AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN

Course for Beginners

Transportation / Automobile design is the process of
designing the appearance of automobiles, including
cars, trucks, vans, buses, and even motorcycles for
the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer.

WHAT IS
TRANSPORTATION/
AUTOMOBILE DESIGN?
Automobile designers are responsible for the
styling of the vehicle which means to make
the vehicle attractive and functional to the
user. They are responsible for the vehicles
looks , shape, usability and identity.

WHAT DOES AN AUTOMOBILE

DESIGNER DO?

They are involved from the initial ideation to the production,

to translate the design intent into reality.
STAGES IN AUTOMOBILE DESIGN SKETCHING/ IDEATION

Every automobile starts with a simple idea,

and its a transportation designers job to
come up with these ideas and communicate
them through sketches and renders

CLAY MODELLING 3D MODELLING IN ALIAS STUDIO

The idea on sketch is translated to a

physical realm through a special The clay is scanned & then brought in 3d
automotive clay modeled by specialized software like Alias and surface modeled
clay modelers ENGINEERING for precision , accuracy and taken for
production engineering
SKETCHING/ IDEATION

Sketches by the faculty

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 OUR VISION Our vision is to provide a foundation in automotive
sketching to any one who has the passion for
automotive design.

WHY THIS
COURSE?

Learn skills to prepare your own portfolio

Make yourself ready to apply for design education in
reputed institutes
An added skill to apply for a job in the automotive
industry
Relevant education taught by experienced and
recognized designers in the country from respected
OEMs

Pursue Automotive design as an hobby

WHO IS THIS For students, youngsters and anyone who is keen to
COURSE FOR? have a foundation in automotive design

PRE REQUISITES?

Not much,
Just get your passion for automobiles
COURSE OBJECTIVES

What you will achieve? What the course focuses on? After the completion of
the course, you should be able to conceptualize, sketch and render a
complete automobile with basic design knowledge.
 The entire course is divided into three modules

Beginner - Foundation course / Basics. General design

COURSE STRUCTURE Intermediate - Learning to sketch automobiles
Advanced - Rendering the sketches/ concepts
BEGINNER MODULE

Class Title Content

1 Introduction to car design Overview of Transportation / Automobile Design
History of car design
Design process
Automotive design- Body styles, layouts, proportions, themes

Design communication Introduction to sketching as communicating tool

Sketches classification Ideation sketches, Exploratory sketches,
Explanatory sketches, Persuasive sketches
Sketching Basics
learning to sketch straight lines
learning to sketch circles and ellipses
Sketching exercises to train your arms and hands to acquire
consistency in your line work
BEGINNER MODULE
Class Title
2/3/4/5 Sketching Fundamentals Part 1
Sketching Fundamentals Part 2
Sketching Fundamentals Part 3
Sketching Fundamentals Part 4
Content
Applying Sketching techniques lines, circles, ellipses
Introduction to Perspective Theory1-Point perspective
Sketching Geometry cubes, cylinders, spheres
2-Point Perspective sketching
Sketching geometry shapes in 2 Point Perspective
Building Blocks to Car Sketching
Sketching a block carb
Using primitive shapes to build a car in perspective
Understanding the basic form and proportions of a car sketch
Understanding Light & Shadow Highlights, Reflections, Cast,
Core, Shadow
Wheel Sketching
INTERMEDIATE MODULE

Class Title Content

6/7/8 Car Sketching Fundamentals Part 1 Using block car techniques to sketch a side-view of a Car
front and rear view of a Car
3/4 front and rear view of a Car

Car Sketching Fundamentals Part 1 Freehand Sketching a car using 1-Point Perspective and 2-Point
Perspective
EXPERT MODULE

Class Title Content

9/10 Sketch rendering fundamentals
Sketch rendering digital
Approach rendering with proper methodologies for execution
Understanding how to render Reflective surfaces
Understanding Contrast, Highlights, and Color
Rendering Exercise 1 Pencil/Pen shading
Rendering Exercise 2 Marker Rendering
Concept sketching
Cars Rendering Exercise 3 Using Digital Methods to render the
concept sketches

PROJECT

Create a car for any of the cities in the world for 2025.
Present your concept through drawing, sketches, renderings combination of all the lessons
ARE YOU READY TO ENTER
THE WORLD OF AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN?