Car Design proportions study

Hi friends,

I found on the net an article that explaines really well how to control car design proportions on your sketches and projects. The quedstion is (for beginners) how do I start to control my car design proportions proposal?

The classic rule is "the wheel" and its size. Use the wheel to create the basic frame work into which you can start sketching your side outline proposal.

The images here published are a good example of what I am trying to explane, however I suggest you to click on "designcar" and discover the full article with excellent lesson and images on this topic.

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Car design rendering by Hussein Al Attar

Hussein Al Attar is a student of Transportation Design at Pforzheim University of Applied Science currently 5th term, a part of his portfolio and skills is visible at Cardesignnews web site at the portfolio session. Hussein has also a page on DeviantArt.
Hussein is a talented student his car sketches are really good, he prefers to use a monochromatic technique with hard and soft black pencil, no backgrounds just his cars drawing in very exciting perspectives.
The rendering here published is an example of how he can go from extreme simplicity to a very flashy digital rendering. The illustration is well done with good perspective and dramatic color choice, high contrast and good control of warm and cool color zone with precise focal point.

I invite you to check his on line portfolio at Cardesignnews to appreciate his skills has source of ispiration.

Traditional car sketch tutorial

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Step 8 Final

Hi friends,

this is a great tutorial because it shows exactly the fondamentals of car design sketching. 8 steps to go from a linework to final color sketch, the author of this demo is designer Jhon Frye Art Center College of Design alumni.

Believe me it is important to learn to do this because it is going to be the same type of method to follow when you pass to Photoshop digital technique. This is the basics of car drawing after you learn this you can personalize very easly the technique, so click Jhon Frye tutorial and check all 8 images and written comments to explaine each step.

It is really well done click and enjoy.
Source: Cardesignnews.com