Intro to 3D Livery Design: Decals for Digital Cars
Influences
A course by Davide Virdis , Automotive Media Designer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Where are you going if you don’t know where you are from? In this lesson, I will show you some of my influences.”
In this video lesson Davide Virdis addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to 3D Livery Design: Decals for Digital Cars. Learn to design and render livery for custom racing cars in Blender and bring them to life with eye-catching decals in Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, we will look at some of my influences. Motorsport was my first love. I was absolutely fascinated not by the races themselves, but more by the actual looks of racing cars, especially with the concept of form follows function because it's like this concept evolves, has an effect, shape, and proportions that are not driven by taste, but they are driven by science and engineering. That always gives out very interesting results. The turning point, which inspired me the most was the BMW Art Car Project. This is basically an ongoing thing started by private racing driv...”
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Course summary for: Intro to 3D Livery Design: Decals for Digital Cars
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Category
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3D, 3D Modeling

Davide Virdis
A course by 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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