Side view car sketch by Umidjon

Umidjon is a student in US and he has an obsession whiwh is to draw and sketch cars, even if he is not following a speciphic design car design school he is able to sketch well. This is a good example for you beginners, his side view car sketch coupé is very simple, not messy, few lines, freehand made, good proportions respecting basic reflexions rules on body, grey tones colors to give form and depth.
It looks like a very quick sketch, may be it is not but it gives that impression which is another good thing about Umidjon's car sketch.
Good work!

Source Umid's Web Log

Online design courses

Hi friends,

Surfing on the net I have seen quite a lot of Web Design Degrees offers and I was a bit curious so I started searching on the net and I found on line courses about: Web Site Design Schools, on-line Interior Design Schools, Graphic Design Program, online Fashion Design Schools, Online Art School, on-line Animation Schools...at so on I even found a web site about Car Design Program on-line.

It is true, today thanks to internet and some money to invest we can offer ourself a Design course basically in any discipline staying at home connecting ourself with our PC.
Is it going to be good?

Please continue reading clicking On line Design courses

Books: How to illustrate and Design concept cars

This book written by Adrian Dewey is now available on Amazon.com.
This book provides an easy to follow guide on how to draw cars like the professional design studios. Covers materials used from pencils to markers, airbrushes to computer generated drawings. The book features clear and concise step-by-step guides to drawing all external components of a car, and teaches how to render them in order to bring them to life. It also showcases work that demonstrates how these techniques produce great car art and design.

Chaise lounge Wave by Paolo Frigerio

This Chaise Lounge Wave is made of light materials good for interior and exterior location. The main concept was to express a design full of sensuality, fluid design and elegance.

Designer Paolo Frigerio
Frigerio Design Studio, Como, Italy

Info via Youngdesigner.it

Renault electric car concepts, BMW VED, Mercedes SLS AMG

From IAA Frankfort Auto Show 2009

Videos Youtube

BMW supercar proposal by Giulio Partisani

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Giulio Partisani is an ex student of IED Torino Design school in Italy and a professional designer, I liked a lot his illustration and proposal for this BMW Supercar. Very dramatic prospective (very low point of view and slightly tilted angle of image), cool color choice very cold with high contrast, great focal point (we can really read this composition), no prospective mistakes and naturally an interesting creative design not too advanced and not traditional, good balance. Last important note is the depth given by the prospective but mostly by the color application.

Image from Partisani's profile on Local-motors.com

Design Sketching a book to have

This is a sketch technique book that has become a highly regarded resource for designers, students and Universities throughout the world.
Twenty-four talented students from the Umeå Institute of Design, one of Europe’s best design schools, have contributed to the diverse material in the book.
It is a unique collection of sketches representing a large number of different product designs.

The authors of the book are: Erik Olofsson and Klara Sjölen graduated in 2005 from the Institute of Design in Umeå in Sweden.

To buy the book please click Design Sketching

Source www.designsketching.com

Ideation sketches by Kevin Nougarede

Today I selected this ideation sketch work done by Kevin Nougarede simply beacuse it is a good example of how to organize a project presentation.

In his work we can see a real respect of a method: composition, focal point, technique, graphics, good communication.

Kevin got his diploma in Transportation Design at Strate College Design school in Paris, France.

Visit his blog where you will find a big part of his portfolio, Just click Kevin Nougared

Source K Nougarede

Futurama 2.0 Mobilizing America's Transportation Revolution

"Assembling a visionary team to create innovative, sustainable and viable solutions for all future transportation in the United States."

Futurama 2.0 : Mobilizing America’s Transportation Revolution, calls for the creation of a highly motivated, multi-disciplinary group to create a brand new vision for the next 50 years of America’s entire transportation needs.

Created by David Muyres and Geoff Wardle it is a new way to re-think transportation and environment, a new way to put together a multi disciplinary team made by experts to study alternative environmental and architectural solutions in combination with new car design and transportation philosophy. The new needs of a cleaner world force the system to face a new phase which is to re-think itself.

For more info I invite you to check the website www.OnGoingTransportation.com

Source Ongoingtransportation.com

Rally Fighter rendering competition by Local Motors

Your challenge: Create a beautiful and exciting rendering of the Rally Fighter and its universe. This image should celebrate the heritage, possibility and purpose of our first vehicle. You could call on the warm Baja desert, the lights of Las vegas, or the power of a P-51 as possible inspiration.

The best renderings will be compiled within a Limited Edition 2010 Calendar, and each author will also earn a cash reward, the LM "In the Studio" T-Shirt and his name on the Calendar.

Start Date: Wed September 9, 2009 12:01am EST (-4 UTC)
Submission Deadline: Tue September 15, 2009 11:59pm EST (-4 UTC)

For more info http://www.local-motors.com/competition.php

By the LM Team (my friend site)

Last year of school, soon I'll be a designer

Hi friends,

for many of you this is going to be your last year of school. You will finally get your diploma and be ready for job interviews with the support of your portfolio.

It is not a case that the photo of my post today is a "portfolio case";in fact I would like to remember that to obtain a great outstanding series of projects you must work hard during this last year.

The final year is the most important one, you will put together the technical experience gained during your first years and also your personal Design philosophy that you are forming in your head since the beginning of this adventure.

You will have the chance to make several important projects and some sponsorized, it is an opportunity not to miss. Take care of all your sketches, illustrations, sketch-books, take photos of your models, start thinking how you would like to present all this at the end of the year. How is going to be your portfolio? Too soon to give an answear, but start thinking about it. This idea has to follow you for about 6 or 7 months untill you will really start thinking about packaging your "book".It is going to be a part of your "image".

Another important aspect to take care of is your CV and the English TOEIC Test level (in Europe a young designer must have a score of at least 700 points). Many car companies do not hire if you do not have a high TOEIC score, so start searching for info (you can get it on the net, but also in my "articles").

Good start and good luck!

VW car sketch by Marco Pavone

This is a great sketch! VW Designer Marco Pavone made it,good technique and very professional.
I suggest you to look at VirtualCar.it website where you will find lots of images and color sketches about the project.

Photo via Virtualcar.it

Back to school!

Hi friends,

vacation time is over and we are ready to go back to school to complete our design courses or we are just getting in to start for the first time a design course.

In any case I wish to all of you to start strong and motivated, remember that to follow a design course means a lots of sacrifices - competition - exercise - and most of all lots of creativity.

Do not be shy, remember that in school you must exercise your creativity the best you can. Try new techniques, be curious, learn hot to work in team, for those that are following their last year be prepared to make a good portfolio do not forget it! Any project or sketch save it and look at it at the end of the year, search for a stage or internship before your diploma.

I'll be there with my tips hoping to serve you the best I can!

Luciano

Photo via, blogdecodesign.fr