by "AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
Published 10/11/2017 at 15:16
by "AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
Published 10/11/2017 at 15:16
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As I have stated multiple times in comments, I wish to be a car designer in the future and/or have my own car marque. I draw the cars I want to make a reality in the future, but because I am 13, I do not have access to materials needed to make scale models, and so I make lego models. Here they are:
Bonus Robot:
P.S: I’ll be reposting this at 3:00 tomorrow due to the fact that I posted very late this time. Just to let everyone and the admins know.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
10/10/2017 at 18:35, STARS: 6
“Very late this time”
It’s 5:30, it ain’t even kinda late yet.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/10/2017 at 18:59, STARS: 0
Its 7:00 here, I usually post at 3:00 on the dot
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
10/10/2017 at 19:02, STARS: 2
That’s great that you have a passion and a vision for your future. The next step is seeing what sorts of things you can start doing now in order to make that vision happen. Look into taking lots of drawing classes, and if you’re lucky maybe your high school has some 3D design classes too. I’d be willing to bet that a lot of automotive designers have strong backgrounds in drawing and 3D modeling.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/10/2017 at 19:03, STARS: 0
Ive been hoping on that and going to a college with automotive history, like Lincoln Tech
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
10/10/2017 at 19:20, STARS: 6
If you actually want to be a car designer (or an industrial designer) here’s a couple things:
1) Just say no to for-profit colleges like Lincoln Tech.
2) Art Center College of Design in Pasadena is where most of the best designers come from. It’s competitive, so you’ll have to be damn good...
3) ...if you want to be damn good, start sketching now, and sketch every day until you graduate high school. Seriously, every single day.
4) Take any drafting, graphic design, and/or art class you can in high school. Learn the basic techniques, it’ll get you ahead of others where you may lack “pure artistic talent” (ask me how I know, lol)
5) Be committed to it, because even after all that, design school won’t be easy.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/10/2017 at 19:21, STARS: 1
These are great tips. Screenshotted
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
10/10/2017 at 19:29, STARS: 3
Bman76 just gave you some solid advice. A place like Lincoln Tech is geared more for hands on trades like actually being an auto mechanic. If Pasadena isn’t feasible, something like an accredited 4 year college that offers a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design might be a good idea. But the key is to start sketching early and often. You need a solid art foundation before they let you model your designs. I originally went to college for Architecture. I figured I’d be doing all of my design on a computer in AutoCAD. Wrong. It was all about drawing bowls of fruit and sketching naked people. The design part comes later, but you’ve got to be able to transfer ideas to paper.
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
10/10/2017 at 19:42, STARS: 2
^this is all great too
(my background: I finished my Masters of Architecture last year and work at an Architecture firm)
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
10/10/2017 at 19:47, STARS: 3
More power to you. I couldn’t handle Architecture, so I decided to go the easy route and get a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry. That’s right, compared to Architecture, a program with four semesters of Calculus and numerous Physics and Chem courses seemed easy.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/10/2017 at 20:01, STARS: 0
Any good design colleges at least somewhat close to NJ?
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
10/10/2017 at 20:14, STARS: 0
I’d recommend doing a Google search for “Best Industrial Design colleges usa” or something like that.
As for personal experience, I had a friend go to the Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.) in Rochester New York and he loved it.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/10/2017 at 20:15, STARS: 0
thanks!
"yamahog" (yamahog)
10/10/2017 at 20:24, STARS: 6
Not in NJ, but this is where a lot of the Big 3's designers come from:
https://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/
Metro Detroit is where you’re going to want to be for school/internships/co-ops and jobs in the auto industry.
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
10/10/2017 at 21:18, STARS: 3
How about CCS in Detroit for design? Isn’t that another of the big names?
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
10/10/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 2
CCS in detroit, closer than Pasadena. College of creative studies
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
10/10/2017 at 21:32, STARS: 0
Lego stuff is sweet. I mostly do just set mods though.
Photo possibly upside down.
"average user" (avgusr)
10/11/2017 at 05:35, STARS: 1
Lego cars you say?
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/11/2017 at 08:13, STARS: 0
No offense, but I don’t like sets, I have a motto when it comes to things like this: “what’s the point of creative building blocks if you can’t be creative with them?”
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/11/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 1
Did you draw something yesterday? =)
Eye on the prize, kid. Make it happen.
Plenty of free or cheap software and online tutorials to help you get started.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/11/2017 at 15:18, STARS: 1
Yeah, I did. It was a luxury sedan
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/11/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 0
Nice! Keep it up. I’m sure your fellow Opponauts would love to see your sketches once you’re ready to share them.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/11/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 1
Soon
"ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied." (theplasticone)
10/11/2017 at 16:45, STARS: 0
Allow me to raise you articulating suspension and steering, at City scale:
And broken bro-dozer tie rods!
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/11/2017 at 17:59, STARS: 0
Awesome! Ive been meaning to add a suspension to my pickup. How did you?
"ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied." (theplasticone)
10/11/2017 at 21:33, STARS: 1
My methods are...unconventional.
Front steering and “suspension” uses Mixel joints, which when placed back-to-back have the same overall width as a 2x4 axle plate. You don’t get free-rolling wheels, but at least you can pose the vehicle on a ramp! The suspension action isn’t super realistic for a double wishbone style but you can give the wheels an “alignment.” Steering isn’t realistically placed either but you can only ask for so much within the constraint of building City style.
For a solid-style rear:
So even though this is a City-style build, I had to abandon the chassis convention and build around my axle joint.
As I developed the design further, I was able to figure out some differential details.
Two of these solid-style axles together with the big tires really sends the articulation to the moon.
I’m developing a Datsun 720 with an axle that connects to a “driveshaft” as well:
And I’m playing around with articulating “shocks” (for the purposes of modeling in LDD the rear “diff” was connected to the chassis, but if I ever do it for real it’ll be loose):
