Another day, another render, right? Well, this time it’s not just a render; it’s a view behind the curtain to see how the world’s graphic designers and pixel artists create the cool virtual car designs we see in media.
Over at the Hagerty channel on YouTube we get to see not just the rendered car at the end, but the whole process to see what it takes to transform a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro into a Hoonicorn. This is because the surprise is that Khyzyl Saleem had input into creating the 1,400-hp Hoonigan Mustang for Ken Block.
The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Dressed Like A Hoonicorn
The Kyza – his Twitter name – introduces this project as an interest, where he wonders if there might be a parallel world where one of his favorite cars – the Camaro (specifically a 1969 model) – might have been the base for Ken Block’s Hoonicorn instead of the Mustang.
For this overview into his process on creating a render from scratch, Khyzyl shows us the method: start with a car, then create a collage of different photos with different versions of the car for inspiration.
He wants to make it look fit for Gymkhana and follow the Hoonigan ethos and so sets to work in his program creating a basic 'model,’ which he can then start manipulating, pulling, bending and sticking virtual parts to.
The 1969 Kyza Camaro Makes A Good Impression
After the car gets assembled, and we get a view of the car, slammed low and rendered onto a background, it is easy to see the merit in Khyzyl’s work.
Even if you’re not a fan of the heavily-modified and low-rider look, the insight into graphic creation is fascinating and well worth a watch.
Back in 1969, Chevrolet’s Camaro, a pony car like the Mustang which went on to be the Hoonicorn, came with a multitude of engines but as Kyza’s render includes the ‘SS’ badge, we’ll assume it initially came with the 6.5-liter V8.
In this souped-up Gymkhana-ready form, theoretically some updates would need to have happened under the hood too – so we’re guessing it would now make somewhere north of the 350 hp/415 lb-ft of torque in the original car.
Either way this video is interesting for providing us with a very quick, understandable and digestible insight into how these kinds of renders come from a blank screen and an idea in someone’s mind.
Kyza makes it look easy, basically; now all we want to do is to take the Camaro for a spin against the Mustang.