Decalmachin3 is great, too.

[@daton3630]

@@Kholaslittlespot1 a bundle of decal and mesh machine sounds nice

[@ChrisD__]

What version are you on? This is 2.91 Alpha

[@nodesaddict1168]

wow i just realised i've watched the entire video great job you deeply inspire me

[@serbanandrei7532]

Thank you for making this video

[@cg_cookie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@the3rdimension]

We want more like this one⭐🔥

[@Shauchyn]

I clicked the Like button right after I saw the thumbnail

[@rahulpaul.3d]

Quality content right here

[@VotechsDigital]

This video really motivated me into modelling And I want to thank u for the inspiration 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽❤️

[@solesteak3875]

AH I love this video so much...Could you do a similar video for texturing this project?

[@Relax-kb7tf]

8:34 IS GREATS !

[@Miszczponadmiare]

That was really cool tutorial, it helped me to establish where I currently am with my moddeling skills. A thing that I regret is that I decided to make this model as well, but was undecided whether I would like to copy you 1:1 or if I would like to just use the same flow with my own artistic interpretation of the motor. I finished with something unwokrable, that I'll probably never finish or at least something that requires some seriuos redesigning if I would ever want to finish it.

[@renaudst-hilaire7178]

Lol when the video started I was like CLOUDKICKER!!! not often you can hear his music in videos on yt.

[@_TetKaneda]

Great tutorial, great contribution. You have my like Thank you so much. Greetings

[@justintzojoshua]

Cool!

[@Inkgraphite]

That model sould be the concept for a Tesla's motorcycle, the Cybercycle(?) Amazing video love your channel

[@michaeldrius4865]

😍😍,really need a tutorial for the tyre

[@GRACFUL1]

Yes it was, thank you

[@MikeBSc]

7:28 Is that a Suzuki Bandit?

[@ROYSMoGraphDesign9900k]

Good modeling btw, this is level of *Creativity* Keep up the good work..

[@justanameonyourscreen5954]

Screw the haterz... it looks cool dude!!

[@MatheusLB2009]

4:01 How do you rotate "within the edges" like that? 🤔

[@drprogress3339]

Thanks for this

[@MrSpoonerman]

The piece on the rear that you mentioned having to come up with a purpose for....it could be a powered rear wheel extender....drag bikes have a real wheel set back further so hybrid drag bike.

[@agsystems8220]

Makes sense, not like it can turn!

[@JaXuun]

Complex surfaces for me: 1 object where hard and curved surfaces meet. Curve flows change direction. Complex surfaces for tutors: 100 cubes, cylinders and spheres

[@bishalscreation]

Awesome buddy. Wish i could learn all the tools u used for this project 😳🙏🏻

[@hundegemechu855]

Can you please share your blender theme setting? 🙏🙏

[@gopstopvasya5343]

Hello!! Great job. I really like how your interface is configured. Could you share your settings ?? Thanks in advance.

[@suop1234]

cheers!

[@lifetube2214]

Thanks man,i wish i could sub you meny times, i like your tuts

[@megasupernewbie]

21:00 you could export simple variant of mannie default character from unreal engine 5 and its already rigged :)

[@coreone3697]

Yes, futuristic chains

[@kungfumachinist]

Bonus points for "Sunk Cost Fallacy".

[@icepirate07]

would appreciate a full course with a proper step-by-step explanation... if it's here then take my money :)

[@cg_cookie]

We have a bunch of those on our site, by Jonathan the man himself! www.cgcookie.com BOOM!

[@filippoye609]

Hey, you're doing God's work here, thank you so much. I noticed your edit mode + AltZ looks way more clear than Blender standard one, is it like some kind of UI themes or something?

[@cg_cookie]

Hey thanks! Yeah, I'm using the Minimal Dark theme

[@bhrgv_rm]

Can you give out the interface xml file in the description for us. I really love this one

[@jonlampel]

Thanks! It actually got accepted as an official preset, so it's in blender as Minimal Dark

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

Reminds me of one of the bikes in Deus Ex: Human Revolution

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

Would you recommend modeling things such as bolts or baking normals and texturing details such as bolts to save memory in a game?

[@kewk]

It's not just a 3D modeling video, but a life lesson on how and how not to judge... how and how not to care about being judged. How to simply enjoy who and what you are and what you make.

[@hartdr8074]

Why does your blender UI look more modern than base model Blender? Do you have a theme? Could you share it?

[@cg_cookie]

Sure thing! It's my Minimal Dark theme which is included with Blender

[@Sandor3D]

5:44 I think that is the exhaust my man.

[@ferdzalmarines4086]

which one is better and more flexible in modeling like this, Maya or Blender?

[@paulatreides1354]

it's great ..do you think you could model even more complex shapes like speed forms ?

[@tyc5941]

just wonder a guy like you, can earn how much per month, cause what i see is a perfectionist with professional skills, and unbelievable work ethics.

[@francescagreetham1804]

Love this! Sounds silly but using a plane to check if the lines were in parallel was so wonderfully simple it made me wonder why I’ve never even thought of it before.

[@leonansouzadesigner7892]

its realy working crack, thank u very much

[@cwtjones]

Hi, do you model with shadow on? It seems to have soft shadow in the viewport when you do the modeling.

[@f8h0me]

you can find in viewport shading

[@CGZAIN]

Love you from Pakistan

[@SwordToothTiger]

can you model front part of civil airplane for high-poly (for subdivision modifier), for example A320, and write a video about it? I think it is really challenging and can't do it myself so I'm searching for a help.

[@TheRealJupitz]

Nice work! But with those gears wheels spin backwards. Unless you have shaft rotating backwards. Not likely

[@2LXCKYY]

My only feedback would be to get rid of the drive chain and use a belt, automatics wouldn't be using a chain, belt would be more ideal

[@szymonzak6681]

meh i think the chain looks cool

[@Razaki3D]

Hey. Just thinking, the booster-looking thing seems to me like a component used to generate extra flexibility between the bike and back wheel since it has two bars attaching to the body. Thanks Jonathan.

[@link-kun5974]

Can you make a tutorial for glow and advance energy effect for game characters attack animation? I really wanted to know how to do things like that

[@cg_cookie]

Check out the recent tutorials by our friend Pierrick Picaut! Should be just what you're looking for

[@TheAppleGerman]

Good work. Which engine do you usually use? Can anyone tell me if there is a big difference between Nvidea CUDA and AMD ProRender? I bought a 5700XT and now I want to learn and maybe rander what I did in Blender3D, but I'm not sure and want to change from AMD to Nvidea. Does it make sense?

[@cg_cookie]

Hey, I'm using Cycles with OptiX on an Nvidia, but I haven't had an AMD in a while so I can't really compare

[@Klayperson]

should have modeled the tire tread as a flat piece and used array + curve modifier to wrap it into a tire

[@SwordToothTiger]

it is a course teaser or a course itself?

[@virajshinde3982]

I want to make this Surely .

[@paulreader1777]

Was interesting to watch but personally learnt very little.

[@datguy6745]

Can you elaborate the difference between editing objects in edit more, rather than in object mode? I know theres a difference, but it doesnt really make sense to me yet.

[@ajithraj1206]

😍😍

[@mszczesnik]

Hey! Awesome video as always. Could you record a video about creating concepts of hard surface models (using 3D techniques)? That would be great :)

[@Lightingbolt5]

How long did it take you to make this bike

[@masterpNL1983]

Where is my donut? Time to finish it

[@ainaopeyemi339]

Can you pls just upload the full video on the premium cg cookie, I dont mind if there are no subtitle or voice over, but a company like cg cookie deserves to have at least one hard surface modelling course in blender 2.8x, thank you, some of us wants advanced modelling

[@cg_cookie]

I'm working on one of those right now! And, you may have watched it already, but this is also hard surface: cgcookie.com/course/creating-animated-sci-fi-game-assets

[@ainaopeyemi339]

@@cg_cookie yea I have watched this one, but I prefer the ones where u have to build machines or robot, like really hard core modelling, I would be awaiting when the course would be released so I would renew my subscription, I love the way all your course tackles particular problems like lighting, rigging, so one for hard surface would go a long way, thanks for ur reply

[@magicduck918]

What software did he use?

[@danieljackson182]

What Is the add-on that make planes and verts glow blue ?

[@cg_cookie]

It's my custom theme that's included in Blender - Minimal Dark

[@abhinavshyju]

Please give me your blender theme and settings

[@jonlampel]

Minimal Dark, included in Blender

[@abhinavshyju]

@@jonlampel thank you bro

[@Putra.319]

How much polygons is considered High Poly, Med Poly and low Poly?

[@SunsetRacer]

Watch it at .25x speed. Kinda drunky but your eyes have less struggle to follow :D

[@prathuljango]

❤️❤️

[@Indonesia01ian]

Hi is it possible to make it in Solidworks? I really confuse...

[@Chevifier]

My thought the enttire video. Its gonna be hell UV unwrapping and texturing this lol

[@FlyinBoi]

so fucking helpful. May you get all the cookies that you deserve

[@aero3245]

I need your theme dude

[@MaNameOtis]

But how is that game ready, if every part of the motor cycle is a separated object ?

[@maymayman0]

You sound almost exactly like the genetically modified skeptic mixed with nilered