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.
In order to help us make this website a success we encourage you to take a look
around and mail us your ideas, thoughts and suggestions to
suggestions@designertechniques.com
Please remember to refresh this page when you visit to ensure you have the
most up to date content.
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.
page last updated;
2008-07-03