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byhyo asked:
Hi, I'm interested in applying for the Transportation Design program. How old were you when you got in? And what steps did you take to improve your skills before you began and how long did you prepare? What advice do you have for a prospective student like me?

Before I transferred to Art Center I was in my junior year studying product design at the Art Institute of Portland. I had also spent 8 months studying Industrial Design at Western Washington University prior to that. I have been sketching and designing things since I was in second grade, but I really started pursuing transportation design and industrial design when I started high school.

I moved up to Washington from Los Angeles in 2002, so I didn’t apply to Art Center when I graduated high school because I really wasn’t interested in coming right back down here. Instead, I applied to CCS in Detroit and got in, but I really wasn’t ready to make that move, so I ended up not going there.

The best advice I can give you is to sketch as much as possible, but sketching shouldn’t be a chore. I sketch because I enjoy it and because it is in my opinion the strongest form of communication I’ve got beyond writing or verbalizing what I’m thinking or designing.

I’m 22 now, and I definitely believe I would not have been able to handle the work load at Art Center when I was 17. However, there is a good group of guys/girls at Art Center that are starting right out of high school, and they’ve handled things pretty well. Time management is one of the hardest things to get right, so definitely work on that :)

If you are determined to go here, you’ve really got to want it, and I really mean that. The week before finals I didn’t go home for three days. On Thursdays this term, my cumulative amount of sleep was about 8 hours. Yes that’s added up for the entire 14 weeks :)

So, in short, here’s my advice:

+ sketch like crazy

+ master time management

+ soak up as much knowledge about cars as you can

+ sketch some more :)

There’s a link for my entrance portfolio on my blog. Definitely include any model making or sculpture projects as well as lots of analog sketching. And get your wheels right in perspective :)

Also, thanks for following my blog and good luck :)

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Posted on Tuesday 26 April 2011.
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