The Original - 1955 BMW Isetta 300

I started off modeling the original BMW Isetta from a blueprint and photographic reference, and once I completed the vehicle I reworked the shape and proportions to make a stylized or caricature version of it.

TAG - A Short Animated Sequence

These are a few style frames for a short animation I'm working on titled TAG.

The vehicles are stylised 1955 BMW Isetta 300s and they are involved in a typical chase scene... or are they?

This has been an exercise to produce a complete 3D animated project - from concept to final composite. The emphasis has been on an animated sequence rather than a fleshed out storyline.

The final animation will hopefully be featured before the end of this year.

1955 BMW Isetta 300

A stylised version of an iconic car.

Modelling, lighting and rendering done in Softimage. Textures created in Photoshop.Ciao!

A brief history of the Isetta:

"The Isetta is an Italian designed microcar built under licence in a number of different countries, including Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Because of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became know as a bubble car, a name later given to other similar vehicles.

The BMW Isetta was in 1955 the world's first mass-produced 3-Litres/100km car. It was the top selling single cylinder car in the world, with 161 728 units sold."

- Sourced from Wikipedia -