Flamethrower tank digital illustration

Digital drawing using Photoshop and Wacom Cintiq.

This was a fun project, and I got a lot of satisfaction from the final product. This allowed me to set the color values and surface properties before going to 3D.

Flamethrower tank sketches

First two sketches are indigo blue pencil on paper. Third sketch is black ink of vellum.

Doing some ideations on tank design made me want to make one equipped with a flame thrower. After a few iterations, what started as a tank turned into more of an armored car with a turret on the roof. I was originally going to put a small winshield on the fron of the vehicle, but decided on louvered vents to see out of.
Using vents insted of glass gives the vehicle a more rugged and indusrial look while making for a mor interesting profile.


Support Tank

Concept tank sketches.

The first image is black ink on top of indigo blue pencil. Second image is blick ink on Vellum.

After drawing some ideation sketches of tanks, I liked the look of a split front end as it made for interesting negative space. Some of the ideation sketches were of large lumbering tanks, while this is meant to be smaller. Large tank illustration to come soon...