95riosnake said:It's very interesting. You actually get to make things with your hands, not just do equations and sh**. I am personally pursuing automotive design after graduation, but we have designed furniture, lighting, and tons of consumer products (too many to list). The STB was for an independent study class I took for welding with a professor who built his own car (he had the Guinness Book world record for a while back in the mid 80's with 98mpg for fuel economy). Right now I'm on a design team with some guys from VT (both ID and engineering), people from Utah, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany, and Japan designing a car for General Motors. It's a forced induction 2.4L front engine, rear drive, 6 speed sports coupe thats slated to weigh around 1,800 lbs. They probably won't produce it, but it'll look great on my resume. Basically you have to pursue what kinda design you wanna get into. The GM project has destroyed my schedule, cuz I have two other projects goin on at the same time...but its worth it to me because it might get me into the industry I want.
In short, it's a very interesting major that lets you be creative and actually produce things. I couldn't imagine myself in any other major. Good luck man.
stprorolla49 said:...got any drawings you've done??
HOLY ****!!! ive got a long way to go....95riosnake said:here are some quick hand drawings of my design for the GM car. I have alot more drawings, just not on my comp.
stprorolla49 said:those pics look ****in awesome man....how'd you get the opportunity for that intership or w/e team your on w/ GM because i looked into that specific internship and 2/3 of the schools i applied to offer the same thing...
sounds awesome man.....ive got one more question....how much have your drawings improved since you've been in college?? cause the one you have posted is awesome and i wanna know how mine compare to your HS drawings, or of others in the field....95riosnake said:One of the engineering professors came to our class and talked about the project, then said anyone who was interested could come talk to him in his office. Two weeks later we were in Michigan at the GM headquarters meeting with GM and getting all the details about what they wanted. You basically just have to keep your ears open for those kinds of opportunities.
stprorolla49 said:sounds awesome man.....ive got one more question....how much have your drawings improved since you've been in college?? cause the one you have posted is awesome and i wanna know how mine compare to your HS drawings, or of others in the field....
thx so much man...hit me up on aim sometime at stprorolla49....sry to everyone else for hi-jacking...:Teh-Win:95riosnake said:They have improved alot. You draw and draw and draw for four years, plus I've taken two extra drawing courses here as well. If you're worried about your skills, don't be. I was a pretty good artist in highschool (took every art class they offered, was voted "most likely to become an artist" in the yearbook lol), but in college I really started getting tips and learning how to draw MUCH better. If you wanna see the skills of the top people in the auto design industry, check out the portfolios on cardesignnews.com. Those people make me look like sh** lol.
Oh and BTW, sorry to everyone if I have hi-jacked this thread somewhat, just tryin to help out stprorolla.
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