Car meets fish: my "Black Orchid" smart car design. (Please vote!)
I designed this for the smart car design competition. Please vote for us if you like it!
This design was named for a breed of siamese fighting fish called the "black orchid crown tail". I was also inspired by Mexican skull candy, orchid blossoms, deep sea fish, and Japanese manga artist Junko Mizuno's work. I get a lot of comments from guys about my smart car, so I wanted to make a design that both girls and boys could feel cool driving, something elegant but striking, that you could blast mariachi or the Orb in without clashing with the visual appeal.
I sketched this design on paper, then scanned it into my computer, where I recreated the swirling black details using vector graphics.