Drawing for Industrial and Product Design
Learn Professional Techniques Industrial and Product Designers Use to Go
From Concept Sketches to Final Renderings
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Michael Santoro – Drawing for Industrial and Product Design
What you’ll learn
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You’ll see the tools and learn and techniques used by product designers to create their sketches and drawings
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You’ll be taught the basics of drawing in perspective
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You’ll learn the importance of drawing in “perspective by approximation” which is a fundamental tool every designer needs to know
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You’ll learn to draw using advanced perspective techniques including how to draw with multiple vanishing points
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You’ll gain an understanding of local color and how it applies to rendering your designs
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You’ll learn about drawing using both ambient and direct lighting and how it affects how you represent your design ideas
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You’ll learn how to represent the cut lines of your objects in your drawings
- You’ll learn the basics of creating a product design presentation rendering
Course content
Requirements
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A passion for drawing and a desire to improve your skills
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A passion for design and the design process
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A passion for products
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The ability to work very hard toward achieving your goals
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Basic art supplies: something to draw with and something to draw on
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Preferred materials: 18 x 24 smooth newsprint pad, 3 pens with 3 different line weights, ruler or T-square, set of gray permanent, alcohol based markers, some colored pencils
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A passion for wanting to make the world a better place through good design
Description
This course provides the student with the basic foundation for creating professional looking product design drawings and an understanding of the concepts used in creating them. Industrial or product design is one of the most rewarding creative fields. Any chance you can give yourself to increase your opportunity to be successful should be taken. This course is that chance.
The lectures cover the following:
- How to use the 3 line weights as the basis for your product design drawings
- An introduction to 2-pt. perspective
- Mastering drawing ellipses
- Drawing in perspective by approximation and why this is an intangible skill
- How to identify local color and then use it in your design drawings
- How to place your object in ambient light
- How to place your object in direct light
- How to add shadows and cut lines to your drawings
- The basics of creating a final presentation rendering
This the same coursework that is taught at major industrial design and product design programs at the top design colleges and universities around the world. This course gives you head start or will help you improve your skills for a fraction of the price. If you’re an aspiring design student putting together a portfolio or someone who is thinking of changing careers and wants to “test the waters” to see if they have what it takes, this course is the perfect way to do so.
Who this course is for:
- Aspiring, young product designers
- Someone looking to change careers and become a professional product designer
- Anyone looking to prepare a portfolio for admission into a design school
- Anyone getting ready to apply for scholarships to design school
- Anyone looking to improve their drawing abilities for product design
- Anyone interested in product design and / or drawing
- A creator or inventor that lacks the skills to show the world their product ideas
- Someone who might be interested in a design career but is not if they have the necessary skills
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 10 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 57
- Assessments Yes