Pre-Production Work 7

Continuing on from the last entry, I have decided upon the final look for the company logo, as shown below on the right. I took reference from real life company logos, and simplified the shapes and colours in the design.

As a recap the rhino signifies the tough, bulky, armoured construction values of the tank and construction vehicle variants. Its all about the connotations the viewer gets from the images, and since the logo is usually one of the first things you see with a company, I wanted to make sure I got that idea across.

The lines and the three eye holes in the rhinos design represent the robotics part of the logo. I also decided to go for a green colour as it could go down the line of less fuel consuming or 'greener' robots, but mainly due to the fact I felt the green worked better for this. I may change the font, but I'm pretty set on it for the time being.

Alongside the completion of the logo the arms for the robot mechs have also been finished  and added to the final concept pieces, as shown below.

I was fairly set on what I wanted the arms to look like so I didn't change up the variety too much. Also the arms are more of a place holder then a definite final part of the machine, as I feel that different pieces would be more useful and make more sense for a realistic outlook.

So with these out of the way, the pre-production stage is pretty much finished. I'll most likely digitally paint the colours in at a later date, and deal with turnaround art when that point comes as well, since I'd prefer for the 3D modelling and texturing to dictate how they'll look.

So for the next blog posts be expecting some 3D modelling updates as I start to break down the components of these machines and start to fit them all together in 3DS MAX.