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Intro to 3D Livery Design: Decals for Digital Cars

By Davide Virdis
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  • 13 Lessons (2 h 46 m)
  • 2.6K students
  • Language: English
  • Level: Beginner
  • Subtitles: Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
  • Lifetime: Access for life
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Overview

Learn to design and render livery for custom racing cars in Blender and bring them to life with eye-catching decals in Illustrator

Designing livery and decal for cars, which consists of crafting the visual aspect of a racing car, is a creative way to bring out your inner child while developing your skills as a 3D artist. As a classic car enthusiast and an automotive media designer, Davide Virdis has worked on Maserati’s Fuoriserie customization program and collaborated in the design of McLaren's F1 livery at Abu Dhabi.

In this online course, David introduces you to the world of motorsport and racing liveries by teaching you how to design your own in 3D. Discover how to detail your favorite set of wheels to your heart’s content.

Course

What you will learn
with this course.

  • The Mood Board: The First Testing Laps

  • The Photo Render, HDRI, and Backplates

  • Technique and formats

  • Putting the Car Together 1

  • Putting the Car Together 2

  • Studio Environment Setting, Final Render, and Production

Modules

What you will learn
in this course.

  • Lessons
  • Lesson 1
    Introduction
    • About Me
    • Influences
  • Lesson 2
    Dressing a Fast-Moving Vehicle
    • More than Just Stickers
    • Choosing a Direction
    • The Mood Board: The First Testing Laps
  • Lesson 3
    Getting Ready to Race
    • Technique and formats
    • Putting the Car Together 1
    • Putting the Car Together 2
    • The Livery Design 1
    • The Livery Design 2
    • Studio Environment Setting, Final Render, and Production
  • Lesson 4
    Sharing the Work and Getting Feedback
    • The Photo Render, HDRI, and Backplates
    • Instagram Feedback
  • Final Project
    Intro to 3D Livery Design: Decals for Digital Cars
    • Intro to 3D Livery Design: Decals for Digital Cars

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  • What are Domestika's online courses?

    Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.

  • When do the courses start and when do they finish?

    All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.

  • What do Domestika's courses include?

    All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.

Teacher

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Davide Virdis

Davide Virdis is a classic car enthusiast and automotive media designer from Genoa, Italy. He specializes in creating liveries, which consists of designing the visual aspect of a racing car.

He helped manage the social media of Maserati’s Fuoriserie customisation program and collaborated in the design of McLaren's F1 livery at Abu Dhabi. He currently works for a variety of clients, including a renown design studio from Milan, where he does content creation. Alongside that, he also helps small car companies and racing teams to visualize their vehicles and design their liveries.

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Course Content

Designing livery and decal for cars, which consists of crafting the visual aspect of a racing car, is a creative way to bring out your inner child while developing your skills as a 3D artist. As a classic car enthusiast and an automotive media designer, Davide Virdis has worked on Maserati’s Fuoriserie customization program and collaborated in the design of McLaren's F1 livery at Abu Dhabi.

In this online course, David introduces you to the world of motorsport and racing liveries by teaching you how to design your own in 3D. Discover how to detail your favorite set of wheels to your heart’s content.

This course

  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
  • 85.29% positive reviews
  • 13 Lessons (2 h 46 m)
  • 16 additional resources (3 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever
  • Certificate upon completion of the course

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