Introduction to Automotive Design (Udemy.com)

Professional Techniques, Tips, Tricks and Secrets for the Aspiring Car Designer

Created by: Michael Santoro

Produced in 2021

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What you will learn

  • You'll be able to take your car design drawings to the next level and beyond
  • You'll learn to draw wheels faster, better and more accurately
  • You'll learn the most important drawing technique of professional car designers to radically improve your sketches
  • You'll learn the importance of speed forms for developing your car design drawing technique
  • You'll learn what materials are the best for sketching your ideas and how to maximize them
  • You'll learn the techniques for laying out a great side view sketches including proportion
  • You'll learn where professional car designs get their inspiration from and how you can get inspired too
  • You'll learn the vocabulary of automotive design so you'll know what you're talking about

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

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Course Description

This course provides the student with the basic foundation for creating professional car design drawings and an understanding of automotive design terms. Automotive design is one of the most competitive and difficult creative fields. Any chance you can give yourself to increase your opportunity to be successful should be taken. This course is that chance. The lectures cover the following: Why drawing cars is different than other types of drawing and how to do it like a proThe secrets of drawing circles and ellipsesWhy you need to draw speed formsWhere car designer get their inspirationHow to structure your side views to take your sketches to the next levelThe language of automotive designThese lessons are the same coursework that is taught at major design colleges and universities around the world. This course gives you head start or will help you improve your skills for a fraction of the price. Who this course is for:
Aspiring, young car designersSomeone looking to change careers and become a professional car designerAnyone looking to prepare a portfolio for admission into a design schoolAnyone getting ready to apply for scholarships to design schoolAnyone looking to improve their drawing abilities for product or transportation designAnyone interested in cars, design and / or drawing

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Instructor Details

Michael Santoro

Born in New York City, Mr. Santoro attended the High School of Art & Design where he was a member of the first ever, industrial design high school program in the United States. After graduating from Pratt Institute with a bachelor degree in Industrial Design, Mr. Santoro was accepted as the first ever, post-graduate design intern at Chrysler Corporation where, upon completion, he received an offer to join the staff.
Mr. Santoro spent 6 years as an automotive designer at Chrysler where he created the ground breaking, cab-forward exterior design for the 1995 Car of the Year, the first generation Chrysler Cirrus and it's sister vehicle, the Dodge Stratus. Before leaving Chrysler, Mr. Santoro penned the 1996-2006 Jeep Wrangler, returning the vehicle visually to its iconic roots while pushing it forward into the new century.
Returning to New York City, Mr. Santoro spent two years as a consulting designer for Walter Dorwin Teague, America's oldest design consultancy. There he worked on numerous programs including creating conceptual design interiors for Boeing Aerospace and the production interior for the Gulfstream G5 aircraft.
Mr. Santoro retuned to automotive design work as a consultant working on the Vector M12 production supercar and Vector M12 "American Anthem" North American International Auto Show show car. Additional projects including the Lamborghini Jota show car followed.
In 1999, Mr. Santoro created the Apple-specific case market with the launch of hi

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By Wilmar Mojica on 12/13/2020

hast la segunda leccion ha sido buena, aun me faltan tres lecciones

By Varun Acharya on 11/23/2020

i learned to draw proper side view

By Kharsikar Saurabh on 11/8/2020

This course is good for me I learn many things from this videos

By Farhan nabeel on 11/7/2020

The way he teaches is great.

By Varaprasad on 11/6/2020

This course is good for beginners. If there could be more templates to practice the basic shapes I would be more satisfied. The templates described in this course are rare which can give you idea. to master the basics I prefer to have more templates so that i wont loose my heat to learn things.

By Mark Polson on 10/25/2020

Yes, very good match

By John Duarte on 10/22/2020

It broadens my artistic knowledge

By Junaid anwar on 10/15/2020

This is my first course regarding automotive design. I really learn and enjoy the 1st lesson of the course. Now I have to practice on it.. I hope I will continue this for more learning experience and make something better..thanks

By Ayoola Olatunji on 10/1/2020

It is a good introduction for me and I am excited to see how I transition from beginner to a master in Automotive Design

By Nipun Sharma on 9/22/2020

The course was a bit pricey for 35 mins

By Abraham Thomas K on 9/17/2020

Good introduction to automotive design.

By Jason Gilden on 9/13/2020

This course is fun, but I was looking for something more direct rather than broad