Car Design 101: Essential Sketching Skills for Beginners

Welcome to Car Design 101! This live, online course is designed to set you on the path to building the necessary skills to become a professional automotive designer. By the completion of this course, you'll be able to draw original car, SUV and truck design concepts in any perspective with confidence. You’ll also learn the essential rendering skills to express shape and form through light, shadow and reflectivity.

Included in the course are 30 video tutorials and rigorous sketching assignments. You'll have the opportunity to receive direct, one-on-one feedback from our instructors at 8 key points in the course, to review your work and discuss opportunities for future learning. 

 This intermediate level course will introduce you to the digital tools and techniques used by professional automotive designers to achieve stunning sketches and renderings. We’ll start by learning the basics of light and shadow, then we delve into basic reflectivity, and how reflective objects are essentially a mirror of the world around them. Finally, we’ll introduce color, and discuss how digital rendering techniques can be used to communicate Brand DNA and automotive design language. 

Included in the course are 38 video tutorials and rigorous sketching assignments. You'll have the opportunity to receive direct, one-on-one feedback from me at 8 key points in the course, to review your work and discuss opportunities for future learning.  

This course is offered to individuals and small teams interested in learning Gravity Sketch one-on-one, with a flexible schedule. You can enroll in this course at any time and receive live, 1-on-1 training on your own schedule.

Gravity Sketch leverages virtual reality to enable real-time, human scale design in 3D. Designing in VR will fundamentally transform the automotive design industry over the next few years. In this course you will learn to leverage the power of VR to transform your design process. Automotive exterior designers, interior designers, product designers, students and professionals are welcome. All skill levels welcome, no experience necessary!

• Live Interaction, One-On-One and in Small Groups. 
• Personal mentorship, career coaching and portfolio development.
• Access to the best industry experts.
• Professional networking & community engagement
• Small groups of up to 10 students per cohort, working together.
• CDA & Gravity Sketch Certification