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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...
Category : Concept Car, Design, education, Fetishing, Tutorial
This quick exciting rendering was done by Andrey Gusev from his blog CarCreator. The side view shot with a spotlight overhead has a good combination of loose lines with crisp details. Check out the animation below of how he got there.
[Image and tutorial courtesy CarCreator]
Category : Business, education, Fetishing, Product Design, tools
There is something nice about drawing on a white board. No high quality expectations of line quality and always has a nice looseness to it. What better table then to have at home to sit around and talk design. Imagine the ideas that will appear and disappear over a few cocktails. Sweet as a Nut is a UK-based company that applies artwork to coffee and side table tops, from roses to tapes to whiteboards. You can choose from one of their designs or you can contact them to create your own. This is a great high end look to an otherwise low end product. 
[thanks to Design Milk for the find]
We haven’t linked to any tutorials in a while, so here’s another one: Rendering a red motorcycle on a piece of chipboard (this is the backing material you normally find on vellum pads or newsprint pads). Most of these end up in the trash, but they’re surprisingly fun to sketch on. Very absorbent, and smooth — almost like Masonite. Click on the image above for the full process. This tutorial is one of twenty that will be featured in the upcoming book, Old School Viscom: 20 Renderings in 20 Steps.
The Scuola Politecnica di Design has announced its second annual Summer workshop series with Chris Bangle. Last year’s successful program helped develop Designers of all levels, from students to professionals.
This year’s theme, “An Endeavor in Discontinuity: Exterior Car Design of the Future”,will allow Designers to interact for seven days with one of the most well-respected automotive Designers of modern times, as well as visiting exhibitions and show-rooms throughout Milan, Italy.
Taking place from July 9th – 15th, the workshop registration is filling up quickly. All those interested in taking part should send their CV and portfolio by e-mail to:info@scuoladesign.com
Participation to the workshop is open to candidates who have a degree from schools / universities
of design, professionals with significant experience and skills in car design and companies.
For more information, visit the official site here.
More images from last Summer’s workshop below.