Design From the Mouths of Designers.
Batmobile Design Competition: WINNER!
Congratulations to Paul Denton for winning the Batmobile Design Competition! Paul's rendering, seen above, captures that "bad ass" feel of the Dark Knight: it's moody, menacing, and full of drama. ...
CDF's Batmobile Design Contest
CarDesignFetish knows that you like cool cars. We also know that you like to sketch cool cars. What happens when you put the two together? A really cool design contest, that's what!
We're...
Dwayne Vance: Design and Render Vehicles Online Course...
Superstar Designer/Artist (and friend of CDF) Dwayne Vance is hosting an online class for rendering vehicles in Photoshop and Painter. This Thursday, March 3rd at 2PM EST (11PST) Dwayne will be hosting...
Sketch P*rn: February Edition
February is over, and that means more awesome sketches were released in the month. Point your eyeballs here for great digital work from Volkswagen, pencil sketches from Renault, sketches over photos...
How to Make Cute Cars
Cars that share the general traits of a baby’s face trigger the ‘Isn’t it cute’ response in consumers.
The Fiat 500 is the latest in a long line of "cute cars." So what is it about cars...
Trust me, rendering a car on construction paper is not child’s play. There are a few advantages, like the velvety-smooth finish and the ease of splicing. But it’s also quite delicate — so delicate, I burst a left rear tire! Click on the image above to see the step-by-step process for this very orange ’75 March.
Category : Fetishing, Production Car
Makes me want to buy some red canson. Notice how much blue and purple figure into the equation.
Category : Business, Production Car, Videos, Websites
This is an excellent 1981 documentary by Pennebaker Hegedus Films. Following John Z. DeLorean as he jets across the world from New Orleans to Belfast to Geneva and many places in between, we get an unvarnished, first-hand look at the incredible challenges that any new automobile venture must face.
Category : Design, Interviews, Production Car, Videos, Websites
One morning, Art Center graduate Tom Kellogg was awoken by an unexpected phone call. A voice on the other end said, “Theese eese Raymond Loewy. Would you like to design a sport car with me?” Not sure of what to say, Kellogg simply answered, “Yes.” And thus began one of the most interesting collaborations in auto design history. Birth of the Avanti takes an in-depth look at the design process and personalities that gave life to this timeless classic – through the eyes of one of its key contributors.
Here is the audio version of RoundAbout episode #28 — and yes, it contains 100% more CDF! Enjoy.
http://www.roundaboutshow.com/home/2010/3/21/roab-28-the-pet-episode.html
We have the full CDF team this time, discussing cool cars from Geneva and their Design merits, speaking to newcomer Jason White about his career, and chatting a little about Arvind’s latest project: Driven Mavens.
Hosts:
Dali Dimovski
Dustin Shedlarski
Arvind Ramkrishna
Jason White
For more information:
CarDesignFetish Facebook Page
DrivenMavens.com
RoundAboutShow.com
Category : Design, Production Car
Every designer, whether they want to admit it or not, dreams of the chance to re-imagine an icon. But such an opportunity can be both a blessing and a curse. Exhibit A: The Mercedes SLS Gullwing.
Ah! Tutorials! I knew I forgot something. This vintage F1 rendering was done with blue, light gray and warm steel canson — all spliced together. How is this accomplished? Click on the image above to find out. Also, you may want to play this video in the background while you look at the step-by-step photos. Trust me on this one (click here to see other canson rendering examples at Driven Mavens).
Somethings we haven’t been covering enough of are tutorials. In the specialized industry we are in, sketching and visualizing take precedence over other aspects of our work. And while there are already thousands of car rendering tutorials online, very few are actually any good.
CDF’s own Arvind has, via his Driven Mavens website, been posting sketch tutorials over the last two months on a few basics that people often miss when rendering. The video above, “How to Render a Car on Newsprint,” shows a great method for doing just what the title says. Newsprint is one of my personal favorite mediums to work with; the paper gives a natural, organic feel to any sketch, and provides just enough soak-up quality to make ink and markers pop out and bleed just right. And, when applying white-out or light paint, the images move from sketch to artwork rapidly.
Pick up a pencil, some newsprint, and watch the vid. You’ll have my job in no time.
Follow Jason on his bicycle tour of the old Detroit Grand Prix circuit – no, not the Belle Isle one, the old old one! That’s right. The round-the-houses nightmare that the drivers loved to hate… click here!
