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Sketching Up a Tesla Tank

Follow along with Eric Strebel's marker and pen rendering

By Rain Noe - August 16, 2018

in Sketching

This week industrial designer Eric Strebel's got a sketching video up. "I recently visited Norfolk, Virginia and was inspired by all the military hardware on display in the area," he writes. "You can see some of the amazing ships in the beginning of the video. This got me to thinking about why today's military hardware is not electric or even hybrid.

"I decided to sketch up a light infantry concept vehicle for the brave men and women of the Armed Forces. It's a sketching tutorial as well. I rough in the form of the vehicle with a 10% grey marker to work out the proportions, then switch to a Hi-Tec C pen to flesh out the details of the tank. Finally I use a series of darker values to add more form to the craft."

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Adam Nunn

6 years ago

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Sorry to say, but the Tesla Tank has been done ;)
http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Tesla_tank_(Red_Alert_1)

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Roberto Valenzuela

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Tesla would never make military equipment. Part of good design is knowing your client's values.

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  I would not be surprised at all if they already have military contracts in place. In effect Space X is a military contractor, it's not a big leap to leverage tesla tech into their projects.
  
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    That's true, but Tesla being an eco-friendly consumer brand, I think their customer base would find the idea of Tesla-branded military equipment off-putting.
    
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