28 Jun 2019

Stroke 187 - Citroen ID 19




To commemorate Citroen's centenary, I bring back the iconic ID / DS.

Probably this is the most revolutionary and futuristic car ever built, and it's one of the most beautiful cars ever.

Combining the innumerable technological innovations with the innumerable innovations in design, in just one model, is basically creating a car close to perfection, without exaggeration ...

Technical innovations, such as legendary hydraulic suspension or disc brakes, are well-publicized in car media, but design innovations are perhaps less well-known.

At a time when car aerodynamics were little more than non-existent, the Citroen features a perfectly fluid line, including the entire bottom of the car, and details such as clean brushes concealed, doors without glass rims, different colored roof (which is now fashionable ...), rear lights at roof level, integrated bumpers,... well, just look closely and be surprised.

As for the 3d model, I had already presented an ID/DS here in 2012, but the skills were not yet tuned... so I took advantage of the centenary of the brand and my admiration for the model to get back to the subject with another quality.

The modulation was not easy, because the technical drawings available are not very strict, and the textures were also complicated because I did not find photos that would solve the problem, so I had to arrange a compromise between real photos and some textures made from scratch.

f you are interested, you can buy the 3d model in Sketchfab or CGTrader.

Let's start with the image that shows the modeling work:


The photomontage on a famous Paris street:


Some general images:









The video to show the full work:


And the photo-blueprint of the final model:


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