Introduction to Automotive Design (Udemy.com)
Professional Techniques, Tips, Tricks and Secrets for the Aspiring Car Designer
Created by: Michael Santoro
Produced in 2021
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
Quality Score
Overall Score : 88 / 100
Course Description
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
Instructor Details
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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.
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