Independent automotive design
A designer’s eye.An open process.
Exploring how we imagine, shape and communicate vehicles. Original design, practical tools and the judgment that connects them.
Tools change. A thoughtful design process matters.
Inside Carstylus
The whole design process.
Room to keep exploring.
Design & form
Original concepts, proportion, volume and the decisions that make an idea feel coherent.
Explore designs 02Tools & methods
Sketching, digital modeling, hardware and new workflows examined through a designer’s perspective.
Find a starting point 03Practice & perspective
A place for design theory, teaching, useful questions and the experience behind the work.
Meet CarstylusFrom the sketchbook
Thinking through
the drawing.
A sketch can describe an attitude before every surface is resolved. Design development turns that intent into something you can examine and refine.
Explore design learning
A continuing conversation
Interested in the way
design comes together?
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Selected design work / 01
Osiris.Form in perspective.
An original vehicle concept by Aaron. These renders document the existing design, a starting point for a new investigation.
- Project
- Osiris
- Type
- Original vehicle concept
- Designer
- Aaron
- Status
- In development
A new question
Two perspectives.
One convincing car?
The next investigation begins with new front and rear images of a redesigned Osiris. Can an AI-assisted workflow turn those intended views into a convincing, usable model?
That result is still open. The images shown here are the original resolved design, not the new input pair or a generated result.
In development · documenting the design investigation
Ask about the designVideos & learning
Understand the tool.Keep the designer.
Practical explorations of tools, techniques and workflows for automotive design. For aspiring designers, working professionals and the curious.
Useful iPad Apps for Mobile Car Designers
Explore the mobile side of a designer’s toolkit.
Designing a Concept Car Using Only an iPad
Follow a vehicle-design workflow built around a tablet.
Alias SubD Retopology and Modeling
A closer look at a modeling workflow.
Education & publishing
Learning that can grow
out of the work.
Carstylus is developing its direction for educational resources and publishing. Specific courses, books and paid resources have not been announced.
Explore the Carstylus channelAbout Carstylus
Curiosity, shapedby experience.
Carstylus brings together Aaron’s automotive design practice and his interest in helping people understand how design happens.
His background spans automotive design and transportation-design teaching. The focus is the whole process: drawing, form, tools, creative methods and the judgment behind each decision.
Some explorations involve AI or 3D modeling. Others may begin with a tablet, a new piece of hardware, a design principle or a conversation. The question is what makes the work more thoughtful and useful.
Media, education, original design and publishing are connected parts of that direction, with space for independent exploration.
Start a conversationContact
Bring a question.Start a conversation.
Design, learning, publishing or an idea worth exploring. Tell Aaron what you have in mind.
Design begins with a conversation.
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