How to Model Wheels & Tires Like a Career 3D Artist

Modeling cars and car parts in blender is one of the first things a lot of new artists want to try, but even things like wheels and tires that seem simple can be deceptively difficult. In this tutorial I will walk you through the tips and tricks I've learned in my 10 year 3D career and show you how I tackle wheel and tire modeling.
Massive shout out to ‪@Donut‬ ‪@bigtimebigtimebigtime‬ and ‪@SpeeedCo‬ for being a big part of the reason I decided to join youtube in the first place
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[@Sagelonewolf23]

Genuinely entertaining and informative video with some great production value, well done!

[@Ludicrous_Speedway]

Excited for the rest of the tutorials! My Sonett is rare enough that I've only been able to find 2 models of it, neither are good. So it looks like I’m doing it all myself. I’m really interested in how we make more accurate models, but I’ll save those questions for the relevant video. 👍

[@bytedozer]

Wait a Saab Sonett??? if you haven't joined the discord please do, I have questions

[@Ludicrous_Speedway]

@@bytedozer Yessir, Joined the other day. I have yet to Introduce myself.

[@bluuesnapper]

This was very helpful and inspiring,which is what I need right now.Well explained,learned a lot,thank you!

[@iitkass]

this video is really helpful for lazy people like me. thank you!

[@bytedozer]

You're welcome! I also put a link to download the asset for free in the description if you want to skip the work entirely!

[@lv-cxs]

4:03 id recommend making one side of spoke and mirror then array it using object offset and use an empty rotated at 60°

[@MelvilleG]

Thanks. Next time someone will post a scary story of how AI will soon replace 3D artists - I will send them a link to your video, so they can challenge Midjourney to make a decent tire.

[@YoutuberUser002]

Ai will definitely take over 3d artist's given enough time not currently they can't barely code but in a decade ai models will be everywhere

[@lunarazure9969]

Quick tip for connecting the inner section with the spokes part at 9:20. Instead of trying to line things up perfectly and using merge by distance or manually merging each vertex, just select both edges and Bridge them using Looptools.

[@bytedozer]

I realized this when I was editing 😭, I was cutting that section and was like, wait, wtf was I doing

[@at0m814]

Hey man, nice tutorial! But what if we want to make an off-road tire that has treads on the sides as well? I would appreciate a tutorial on how to make an off-road tire.

[@bytedozer]

stay tuned....

[@DG-hw5zy]

Amazing work. Thanks. Just curious why you modeled this in blender instead of cad. It's just a revolve with two cutouts in a polar array. Import as an STL.

[@bytedozer]

CAD is great for fast modeling but because it’s nurbs curve based the topology when converted to mesh type objects is unmanageably bad. This is the same reason film studios and commercial operations that are using the models they make primarily for digital content creation use mesh modeling rather than more cad like programs. As for why topology matters it’s important for achieving realism in shading and also for rigging

[@DG-hw5zy]

@@bytedozer thank you for the informative response. i was under the impression that topology was better from brep models, not worse.

[@MrHitmen90zapas]

You won’t get 1000$ for any tire. Your channel is all about clickbaits and shows tips every regular knows.

[@lockenessmotorsports818]

Im loving this channel I love the rpf1 meme 😂😂 so true with s2000 and mx5 owners. I went a tad different on my 5 Watanabe rs8s

[@bytedozer]

Love those wheels, I see them on Zs a lot and they look so damn good, total classic