Automotive Design & Research


About the Course

An aspiring automotive designer must learn to think creatively and communicate ideas with perspective sketches and digital media. This course aims to prepare candidates to secure admission to the world's leading design schools as well as internships/jobs in leading automotive startups.

Award-winning designers from the industry will teach the candidates in this course. Participants will gain hands-on experience in Perspective Sketching, Ideation, Concept Development, Surface Modeling, Photo-Realistic Rendering, Clay modeling, Virtual Reality, UI/UX (vehicle console), and Portfolio Development.


Eligibility

Eligibility: Graduates [from any stream] + Candidates who have completed 12th grade with a strong interest in automotive design and the ability to demonstrate it.
Selection Procedure: Online Application followed by assignment submission and studio interview.

Duration

Training Duration: 9-Months Full-time Studio Training (8-10 hours a day, 5-6 days/week).
Batch Size: 14 Candidates.

Fee

Course Fee: 3.9 lac + gst

How to Apply?

• Click "Online Application" to apply online.
• After applying online, we will send you the Application Forms to your mailing address.
• You will receive the assignment document to your email and you will have three weeks to work on it.
• Selection interview at our Design Studio in Bangalore.

Please note: The intake is strictly limited to 14 candidates. The studio interview is mandatory for admission into Mantra Academy and cannot be skipped.

Curriculum Outline

  • Introduction to Design
  • Transportation Design - Foundation
  • Digital Sculpting
  • Contextual Problem Solving
  • Creative Thinking and Ideation
  • Exercises on lateral thinking
  • Critical analysis and validating ideas
  • Techniques on thinking with sketches
  • Form and Function (vice-versa)
  • Basics of sketching
  • Simple Perspectives, lines, ellipses, line weight
  • Live Drawing of objects and scenes
  • Advanced sketching
  • Objects in advanced perspectives
  • Vehicle sketching introduction
  • Advanced vehicle sketching (cars, bikes)
  • Storyboards
  • Research Methodologies
  • Concept development
  • Clay Modelling
  • 3D Printing
  • UI/UX (vehicle console design)
  • VR (virtual reality) for design evaluation
  • Introduction to 2D Rendering
  • Primary tools for rendering
  • Understanding light and shade
  • Advanced rendering techniques
  • Dramatic effects
  • Enhancement of 3D renders
  • Synthesis
  • Portfolio development and fine tuning
  • Project I : Foundation Project
  • Project II : Form Generation from Key Words
  • Project III : Facelift - Car/Bike Design
  • Project IV : Transportation Design - Minor
  • Project V: Final Project - Vehicle Design



ADDRESS

Mantra Academy
503, Vistara Building,
4th Cross, Mariyappa Layout,
Kammanahalli Outer Ring Road Junction,
Bangalore 560043
Email: counselor@mantraacademy.com
Phone: 9611125219

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