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Originally Posted by Silverbullet
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Well let's see, car design is a design degree, not an engineering degree. A proper education (not all are equal) teaches you to learn about engineering and take it into account when you design so you have a viable vehicle that works at the end of the day. After you develop a concept for a vehicle you establish design peramiters you work around, you develop what technology you will use and a rough idea of where you'll place it or where you could place it in the vehicle. This helps you establish the proportions and general look of a vehicle, then you start developing body designs around it through sketching development. After you develop this further you refine it into a finished idea...
From there marketing ruins it and then you have the camaro...
Its a lot of sketching and rendering (digital painting), computer modelling, research, critical development thinking. School was a 5 year program I did in 4 by taking the first year of classes in the summer so I could catch up a year after 2yrs in aerospace engineering. We worked an average of 80-120 hrs a week on school work. It was A LOT of work, but we also did paid internships, which made it survivable. I would not suggest the profession for the faint of heart or those looking to succeed in the field. Its statistically harder to get a job as a car designer than it is to become a professional football player. I graduated with 4 other people from the university of cincinnati DAAP program with a bachelors of science...not a BFA...our program is ranked second in the country...if you are interested in car design I suggest checking out UC it'll be the cheapest and the best education that'll give you the best shot...the biggest issue is that you will only get out of it what you put in...if you slack you wont get a car design job, but if you bust ass you will have a better shot than most to get a car design job out of school.