I don't know who this guy is, I don't even design cars, I was into architecture for a bit, but just after watching the first 4 minutes I can tell Frank is genuine about his advice, that's something that's hard to find on RUclips and Social Media in my opinion. Big props to you, you've earned my sub.
bro 'I don't know' is ok but when you know who he is, only respect comes. ONE of the most iconic supercar McLaren P1(my fav) was designed by him not mentioning the other legendary cars like Ferrari FFX, F430 and so on.
Can we just appreciate the fact that almost anybody can have access to Frank's advice on their car designs in 2021? Also, huge respect for Frank paying it forward, this is what it's all about.
Frank! Ive never sent you a design, but honestly what you're doing here is amazing, someone with your experience and portfolio giving free advice! You sir are a Legend and thanks a lot for the invaluable information and guidance. truly appreciated
I shouldn't say anything bad but from a practical perspective, it was made just too edgy. Even hardcore armoured cards/trucks need to dial down the edges . So it does look technical but the work looks really amateurish. The edginess needs some flow
Very great video mr. Stephenson, I'm loving all the content you're providing! I have a question for you, as a car design student, I often find myself looking back at old design eras and styles, wishing we could bring back some of the flair that was made famous decades ago - but especially as students we are always told to never make something that "looks like the past" if you know what I mean. I agree that we as designers should always look to innovate and create something new and original, but at the same time I also really would like to dive into classic approaches to design and keep exploring them, because I truly believe that we haven't come anywhere close to discovering the full potential of any design styles / trends. What is your take on this? Do you often think to yourself "Man it would be great to design this type of car, but with a 50'ies styling or maybe an 80'ies" - not as a modern retro, but as a genuine new car that just makes use of the same philosophies that drove design styles back then. I think in general, having a look at how car design has evolved over the years is a very interesting topic, especially when we consider where design is heading towards in the future.
Im not frank but yeah i think the same. Like cars today all look very mean and agressive and busy, only a few like the Fiat 500 and the Honda E break the rule. you look at cars from the 90s Like the EG and EK Civics, with their not perfect, but simple and good looking design and the RX7 with those very pretty curves that look timeless. They werent agressive looking cars, and in comparison japan is now doing the most extravagant and sharp looking thing they can come up with. This also happened with German and American cars, the only ones i see resisting the trend a bit are british cars, they always had beauty in their design. Anyways, im just wondering what happened in the middle, where cars were pretty and not HOLY SHIT COOL or OMG SO AGRESSIVE. Idk maybe im too fixated on this. Wish the simple lines of rhe 60’s or 90’s came back a little.
Personally i don't think design truly ages; saying "don't use a old design style" is like saying "don't use cubism in your paintings". I'd like to see ultra-light 60's le mans cars like the Porsche 917k and the Abarth 2000 sport spyder come back with fans to improve stability and cornering (modern tires, suspension and chassis are implicit), especially nowdays that everyone seems to try to be lamborghini but electric.
Hi Frank, thrilled to be this early to an upload! I absolutely love your videos and sketches. Thank you for giving me a greater appreciation for good design ✨
As an Architectural Designer, I relate to the design workflow. These are general starting pointers and they're all very useful. Specially when translating elements of forms and lines.
Are we going to see a critique of the GMA T.50 and T.50s? To me they seem to be some of the most classically beautiful yet radical designs to have come out in recent years
16:10 I would say the best view was the rear one. Really nice curvature around the rear end and all of the air vents, light etc on one side of the rear bumper were proportional to the ones on the other side of the rear bumper. The rear portion itself doesn't look "magnified" in contrast to the front, which I catch myself doing from time to time. Overall, that rear view was great.
I would add that the worm's eye view on the last car is very well- drawn! Very dramatic and bold. I do think the design is too busy, but well- represented.
World Renowned car designer, wears a watch likely worth more than the house I'm sitting in, uses a BIC pen. Interestingly the first thing one of the older students told me on the open day I visited the local Design School was that they uses these too.
I love your show! You make all of our days a little bit brighter. It’s because of these videos I started modeling cars and buildings. Thank you Frank 😃
Interesting what you said about straight lines looking concave. In antiquity, greek and roman temples were built with this in mind; The pillars were ever so slightly convex and if you look down the long side of the temple, the bottom and roofline (Stylobate & Cornice) were also curved inwards, making the whole temple look perfectly straight inside and out although it actually was kind of a geometric mess. two and a half thousand years later, designers still follow the same principle.
Fantastic insights. It's really helpful to see you break these designs down and highlight the specific design issues with each one, such as the visual flow, line tension, structural considerations etc. Hearing your comments on Zay's design, I would love to see more stuff on how to have a consistent design language across a vehicle, and what defines a good amount of complexity vs simplicity in a car design. Thanks for the videos!
What's the difference between a designer and an engineer? The engineer uses straight lines whenever possible and of course uses a ruler or the straight line feature in the CAD program. The designer avoids a ruler at all cost. I guess in architecture there are different "schools", some love using straight lines throughout and having everything very angular and straight, others go the totally opposite way. I'm an engineer who likes fast, smooth designs (though where I'm coming from is the "straight lines of the 1980s" rather than the bulbous 1950s shapes).
you can go to a very expensive product design school, or you can get Expert teaching from Frank for free on youtube. Frank you are amazing and you have great teaching skills. I salute you Sir!
I hate the current trend of stylists creating busy designs just to convey the look and feel of something futuristic, high tech and exotic. The Lamborghini Countach prototype managed to project all those traits with the cleanest and simplest of lines. Meanwhile modern Lamborghinis are covered in creases, vents, and grills and seem to get more hideous with every generation. Concept cars from the 50's, 60's and 70's always excite me with their stark, bold lines, while modern concepts are all the same; big wheels, xenon/LED/whatever headlamps, a garish paint job, and a whole entertainment center built into the console. You know, because the car isn't exciting enough on its own to fixate your attention for any length of time. Yawn!
I dont even like cars - however what the guy is talking about can easily be translated to character development and design in general. Especially the thing about conflicting design choices and "living" lines/strokes. Cool dude
Hey Frank, thanks again for the great video! Awesome to see these. I am having lots of trouble with perspectives and making them exciting to see. Some help on perspectives and principles would be great. Thanks a lot
Could we see some of your early sketches or those you did in school and your thought behind them? Perhaps taking one of your early designs up to your current standards?
Great video Frank l'll have to send a couple of mine in , not so much as a designer but in general. it's interesting to hear another person's point of view
To me this looks like you're making designs with a lot of character into the samey shit as you see everywhere To be fair I really dislike most modern design and yearn for the classics designers seem to hate now
I wish that the camera was over his shoulder instead of to the side, so we can see the designs right side up and in the right perspective as he works and makes notes
Once upon a time I drew a sketch of my future Honda CRX vision... in about 2 years they made a CRZ that looks pretty the same - it was a mind blow for me.
What i dislike about hiding the structural elements of the vehicle is that it could get more difficult to cut the A/B/C/D Pillars in case of an accident, were the firedepartment often has to make a cabrio out of a normal car to get people out. And the more hidden and put away those things are, the harder it gets to rescue people... But thats probably what the engineers have to worry about after you desinged the car, i guess?
FRANK ME ENCANTA EL BOSETO LATERAL ,(en el segundo 40 del video) la manera como van la lineas , el parabrisas del frente para manejar el viento .) Y refleja la maniobravilidad de que manejas el viento al condicirlo .. YO ME SENTIRIA IMPARABLE MANEJANDOLO,, CORTANDO EL VIENTO....OK! LAMENTABLEMENTE NO ENTIENDO TU IDIOMA, PERO, OBSERVO MUY BIEN . ME ENCANTA LA CAMIONETA , MUCHA CAMIONETA . me encanta como encaja, ESA ES MUCHA CAMIONETA HONESTAMENTE LA TUYA ES 5 VECES MEJOR A toyota. (INCOMPARABLE) LA TUYA ES MUY SUPERIOR, (LA TUYA REFLEJA UN INSTINTO. SERIO) . TE FALTARIA AUNMENTAR EL GROSOR DE LA PARTE INFERIOR DEL PARACHOQUES . :) para colombia att: enrique Villegas Viafara .
Imagine getting feedback from one world renowned person in their field, for free.
This is so cool.
I've never heard of him till just a moment ago lol
He designed some very famous cars
@@joshbuilds yeah because his target audience is someone called funcking Joshua buildster
@@alexgavin7393 😂😂
@@alexgavin7393 *isn't.
Not trying to be a douche, but without the proper grammar, that comment of yours makes no sense.
I think we need a video of frank showing cool things he has in his studio.
i know right? Always love to see those modelcars
He has very interesting watches I would like to know more about
yes
@@lamar2209 I forgot now what video it was, there was a literal sniper (gun) in the background.
indeed
I don't know who this guy is, I don't even design cars, I was into architecture for a bit, but just after watching the first 4 minutes I can tell Frank is genuine about his advice, that's something that's hard to find on RUclips and Social Media in my opinion. Big props to you, you've earned my sub.
bro 'I don't know' is ok but when you know who he is, only respect comes. ONE of the most iconic supercar McLaren P1(my fav) was designed by him not mentioning the other legendary cars like Ferrari FFX, F430 and so on.
@@obscure8125 he designed the P1?
@@all-timealien4483 yesss
@@all-timealien4483 and the Mini Cooper
@@eoghanlacey6384 he designed the modern day redesign . The mini cooper was originally designed by Alec Issigonis back in the 50’s
I just hope submitters won't start lying about their age in order to get more chances to be featured here...
thanks for the idea
it's the internet.. they will
..nah they can't except if they add the childish details to the designs.
What do you mean, I am 2 years old for real. goo goo gaga
@@MrSirFluffy Its time for your nap
9:45 love how the editor just uses clips they've probably kept on their hard drive for some time lol
The edits are lit as always
Frank talking: 😐
Frank editing the video: 🤣🥳💯🥳🥳
I like to think of it as he has a cool and goofy grandson editing the videos.
I don't think he edits his videos, maybe he gives ideas to his editor or something
"eat dust b...i..t- we're not gonna say that word" that got me laughing, great video as always!
💀
hahahhahah the very best moment of the video i died there hahahaha
Lol, I forgot it was there when I sent the email
@@zayhansdah lmaoo, btw cool designs!
Look who i found
8:00 "Maybe it's after the accident". Damn that got me bursting in laughter :D
Can we just appreciate the fact that almost anybody can have access to Frank's advice on their car designs in 2021? Also, huge respect for Frank paying it forward, this is what it's all about.
Can you critique Mazda’s design language? At least the ND Miata
I second this. Mazda's Kodo design is all about emotion and humanity in their design. Would love to hear Frank's thoughts.
I agree
Someone like Frank Stephenson stepping down to critique other potential up-and-coming designers. Teaching the future! Respect man!
u should do sort of a "pimp my sketch" where you sketch on top of the sketches we send to you to show the right way to do it, would be a nice video
Frank! Ive never sent you a design, but honestly what you're doing here is amazing, someone with your experience and portfolio giving free advice! You sir are a Legend and thanks a lot for the invaluable information and guidance.
truly appreciated
The second car feels like a futuristic and military car
Yes reminds me of the HVY Nightshark
It’s shit
@@fantasyfan9320 no, they have their unique way of design, well if you say so, it could be that way
I shouldn't say anything bad but from a practical perspective, it was made just too edgy. Even hardcore armoured cards/trucks need to dial down the edges . So it does look technical but the work looks really amateurish. The edginess needs some flow
i think it had some inspiration from the cybertruck
It's actually really generous from Frank to spend his time doing this and I really hope people getting the critiques would appreciate his advice!
Very great video mr. Stephenson, I'm loving all the content you're providing!
I have a question for you, as a car design student, I often find myself looking back at old design eras and styles, wishing we could bring back some of the flair that was made famous decades ago - but especially as students we are always told to never make something that "looks like the past" if you know what I mean. I agree that we as designers should always look to innovate and create something new and original, but at the same time I also really would like to dive into classic approaches to design and keep exploring them, because I truly believe that we haven't come anywhere close to discovering the full potential of any design styles / trends. What is your take on this? Do you often think to yourself "Man it would be great to design this type of car, but with a 50'ies styling or maybe an 80'ies" - not as a modern retro, but as a genuine new car that just makes use of the same philosophies that drove design styles back then.
I think in general, having a look at how car design has evolved over the years is a very interesting topic, especially when we consider where design is heading towards in the future.
Im not frank but yeah i think the same. Like cars today all look very mean and agressive and busy, only a few like the Fiat 500 and the Honda E break the rule. you look at cars from the 90s Like the EG and EK Civics, with their not perfect, but simple and good looking design and the RX7 with those very pretty curves that look timeless. They werent agressive looking cars, and in comparison japan is now doing the most extravagant and sharp looking thing they can come up with. This also happened with German and American cars, the only ones i see resisting the trend a bit are british cars, they always had beauty in their design.
Anyways, im just wondering what happened in the middle, where cars were pretty and not HOLY SHIT COOL or OMG SO AGRESSIVE. Idk maybe im too fixated on this. Wish the simple lines of rhe 60’s or 90’s came back a little.
Personally i don't think design truly ages; saying "don't use a old design style" is like saying "don't use cubism in your paintings". I'd like to see ultra-light 60's le mans cars like the Porsche 917k and the Abarth 2000 sport spyder come back with fans to improve stability and cornering (modern tires, suspension and chassis are implicit), especially nowdays that everyone seems to try to be lamborghini but electric.
BMW followed that meaning until the mid 2010s when they started including big ugly grills!
Me: This is pretty cool.
Frank: I’m going to give you 27 reasons why this is a terrible design.
On Zay's work the top two sketches look like a car was bought then modified. The lower one looks like the base model.
Those fantastic edits really caught me off guard
Hi Frank, curious what drew you towards the watch that you wear?
The design.
Tesla:
I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that
I love this series! How and where can I submit my design?
The info’s in the first critique video Felix.
The designs are great, but Frank's mullet is greater.
I kinda resonate with the 2nd design. Im too concerned with the lines being straight and things being accurate. Imma try to freehand it
This why I love youtube. I can learn how a professional designer, with years of experience, think. And how he works. It's fantastic
Hi Frank, do you plan on having a design course? I think it would be great for beginners and perhaps ever more advanced designers!!
Yep! And not the usual design course... 😉👍
Hi Frank, thrilled to be this early to an upload! I absolutely love your videos and sketches. Thank you for giving me a greater appreciation for good design ✨
It would be very nice to see your very first rough sketches and first professional sketches.
Can you make a video talking about your fav art materials - pens, paint etc
12:38 had me rolling
Frank, can you critique de new HUMMER EV? And can you talk about the traditional brands designing thinking in the chinese market
fazil could be a designer for jeep today
Hi Frank, i saw you were in the jury of an italian magazine, in a design contest in wich I participated too.
Will there be a video on that?
As an Architectural Designer, I relate to the design workflow. These are general starting pointers and they're all very useful. Specially when translating elements of forms and lines.
Are we going to see a critique of the GMA T.50 and T.50s? To me they seem to be some of the most classically beautiful yet radical designs to have come out in recent years
Great now that my boards are cancelled now I can focus on my designs . I will try to send it to you as well . Great
10th cbse ..
Did the news for 10th icse came?
@@eshanjadhav265 no I don't know . May be they might do it
you lucky boy! meanwhile 12th students are fearing for their life XD
No matter how good or not your drawing is - it's the design that's important ;)
Try telling that to an investor.
oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you got burned by Frank himselffffff son, be proud
Fazil's design looks like it belongs in a videogame! I like it.
16:10 I would say the best view was the rear one. Really nice curvature around the rear end and all of the air vents, light etc on one side of the rear bumper were proportional to the ones on the other side of the rear bumper. The rear portion itself doesn't look "magnified" in contrast to the front, which I catch myself doing from time to time. Overall, that rear view was great.
I would add that the worm's eye view on the last car is very well- drawn! Very dramatic and bold. I do think the design is too busy, but well- represented.
Loved the video! Thanks Frank!
Still waiting for my submission, its been like 4 months now :(
Enjoy the show pal, don't worry to much ;)
Speaking of "Time is tight" , check out what Booker T. & The MG's have to say about that ;)
Yep, my favourite song from the early ‘70s. 👍
im sure alot of people can grow from franks critiques
World Renowned car designer, wears a watch likely worth more than the house I'm sitting in, uses a BIC pen.
Interestingly the first thing one of the older students told me on the open day I visited the local Design School was that they uses these too.
Cybertruck was designed using only a ruler....🤨
and it's awful
I love your show! You make all of our days a little bit brighter. It’s because of these videos I started modeling cars and buildings. Thank you Frank 😃
Interesting what you said about straight lines looking concave. In antiquity, greek and roman temples were built with this in mind; The pillars were ever so slightly convex and if you look down the long side of the temple, the bottom and roofline (Stylobate & Cornice) were also curved inwards, making the whole temple look perfectly straight inside and out although it actually was kind of a geometric mess. two and a half thousand years later, designers still follow the same principle.
Right on!
Why is obi-wan kenobi from episode 2 talking about car design?
Fantastic insights. It's really helpful to see you break these designs down and highlight the specific design issues with each one, such as the visual flow, line tension, structural considerations etc. Hearing your comments on Zay's design, I would love to see more stuff on how to have a consistent design language across a vehicle, and what defines a good amount of complexity vs simplicity in a car design. Thanks for the videos!
Is the last "Hypercar" design Asymmetrical?
Spoiler on one side sounds like a barrelroll machine.
He just lifted part of the wing, like in an exploded-view drawing.
I'm honestly a fan of the second one. I like how clean it is, how straight and jagged it is. Its futuristic to me and I like it.
@no just no looks clean to me
As someone that is trying to have a future in automotive engineering this gives me anxiety
What's the difference between a designer and an engineer? The engineer uses straight lines whenever possible and of course uses a ruler or the straight line feature in the CAD program. The designer avoids a ruler at all cost.
I guess in architecture there are different "schools", some love using straight lines throughout and having everything very angular and straight, others go the totally opposite way.
I'm an engineer who likes fast, smooth designs (though where I'm coming from is the "straight lines of the 1980s" rather than the bulbous 1950s shapes).
CJ dancing next to cats killed me
Aside from having highly usefull information, the jokes are always on point. Thanks for all your work Frank!!
Me: this drawing looks pretty good.
This guy: you need to loosen up fazil.
Me again: YEAH FAZIL. LOOSEN UP. GOD DAMN
you can go to a very expensive product design school, or you can get Expert teaching from Frank for free on youtube. Frank you are amazing and you have great teaching skills. I salute you Sir!
Can you do a video on best classic American car designs?
I'm a powertrain guy but this is absolutely brilliant. Wonderfully constructive video.
We need a SketchMonkey collab video.
Where can I send my designs?
Watch the previous videos of this series and you will find out
I hate the current trend of stylists creating busy designs just to convey the look and feel of something futuristic, high tech and exotic. The Lamborghini Countach prototype managed to project all those traits with the cleanest and simplest of lines. Meanwhile modern Lamborghinis are covered in creases, vents, and grills and seem to get more hideous with every generation. Concept cars from the 50's, 60's and 70's always excite me with their stark, bold lines, while modern concepts are all the same; big wheels, xenon/LED/whatever headlamps, a garish paint job, and a whole entertainment center built into the console. You know, because the car isn't exciting enough on its own to fixate your attention for any length of time. Yawn!
"it says eat... dust... b, i..... t c-
we're not gonna say that word"
lol
I dont even like cars - however what the guy is talking about can easily be translated to character development and design in general. Especially the thing about conflicting design choices and "living" lines/strokes. Cool dude
The car is dead and we have regulations, people's unhealthy addiction to SUVs and EVs to thank for that.
The SUV was cool, it was like a mix between Land Rover and Lamborghini.
Hey Frank, thanks again for the great video! Awesome to see these. I am having lots of trouble with perspectives and making them exciting to see. Some help on perspectives and principles would be great. Thanks a lot
Could we see some of your early sketches or those you did in school and your thought behind them? Perhaps taking one of your early designs up to your current standards?
I'm just here to say Fazil's was a much better design than he was given credit for.
Great video Frank l'll have to send a couple of mine in , not so much as a designer but in general. it's interesting to hear another person's point of view
To me this looks like you're making designs with a lot of character into the samey shit as you see everywhere
To be fair I really dislike most modern design and yearn for the classics designers seem to hate now
Using a ruler is a design crime!
cyber-truck: why are you all looking at me?
It should be 3 and a half wheels **angry rolls royce roaring in the background**
I never drawed a car in my life, but youtube algorythm bringing me here gave me the urge to make him one. Lmao.
10:34 number plate 🤣
Yo I didn't notice that 😂😂
lol, i forgot that was in it when i sent that
Would be better to mount your camera above the sketch so we can understand the ideas. Thank you !
Love these videos! Helps me notice the mistakes I make when sketching might send one of my sketches sometime
I can watch the Thank you edits all day.. thats such a contrasting segment compared to the vibe and theme of the entire video style
Man I love the edits, the editor is chillin, you know he loves what he's doing
I wish that the camera was over his shoulder instead of to the side, so we can see the designs right side up and in the right perspective as he works and makes notes
This is like a masterclass
Highly informative critiques. The rear 3 quarter view of the last Car looks like it was inspired by the Bugatti Bolide.
I like his desk doodads :)
Once upon a time I drew a sketch of my future Honda CRX vision... in about 2 years they made a CRZ that looks pretty the same - it was a mind blow for me.
it mean you must be very spot on guessing cars general design around 2008-2012.
Frank is getting that weapons grade internet these days XD
Awesome video! Fun to watch even for people like me who are not car designers just enthusiast
im an expert car designer now
Can i still submit a design? Hahaha glad i found your channel
I think we all agree that frank would be the best art teacher. Imagine being in university and having him as teacher.
Can you give me some tips on shading for the car for the reflections....
Do a video on the citroen c5x, I d like to know what you think about it
This guy giving out here few lessons that’s amazing
Love your Rebellion Watch!
Dancing squirrel 👍
What i dislike about hiding the structural elements of the vehicle is that it could get more difficult to cut the A/B/C/D Pillars in case of an accident, were the firedepartment often has to make a cabrio out of a normal car to get people out. And the more hidden and put away those things are, the harder it gets to rescue people...
But thats probably what the engineers have to worry about after you desinged the car, i guess?
As long as the car design complies with homologation requirements T, it’s all good.
Why does he look like a older Brandon Herrera in this video... lmao
FRANK ME ENCANTA EL BOSETO LATERAL ,(en el segundo 40 del video)
la manera como van la lineas , el parabrisas del frente para manejar el viento .)
Y refleja la maniobravilidad de que manejas el viento al condicirlo ..
YO ME SENTIRIA IMPARABLE MANEJANDOLO,, CORTANDO EL VIENTO....OK!
LAMENTABLEMENTE NO ENTIENDO TU IDIOMA, PERO, OBSERVO MUY BIEN .
ME ENCANTA LA CAMIONETA , MUCHA CAMIONETA .
me encanta como encaja, ESA ES MUCHA CAMIONETA
HONESTAMENTE LA TUYA ES 5 VECES MEJOR A toyota.
(INCOMPARABLE) LA TUYA ES MUY SUPERIOR, (LA TUYA REFLEJA UN INSTINTO. SERIO) .
TE FALTARIA AUNMENTAR EL GROSOR DE LA PARTE INFERIOR DEL PARACHOQUES . :)
para colombia att: enrique Villegas Viafara .
Gracias Enrique y un saludo.
They'll grow up lol
Don't give up, young padawans.