"His work is a grand play of passion; his forms are taut with agonies and ecstasies; his images bite like chisel and hammer. A monstrously beautiful body of work."

- Ian McCaig
Concept Artist, Star Wars Episodes I, II, III

 

"His attention to detail is outstanding and his design sense is vivid and extraordinarily creative."

- Rik Baker
Academy Award-winning
make-up artist

 

 


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Publisher:
Design Studio Press

Format: Paperback
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Dimensions: 11"x9"

   

Start Your Engines, the first volume in the Drawthrough collection, features work from world-renowned concept designer Scott Robertson’s vast archives of surface vehicle drawings and renderings. Chapters on Cars, Bicycles and “Snowcraft Mechanimals” take the reader inside futuristic and retrospective designs, from working sketches to finished pieces. Start Your Engines also includes Robertson’s conceptual vehicle designs for the video games Field Commander and Spy Hunter 2. For a fascinating look into the professional design of surface vehicles, get ready to Start Your Engines.


ISBN: 978-1-933492-13-1

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Scott attended Art Center College of Design where he graduated with honors with a B.S. degree in Transportation Design in April 1990. The day after graduation, Scott opened a product design consulting firm in San Francisco with friend Neville Page. While there clients included Kestrel, Giro Sport Design, Nissan, Volvo, and Yamaha. In 1995 Scott relocated to Vevey, Switzerland to teach drawing and industrial design at Art Center, Europe until the middle of 1996. Since returning from Europe, Scott’s clients have included BMW subsidiary Design-works/USA, Raleigh Bicycles, Mattel Toys, Patagonia, Minority Report feature film, Nike, Rock Shox, Universal Studios, Angel Studios and Fiat, to name a few. Today he continues to teach drawing at Art Center College of Design. Recently, Scott launched Design Studio Press, a publishing company dedicated to inspiring and educational art books and DVDs.



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