Drawing for Product and Industrial Design

Do you have ideas for new products but lack the skills to express your ideas to the world? Are you someone who is interested in a career in product design and wants to see what it's all about? Maybe you're someone who grew up only drawing digitally and now wants to improve your analog drawing skills? The course will teach you the step-by-step methodology used by professional product and industrial designers to get their ideas out of their heads and onto the page. It's perfect for those looking to explore a career as an industrial designer and for anyone looking to brush up on their analog drawing techniques.

• Drawing for Product and Industrial Design 39:19

  • 1: Drawing for Product and Industrial Design: Course Trailer Preview 01:42
  • 2: Redefining Mistakes, the 3 Line Weights and an Introduction to Perspective 06:12
  • 3: Perspective by Approximation 05:02
  • 4: Mastering Ellipses in Your Drawings 05:04
  • 5: Advanced Perspective and Working with Multiple Vanishing Points 05:26
  • 6: Understanding Local Color and Ambient Light 05:03
  • 7: Mastering Direct Light, Shadows and Cut Lines 04:34
  • 8: Creating a Presentation Rendering 06:16

In this course:

• You'll see the tools and learn and techniques used by product designers to create their sketches and drawings
• You'll be taught the basics of drawing in perspective
• You'll learn the importance of drawing in "perspective by approximation" which is a fundamental tool every designer needs to know
• You'll learn to draw using advanced perspective techniques including how to draw with multiple vanishing points
• You'll gain an understanding of local color and how it applies to rendering your designs
• You'll learn about drawing using both ambient and direct lighting and how it affects how you represent your design ideas
• 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

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

The requirements for this course are:

• A passion for drawing and a desire to improve your skills
• A passion for design and the design process
• A passion for wanting to make the world a better place through good design
• A passion for products
• The ability to work very hard toward achieving your goals
• Basic art supplies: something to draw with and something to draw on
• 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

Careers in Product and Industrial Design include working:

• For a design consultancy on a variety of design programs
• As a design entrepreneur creating new products that you license or market yourself
• As part of the design staff for a single company like Dyson or Apple
• In film as part of the production design team
• As a freelance designer for individuals or companies in need of design services

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Reed Courses Certificate of Completion

Digital certificate - Included