Sunken Kombi

Here are my final renders of my sunken Kombi van.  This design only includes basic layers of algae and no other layers of different organisms, whilst I wish I could have included more detailed layers, attempting to use other methods of rendering did consume a lot of time. 

*Unfortunately the Substance Painter version of Iray doesn't support the latest RTX 30 series graphics cards so the renders are not super high quality.

This update includes most of the base layers before adding barnacles and other extruded layers. 

Here are my mood boards that I used to present examples of inspiration. First I examined real VW Type 2 designs before thinking about how I could make my design unique. Instead of making a cool illustration design I decided that I wanted to make a sunken Kombi, covered with Algae and barnacles. For this design I needed to understand how Algae builds up and grows on different materials, so I spoke to a friend of mine that is studying Marine Biology and asked him about how different organisms grow in different areas of the ocean. Through this conversation I learned about the 2 different types of algae and how didn't areas of the ocean affect the colours of the organisms that grow.