Realistic Machinery Illustration with AI

I’m looking for someone with a technical or industrial design background to create realistic visualisations of a piece of mobile equipment I’m developing.

The equipment will consist of two steel tanks, one 100 L and one 250 L, mounted side by side on a transport platform. They need to be shown properly fixed to the platform and connected with realistic pipework, including a pump and the usual operating components such as valves, fittings, a control box, and similar hardware.

These illustrations will go into technical documentation, so clarity, realism, and technical sense are more important than artistic style. I need them to look like a real product that could actually be built, not concept art.

I can provide photos of the transport platform itself so you can see what the base looks like. The platform is around 2.5 metres long and has a seat, so the operator sits on it and rides together with the load. Because of that, the tanks and all other components need to be positioned in a way that makes practical sense and fits the available space properly.

This is not only about making illustrations. I also need someone who can think through the layout and help develop the product arrangement. The idea is based on another product, but that product is designed in a completely different way, so it can’t simply be copied. I can send photos of the reference product as well. What I need is someone who can use those references, understand the platform limitations, and come up with a sensible, realistic configuration.

If your workflow starts with an AI-generated base and then you refine it in Illustrator, Photoshop, CAD, or similar software, that is absolutely fine. The important thing is that the final result looks clean, realistic, technically believable, and suitable for technical documentation and presentation. Experience with mechanical design, industrial design, or engineering-related visualisation would be a big plus.

Deliverables:
- 2–3 high-resolution realistic illustrations
- at least one isometric view and one orthographic view
- clean layers or vector paths so labels can be added later
- neutral background, no branding
- final files in editable AI/SVG plus high-resolution PNG/JPEG

Acceptance criteria:
- the 100 L and 250 L tanks should be shown at the correct relative size
- the tanks must be securely mounted to the platform
- the piping and pump arrangement must be logical and realistic, with no impossible connections
- the final files should be ready for print and PDF use

Please also send a short note about the tools or workflow you prefer, and a couple of examples of similar industrial or machinery-related work.

I’m ready to get started straight away and can send platform and reference photos once we speak.