DESIGNERTECHNIQUES

WELCOME to the website devoted to teaching the skills and techniques required to build a career in the automotive design field. With the help of many professional contributors this site aims to answer all your questions. By using tutorials we will teach you the tricks designers use to produce eye catching sketches and renders, as well as taking a look at the design process. We are also going to feature designer profiles where we will examine how various design professionals managed to achieve their dream career. We really hope you enjoy this website as it has been a lot of fun to create.

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04th July 2008 - NEW DESIGNER ADDED
As program leader of transport design at Umeå Institute of Design, one of the worlds leading automotive design schools, Tony Catignani has good idea of what it takes to succeed in design. Read his thoughts and advice here.

08th April 2008 - NEW TUTORIAL ADDED
Miroslav is a 23 year old designer with a BA in Automotive Design from Coventry University. In this tutorial he shows his technique for quick sketch rendering.

22th February 2008 - NOTCOT REVIEW
Inspiration can sometimes be hard to find. Notcot is a site that aims to ease this process by serving designers with a feast of inspiring, innovative and unusual design articles from all over the web.

12th February 2008 - DESIGNERTECHNIQUES WALLPAPER Edition 02
Our second wallpaper comes courtesy of the sketching skills of Max Shershnev. His fresh and unusual style is one that has greatly impressed us here at DesignerTechniques. Many thanks to Max.

11th February 2008 - CONCEPT SALAD REVIEW
ConceptSalad is a brand new website that aims to showcase the best conceptual work from students and designers around the world. With some great work already onboard its well worth a look.

10th February 2008 - NEW TUTORIAL ADDED
Its been a little while since the last update, and we thank you for your patience...today however we are pleased to bring you a short tutorial by Allan Macdonald. In it he shows a quick trick to improve your line work.

19th October 2007 - COMPETITION2 FIRST PRIZE WINNER
As part of our follow up to our second competition we spoke to Mark Juhasz. As the first placed entrant he received an A5 wide format tablet, a gift box set of Scott Robertson's latest books and a signed copy of Design Sketching.

19th October 2007 - WACOM TABLET REVIEW
One of the many questions we often receive here at DesignerTechniques is what tablet we would recommend. This brief introduction to my own personal experiences with Wacom tablets should help to answer this question.

13th August 2007 - DESIGNBOOM REVIEW
As an aspiring designer it is always exciting to see the inspirational work of others. DesignBoom has many articles and interviews covering all areas of design. Well worth a read!

10th August 2007 - ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5.0 REVIEW
Photoshop Elements 5.0 is Adobes entry level Photoshop product, and for those on a budget is a good way to start learning the 2D computer skills they will need in full time employment.