Sizing Up Design Sketching

Sizing Up Design Sketching

Transportation designer Allan Macdonald explains how to choose the right scale for design sketching.

Autodesk sketchbook pro - Sport cars rendering 1

A speeded-up video by industrial designer Kyle Runciman showing his workflow for creating a quick car rendering in SketchBook Pro 2011.

Car rendering using paths

This tutorial shows how to turn a handmade sketch into a vector illustration using the Path tool in Photoshop.

Hot Rod Drawing Tutorial

A quick tutorial in Flash that explains the steps for creating a hot rod vector illustration using paths, the Airbrush and the Dodge/Burn tools.

Car Facelift Rendering Tutorial

Car Facelift Rendering Tutorial

This narrated video tutorial provides an overview of the methods used by the author to create a facelifted design based on an existing image. Done in ArtRage and Photoshop.

Car Rendering 8 - Photoshop

Car Rendering 7 - Photoshop

Car Rendering 6 - Photoshop

Car Rendering 5 - Photoshop

Ballpoint pen and Photoshop

This video tutorial shows how to create product design handmade sketches and how to import them into Adobe Photoshop to produce quick value renders.

Car Rendering 4 - Photoshop

Software: Photoshop CS4
Tablet: Wacom Intuos3

Car Rendering 3 - Photoshop

Another render. This time with a Wacom Intuos3 and Photoshop CS4.

Car Rendering 2 - Photoshop

Again, no tablet used.

Car Rendering 1 - Photoshop

A simple render  made in Photoshop. No tablet used, only mouse and keyboard.

10 minute car design sketch

Here is Miles' technique for quickly creating ideas demonstrated in real time.