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Maserati GT-Uno – update

By: Miroslav

26-08-2008

Hello to everyone!

Let’s kick off with something…This is my virgin sketch for the new blog. As some of you may know I am working on a Maserati Sports Car for my portfolio, so here is an update sketch on the subject. Hope you like it! Feedback is always welcome! Will post some new sketches when available.

THANK YOU!

By: Miroslav

31-07-2008

I am very happy to announce my new website…finally, we waited so long for it :) All the efforts paid off at the end and I am extremely pleased with the result. It’s all about the presentation and now I have a digital pofolito to be proud of!

I have to say I owe many thanks to RIZN Communication Design for the outstanding job they’ve put through. Their professional touch is far too vivid….and I feel a kind of special for all the attention they paid to my needs. I must say Thank You to Absolutely everyone involved into this. Great work guys!

yours,
miro

BMW T1 Motorsport

By: Miroslav

31-07-2008

“We are committed to motorsport, we intend to stay committed and our cars are the better for it”
BMW

BMW T1 Motorsport is a supercar devoted to BMW’s Motorsport success…

After many years of success on the motor track and plenty of models who won any kind of sport event in the world, BMW hasn’t produced anything like a car to celebrate it, yet? Why? When cars like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche didn’t exist yet, BMW already won plenty of victories at that time and proved to be a great company inspired from the competition.

In the late 1930s BMW 328 was a car capable of beating anything in the 2-liter capacity, no matter what the terrain is. The Model scored more than 100 victories in a very short time. It was BMW again who was capable of beating cars with three times its litre capacity in the early 60s, thanks to 700 coupe. Even later on, it was BMW who seized the world’s first championship recorded by a turbo-charged engine, it was BMW who delivered 6 litres of VI2 energy to motivate McLaren in epic confrontation with Porsche and Mercedes in global GT racing and win Le Mans on its debut and wrote down the record for speed by a serial car in 1998.
Unfortunately, this is information close only to people familiar with the sport history of the Munich Company. For the people who are not interested from that, BMW is just one car manufacturer. Manufacturer famous with the production of good quality motorcycles, cars and mountain bikes.
So I decided, car to commemorate the BMW’s Motorsport glory is needed…

V12 Limo

By: Miroslav

31-07-2008

Started at the end of 2005, this was a study of a modern luxury car featuring the classical luxury elements & materials over the exterior body. Even the most expensive cars nowadays have metal or aluminum body only and nothing like exotic materials to compliment the good design or execution of the car.
This is the reason I decided to have such a concept included in my portfolio. Doing the classical limo or just refining and styling it with new materials such as gold coated grill for example was not what I needed. While having fun, I tried to be bold and brave when playing with this project, using finest quality red wood frame, high-gloss see through glass panels and high quality leather too.
I also planned some interesting conceptual solutions such as the front assembling panels of V12 Limo and the way the doors are going to be fixed for the body side.

Dacia Logan 2012 Sedan/Coupe

By: Miroslav

31-07-2008

Dacia Logan 2012 Sedan/Coupe was a project that was due to be presented on my interview for an exterior design position in the brand new design centre of Renault Design in Bucharest, Romania. I was given an assignment to produce some sketches in my spare time.

Instead of spending time digging into one direction or making a dozen sketches related to one design approach, I decided to have more diversity within my work by shooting in different directions – some of them not typical to the current Dacia production line. Dacia is a car maker known to be producing low-budget cars. However, my own opinion is that even the low-cost vehicles on the market should benefit from their own dignity (a chance to stand-out from the rest), attractive look or just a smart design that doesn’t let the vehicle down.
This is the reason why in my sketches I was mostly seeking for something that can help Dacia to “shine” on this already overcrowded market niche. Some of the drawings show a moderately aggressive vehicle but that’s a current tendency followed by all car manufacturers, other drawings show a vehicle with classic automotive attitude/stance – something that BMW or Maserati could possibly do. Although very hard to design for production, It would be very interesting if Dacia comes up with a concept/prototype based on the Logan but tending to be more like a limousine – a little bit bigger, longer wheel base, classical automotive attitude and design that isn’t shy to speak for itself.

Dacia Logan – Tutorial for DesignerTechniques

By: Miroslav

25-07-2008

Portfolio, Tutorial

Hi all!

Here is one tutorial that I made on a special request from Allan McDonald, owner of the website: http://designertechniques.com/. Click on post to read the full tutorial.

Dacia Logan 2012 Rendering Tutorial

By: Miroslav

20-07-2008

Portfolio, Tutorial

Here I decided to post a tutorial that might be useful for some guys. For others – might be just a reference of how another designer works. I tried to explain in 7 steps the creation of a rendering of mine I did for one presentation. Hope it is useful to you!

Let’s start with the tutorial.

Renault Koleos Rendering Tutorial

By: Miroslav

15-07-2008

Portfolio, Tutorial

I have used one of my Berman Design Competition renderings for this tutorial. Although I was allowed to modify only some parts of the vehicle, I started the render from the scratch. Another thing is that I am not a fan of the underlays at all, I use them only for specific jobs. However, for this render alone I used an underlay of the original concept car because I wanted to be as precise as possible. In other words, to apply my design I had to keep close to the original concept car.

Let’s start with the tutorial.

Maserati

By: Miroslav

04-06-2008

Update!

Here is a small initial sketch…update on the maserati V12 thing..I know, it’s even more brutal and dramatic than the one bellow, but am still keen on developing this concpet into the direction alrady said….so let’s see what comes up with this. Will post more soon.

I couldn’t help myself of making another sketch…..it seems to me that will turn into a personal project for my portfolio – Maserati sports car. At the moment this one is “too cultivated & shy” i’ll look into some more aggressive & expressive in the next sketches…will post soon when I’ve got smth to show on the topic…one thing for sure, it’s gonna be mid-engined V12

Auto & Design Issue 167 – Berman Autostyle 2007

By: Miroslav

30-11-2007

Interviews & Press

Here again Auto & Design is presenting Berman Autostyle winners of the 2007 edition. I was not going to participate again, but Berman insisted and I couldn’t turn down their proposal. I didn’t like this potato – Renault Koleos I was given to work on, but fortunately for me the project won 2 awards – Best Industrialized Project and Auto & Design cover award for best project on the competition. So, at the end I was happy I took a part for 2nd and last time on this competition. I was also given a tour in the factory where I had the chance to see my Alfa Romeo sketches printed on a vinyl and put right in front of the main doors of the building. Nice!

You may have a look at the Jaguar CF-X Sports Version too. If you wish to learn more about the Autostyle competition, you can visit Berman website.

Auto & Design Issue 161 – Berman Autostyle 2006

By: Miroslav

30-11-2006

Interviews & Press

I was happy to see some of my Berman Autostyle competition work featured in the Auto & Design magazine – Issue 161 (November-December 2006). If you wish to learn more about the Autostyle competition, you can visit Berman website. For more info on the project and additional work of mine you can jump on my website.