PERSONAL WORK (full exercise)
In 2017 I was starting learning modeling and as an exercise I tried to do the Kaneda’s Bike from the manga Akira (you can see it here -> Kaneda’s Bike 2017). Unfortunately my skills at that time wasn’t good enough and I always felt frustrated about the quality of the model. At the end of 2020, Wizix opened a new modeling challenge about Cybebikes and I thought that it was the perfect “excuse” to redo this bike and see how my skills have improved these last years.
This time, because I’ve studied topology in a correct way, I had no problem to model every parts of the bike. For example, in my previous model I haven’t been able to model the front screen, and I had to do something simpler. However, in my new bike, I have been able to model it as it is in the reference I used.
By the end of the challenge, I’ve only had the time to export clay renders and if it was only the compare my modeling skills, I could have stopped the exercise there… but I took the time to push it as far as possible to end up with nice images to show. So I went through all the process of unwrapping the UV’s, Texturing / Shading, Lighting, Rendering and Compositing to get what you can see below. I still made a lot of mistakes during the creation, but the kind of mistakes that teach you a lot 🙂 I hope you’re gonna like it, because I enjoyed making it.
Modeling : Maya
Texturing : Substance Painter
Lighting / Shading / Rendering : Arnold
Compositing : Nuke
Final Renders
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kaneda_Bike_01.jpg)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjongkind/23062147824/
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kaneda_Bike_02.jpg)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjongkind/23062147824/
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kaneda_Bike_03.jpg)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjongkind/23062147824/
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kaneda_Bike_04.jpg)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjongkind/23062147824/
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kaneda_Bike_05.jpg)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjongkind/23062147824/
Clay Renders
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AG_Kaneda_Clay_01.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AG_Kaneda_Clay_02.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AG_Kaneda_Clay_03.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AG_Kaneda_Clay_04.jpg)
Breakdowns
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kaneda_Bike_Wireframe.jpg)
Process
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/01-Blocking_02-scaled.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/02-MidPoly_01.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/02-MidPoly_05-1-scaled.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/02-MidPoly_07-scaled.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/04-UVs_04.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/05-Texture_01.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/05-Texture_02-2.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/05-Texture_03.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/05-Texture_04.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/05-Texture_06-1.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/05-Texture_07-03.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/07-Composition_test.jpg)
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/08-Renders.jpg)
References
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/4zhe3d669t80.jpg)
https://polycount.com/discussion/184559/kaneda-and-his-motorbike-from-akira-w-i-p-thread
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/D-3cHagVUAEaOu2-scaled.jpg)
https://twitter.com/llcabR18/status/1147817368313376768
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/7.jpg)
https://12inch.forums-actifs.com/t728p175-akira-kaneda-pbm-030
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/34e55166740681.5b208880d29c3.jpg)
https://www.behance.net/gallery/66740681/AKIRA
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jama-jurabaev-artemis-bike2-scaled.jpg)
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YDKew
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3.jpg)
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/cyberpunk-rooftop
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sci-fi-cyberpunk-futuristic-man-motorcycle-hd-wallpaper-preview.jpg)
https://www.wallpaperbetter.com/fr/hd-wallpaper-sdyrr
![](http://www.agaudiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Perales-Anthony_shanghai_bund_IFym.jpg)
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xng33n