Lesson 1-12
You will learn basic sketch techniques. Drawing good sketch is an absolute necessary requirement to become a car designer. You will learn how to draw Lines, Ellipse, Perspective, Proportion, and Ratio.
You will learn two basic view for Car Design, a Side View and a Quarter View (perspective view). In addition, you will learn both manual and digital painting method. You will acquire basic skills which definitely needed for everyone. (if you are beginner, it is Must and if you have already involved in some designing job, great opportunity to skill up.) You will also learn a lot of tips for car sketch which is used in the car design front line.
Lesson 13-24
You will learn how to create your Designing and Styling which can be used for your recruiting activities. In the designers world, to present your portfolio is the most powerful tools than any other tools, much better than writing good resume.
You will learn effective ways to communicate your concept, to produce impressive thumbnail sketches, and to summarize your designs.
Sketch is a Powerful Communication Tool
Let's say that you have great ideas in your mind, awesome car styling, sexy appearance. But it would be useless unless you have skills to express them. Your sketch will convert your 3-D ideas on to the 2-D paper. Is your sketch able to impress professional viewers, such as head of project, or engineers? We will focus on teaching you three basic car sketch skills; "Powerful Lines", "Accurate Perspective", and "Well-Expressed Surface Texture"
CDA world top class designers have developed original programs to learn these techniques in a most effective manner. Our textbook edition has been supervised by Nori Kurihara, our Chairman, a Legend in the Car Design World. He and his team in the CDA will teach you design skills how to express your "Imagination into Form!"
It’s all about Portfolio
May we ask you a question? Is your portfolio attractive enough to get attention of car company's designer or recruiting agent?
It was just about 30 years ago.Nori Kurihara resigned Honda, and went to Europe bringing his portfolio to Italdesign Giugiaro, a famous Italian design company, and got hired right away. Portfolio is the most important material for others to judge your skills and future potential. There will be no other better way you can appeal yourself as a designer, by showing an attractive portfolio when you encounter the scene of job interview or internship programs.
Nori has a lot of experience. Not only in Japan, but also in Europe. He has designed many cars, and he has run the independent design company, and hired many designers. As explained earlier, he is the Legend in the world Car Design industry. Why don't you get something through his experience? He is the one who knows the importance of creating your own portfolio.
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