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The Art of 'PULSE'

Designing Futuristic Racing Vehicles with Harald Belker

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In his latest release, Harald Belker will cover techniques that reflect the latest process used in entertainment design and concept creation. The crossover integration of several 3D programs, combined and finished in Adobe Photoshop®, provide the best results in the creation of stunning vehicles. Based on imagery from his latest book, PULSE: A Complete Guide to Futuristic Racing, he will first guide you through the process of building the racer in Modo®. He then demonstrates the set up and rendering phase in KeyShot®. The images are then combined and finished beautifully in Photoshop. To wrap things up, Belker will discuss the use of Google Sketch Up® for use building the futuristic racing environment.

  • Searching for inspiration
  • Modeling a vehicle in 3D
  1. Concept Ideation
  2. Modeling in Modo
  3. KeyShot Rendering
  4. Completion in Photoshop
  5. Extra Images
  6. SketchUp/ Story Boards
  7. Vehicle Setup and Renderings
  8. Pages from the Book
  9. Extra Images
  • Product Code: HBE06
  • ISBN: 1-59762-766-6
  • UPC: 805366017989
  • Duration: 108 minutes
  • Formats: DVD-ROM

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  • NTSC
  • All Regions

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  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista®
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

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  • Software Used:

  • Adobe
    Photoshop

  • Modo

  • Keyshot

  • Google
    SketchUp

Harald Belker

Concept Designer

After graduating from the Art Center College of Design, Harald Belker fell into the dream design job of designing cars for Porsche. From there, Belker moved to Mercedes Benz in California where he had the privilege of working on the Smart Car as well as the 'S' and 'M' class models. Though Belker's early design work was focused on the industrial aspect of automotive design, he acquired a taste for entertainment design after he was offered the opportunity of designing the Batmobile for the movie, Batman and Robin. His list of credits boasts other such designs as the sport red Lexus and futuristic cars of Steven Spielberg's Minority Report; as well as the vehicle designs for Armageddon, Inspector Gadget, Cat in the Hat, and Tron Legacy. Belker describes his work as "graphically bold, with the sensitivity and vision to push new forms". He continues: "I like to design everything and I do. I am working on furniture, sports equipment, bags, toys, cars etc. I don't ever want to do the same thing over and over."

"Harald provides a very insightful look into his creative process for developing innovative car designs and renderings that pop. This set of DVDs is a great introduction to car design and rendering."

- Scott Robertson
Founder, Design Studio Press

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