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Shiva Aran - (sketches and designs)

Hello friends and masters! 

I am Shiva Aran. 

I am planning to get into car designing field. While I was searching for the regarding options I was to see about CEED(Common Entrance Exam for Design) and also I came across your 'Stuff you look' blog. I saw about the owner of this blog Mr. Bhanu Chander contributing much for the people trying for various design exams and I immediately decided to join them so as to get part in getting his contributions. Also I am confused whether CEED is surely meant for car design aspirants. If I attend CEED, can I get into car designing field i.e., can I get into good colleges say IITs offering car design course? Because my aim is to go into car designs. So I request you to suggest whether I am in a correct path or not. Also if CEED is a correct decision, then I want you to take me as your junior member, a student with you and to be with me through out my process with all your support, with hope that you will take me, and special thanks to Mr. Bhanu Chander for creating such a precious platform for people like me. Thanking you once again, and my works,

               

 I would like you to evaluate my level and about size proportions. Also I am a beginner and I don't know much about sketching ethics. Help me get developed. Looking for your suggestions.

Dec 10 2016.
Good evening sir! On behalf of your suggestion I have started my work regarding design and perspectives based on CEED question papers. some works done by me today are below.

Pics. 2,3 & 4 are CEED questions. I look forward for your comments and suggestions. Also I will be posting such works regularly based on CEED questions. Looking for your words!

Car Sketches - Krishna Raj

Hello all,

This is S.Krishna Raj, I would like to share my works with you. Most of what i did are car and bike sketches. 

Hope you like it :)

Please feel free to give your suggestions.

       

Vinod Kumar - CPDM IISC 2016 - M.Des Interview Experience

Hi everyone,

I'm Vinod Kumar from Chennai. I would like to share my experience about Design Aptitude Test (DAT) and interview held for Master of Design (M.des) programme at Center for Product Design (CPDM), IISc. I will try to interpret the question paper as far as I could remember.

About me

I pursued Manufacturing Engineering in Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) at Chennai. I worked in India Pistons (IP) Rings, Chennai after graduation. I appeared for GATE 2016 in Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) paper and secured a score of 710 ( AIR 46 ).

Note :

The qualifying examination score (GATE/CEED) only helps you to get shortlisted for the written test and your selection into the department is solely based on your performance in written exam and interview

Design Aptitude Test (DAT)

DAT comprises of 2 Sections

Section 1: 75 minutes

It has 2 parts.

PART A:

These will test your knowledge of Non-verbal ability and on colours with their origin/purpose of usage.

PART B:

This section has 10 questions and we need to attempt only 5. All Q’s carry equal weightage. This part tests your basic maths and your theoretical understanding on engineering design.

Q1. Probability (Combinations)

Q2. Area of curve bounded between 2 curves

Q3. SFD & BMD of a single overhanging simply supported beam with entire UDL

Q4. Fluid mechanics problem to find volume flow rate.

Q5. Finding out acceleration of a discus throw.

Q6. Spring Mass system

And rest from electronics which I don't remember exactly.  

After 75 minutes, there will be a break of 10 minutes and then you'll be given the second paper.

Section 2:

This is equivalent to CEED part B

Q1. Photograph of a physical object was given. Replicate the same in sketch and shade it with pencil.

A recliner chair image was given.

(Q2) 5 basic shapes were given. Draw another object for each of them where that shape is one of the major components.

(Q3) Two photographs were provided. Identify three problems (difficulties) that can be inferred from them. First was a photograph of people sleeping on kerbs and footpath, the second was a group of very young disadvantaged kids studying together in a cloistered room.

(Q4) Four items of technological interest were given. Select one of them and write five features of the same. (Example- Google Glass)

(Q5) Similar to above. We had to write what it is about and where it is used. (Example - 4G Mobile Communications Technology)

(Q6) Five materials were named. Write their applications and for what quality are the used for in their areas of application. (For example - Activated charcoal is used in filtration because of porosity)

(Q7) A passage were given in which it described what are thermopigments and how mixing them with normal acrylic colors and painting surfaces could help identify temperature changes (pigments will change color and thereby providing an indication). Consider any one household product and suggest two improvements on them based on the given concept of thermopigments. 

(Q8) Compare between CFL and LED lamps and state which is better and why. 

(Q9) Normal doormats cannot be cleaned without damaging them and rendering them unusable for future use. Suggest two design changes to address the issue. 

[All questions carried equal marks except Q. No. 1 which carried double the marks Q2.

INTERVIEW:

All the candidates who have appeared for written test were interviewed.

Time slots was prepared and each individual was given 15 minutes.

There were three panels. Out of 3, one panel consisted mechanical engineering (core CPDM) faculties and I was listed in this panel.

They asked me to introduce my selves .As I completed my self-introduction, few Q’s were asked about what my coursework in UG dealt with and how it was different from mechanical engineering.

Then, a professor asked me if I had anything to show them. I understand that they were hinting to present my portfolio which I did. I had presented 3 of my best Engineering design works which I had carried out in college.

My final project was on “Design of Plastic Master cylinder for clutch actuation system” which was carried in a collaboration between WABCO R&D and ARSTPS, Cipet.

They were really keen on this and started asking me the stages involved in design and development and significance of each. Q’s were asked on why companies go for cost reduction when their existing product is reliable. Main concern which they look for is that your design has to be functional i.e it has work in real conditions. I showed them a rapid prototype model under doing real time testing and their results in my thesis

After they were satisfied with my replies, finally they asked me a couple of creative questions which requires you to brainstorm and answer with out of box thinking. Q’s was say 10 different uses of pen cap within 1 minute.

Finally I thanked them again before leaving. Result was announced within a week of interviews.

Thanks to admin of this group, Bhanu Chander to provide me with such an opportunity to share my experience. I met him after I got admission in this programme to clarify my doubts and he was very thoughtful in his replies. Great going mate.

Feel free to contact me.

Regards,

Vinodh Kumar.R

vesuviusvino@gmail.com

Riya Gupta - Solutions to CEED/NID Animation questions

Hello again aspirants!!

As I told you earlier I will be back with my solutions to animation questions. I would like to start with CEED 2015 animation part. First, read out the whole question followed by-

Question 5c:  Optional (Animation Design)

An animation film for 5 to 12 year old children is in pre-production stage. The film is based on the relationship between a kid (girl/boy) and his/her puppy. This is a shot breakdown of a sequence from the film.

Shot 1. A 10 year old kid (girl/boy) and his puppy are playing with a ball in a field.

Shot 2. Suddenly s/he notices a huge eagle swooping down on the puppy.

Shot 3. The eagle reaches out with its talons (claws), grabs the puppy and flies off.

Shot 4. The kid sees the puppy carried away.

Shot 5. The kid picks up the ball and throws it at the eagle

Shot 6. The ball hits the eagle, and he drops the puppy.

Shot 7. The girl/boy is reunited with the puppy, hugs him.

Part 1

Illustrate (Create a Storyboard of) the above shots as a series of picture frames. You can use more than one frame per shot if you want. Approximate shape of the frame is shown below. You can choose to make the drawing and then draw the frame on top of it to compose your shot or you can create the frame and then draw inside.     

Part 2

Draw shot 3 (the eagle reaching out, about to grab the puppy) in detail in a style which is one of the following.  Line drawing is sufficient. Detailed rendering and shading can be done if needed.

a. Realistic  b. Stylised

In part 1, pay attention to communication of the narrative through sequential pictures and shot composition. 

In part 2, pay attention to illustration skills, composition and perspective (if realistic style chosen) or Illustration style (if stylized chosen.)

As you can see that there are number of shots given above, if you come across any question without the shots listed separately, you can think of your own . Try to highlight the actions as much as you can.

My Solution sketches:

As you can see that through simple frames I have completed the question. Due to less number of frames, I didn't used the technique of resizing them( as I told in my previous post) However, you can wish to do so. See the perspective I have used in each shot. You can see that I have used the bird's eye view in the third frame.
 In the second part of the question, it is asked either for the realistic shot or the stylized one. For the realistic one, use colours, add shading, or use detail concepts.On the other hand, use interesting perspective shots for the stylized one.

Go through it and practice with the rest of the questions

Solution to NID-DAT 2015 subjective sample paper - Vaishnavi

Hi all,

I'm Vaishnavi Bodawar!

I have good artistic skills (painting) and I attempted CEED and NID exams last year. I wish to share solutions to few questions of NID-DAT subjective part as asked in sample question paper for your benefit and reference. I hope that this is going to help you at least to some extent.

You can check the question paper here

Question B1

You have to make rotis/puris and have no rolling pan to flatten the dough. State and illustrate four alternate ways, using objects from the kitchen, by which you could make the rotis/puris

Note: I haven't given the statements (or factors whatever it's called), I just gave some illustrations. Hope, you are able to write about it.

Question B2:

My solutions

That's it, although I solved only for two questions, I hope this will give some idea to you.

All the best for your NID attempt !!!