Customer Reviews

How to Design Cars Like a Pro

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

When I first looked into this book at a bookstore, I thought it was an interesting read, but it seemed a little vague. I eventually brought it months later and I have to admit that it's actually pretty good. They nicely intergrated everything into sections, such as the history of car design, current car design leaders and drawing techniques. The whole thing looks professional and is nicely told all around. It really is a good read.

One thing that did bother me, and also contributed to the 4-star rating rather than 5, was that the drawing techniques and tutorial section had been ripped off from wwwDOTcardesignnewsDOTcom

If you only want to buy the book for the drawing lesson, just head to the site I mentioned. It has the EXACT tutorials the book has, and for free!

If you are looking for a book about car drawing, skip this one. As the name says, its about design. There are many insights on what designers search when sketching a car, but very few tips on how to actually draw it by yourself (as it was already commented, you can find the tutorials in the internet - for free). That said, this is a very good book. It depicts the creative process behind the design, it teaches you how to see a car, and shows how some of the greatests (read Patrick Le Quement) do it themselves. It is nicely organized, with enough pictures so you won't need your imagination to understand what they are talking about. Not perfect, but surely very good. Strongly recommended.
If you want to get the whole pack, design+drawing, I recommend buying this book together with "How to draw cars like a pro", like I did. Żou won't regret doing so.

My 10 yr old aspires to be a car designer and he loves this book. He spends hours using the book to make new designs.

I think this book is very beneficial for getting information about car design with different viewpoints of varied designers.
However it is not advanced book like a car design bible.

Great images, interesting examples and good exercises for car design.
Of the next edition have more tutorials, my review will be 5 stars!

This book is incredible...it has tons of pictures, helpful tips about sketching, many interviews with top designers, and has ideas to think about when designing.

The title doesn't lie; this book really is the key to design cars like a pro!

Has no lessons at all, they are interviews with designers with their opinions on contemporary, or rather 90's and early 2000's cars.

A must have! Whether you design cars for a living or have a passion for car design, this book is car lover's dream! The interviews are insightful and engaging and the knowledge shared magnificent. Straight from the top pros in the business. A great gift for anyone who loves cars and the art of car design as much as I do!

I found this book to be very insightful, and intriguing, as it touches on a wide variety of design information. And I think there must have been quite a bit of editing done, because the sections are really an overview, not in-depth / step by step- with regards to technique, but more of a show case of design work to Illustrate the works from students, and professionals in the field. This book doesn't cover what they teach in the design schools, It's more of a guide, or glimpse into the design world. The book is broken into 4 sections:
1) What is Design?
2) How to do it.
3) History of Design.
4) reference.
Being a design student, I found this book to be a welcome addition to my design reference library, and I would recommend it to aspiring designers.

I bought this book, and I find it that this book is not meant for beginner artist wishing to pursue proper car drawing insights. There's only a few pages explain about the basic infos on car drawings, but the rests of those pages are mostly about car designer's tastes of car drawings. If you're an intermediate artist, feel free to get this book. There ...