Critiquing YOUR Designs! Episode 1 

Thanks Frank sir, it means a lot to me.

Frank, what you’re doing with your RU-vid channel is incredible! It was so cool to not only have you critique these viewer-submitted designs, but to also walk through your changes and the reasoning behind them. You, sir, are a legend! I can’t wait to see what other videos you have in the pipeline and I’ll be along for the ride the whole way!

Only Frank can wear tracksuits, dress shirt and sandals at once and still own it.

I’m picturing a young person like Aniket seeing this and hearing they have potential and going on to design cars or achieve wherever dreams they have and never forgetting the time someone they admired gave them encouragement. It’s the best.

Imagine how stoked Aniket must be to see his drawing in this video.

Have you ever considered making a video on how a design transitions to engineering?

The tools include a nice glass of whisky 😎

That horse sculpture in the back is just gorgeous!

I would love to hear what you have to say about Tesla's Cybertruck design.

you whould be a great teacher

It’s about time a channel like this exists on RU-vid. Keep up the great work, these are high quality videos!

I like the 2020CV design. Frank is right, it needs to be taken to the next level.

this is incredibly well done and actual tips to help them improve at each of their skill levels and not like “oh first of all learn how to sketch perfectly straight lines and perfect ellipses then we can talk” - if that makes any sense...

As a student of Industrial Design, but never worked professionally in the field, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Thanks for doing these videos Frank!

6 minutes into the video, and feel I've already learnt the basic principles to get cracking with a car design. Superb teaching.

Omg this was the quickest 20 minutes a video has ever felt. Id love to watch more of these.

This was such a pleasant surprise on my feed, thanks Frank!

Love this series. Spent my whole youth drawing cars but for reasons unknown stopped. May put pencil to paper again soon 👏🏼

PLEASE DO MORE! These are great. Hope you get a chance to look at mine.

Sir Frank, this is content people need! So glad to you have you around teaching the new generation. Entertaining, making something that is a productive use of our time and inspiring. And you got a great video editor, he is taking it to another level by adding the funny side of you.

This is amazing frank you are inspiring a new generation

Well done to the people that sent there designs on as its brave to put your design in front of a design legend 👏

I love the fact Frank has created this critique forum, what an amazing humble and yet mega talented designer. In my opinion one of the best car designers in the world. His biomimicry philosophy and forward thinking innovation is unparalleled. I am lucky enough to have a 12C Spider on my driveway and marvel at the lines every time I look at it....top man Frank

This is the channel we needed in the car community, what a pleasure to watch

The ‘minivan’ room could sit on hydraulics - great designs from the students and insightful coaching from you

One thing that is especially interesting about this series is that you didn't just show a bunch of sketches that are already great. You gave everyone at all levels a chance to showcase their work and improve from your meaningful feedback. Keep it up!

Good proportions and shapes make for good design. Glad these young designers showed this , too many designs today are focusing on the fussy detail rather than the purity of shape . Thanks for the vid Frank looking forward to the next .

Absolutely brilliant Frank. I have to say, as a musician myself, I did appreciate those musical references! This video was so inspirational, and your presentation technique was flawless :)

Man this is so cool. Having the designer of so many good and beautiful cars here on youtube, reviewing designs from all the people, being "closer" to all the fans... As soon as I see an upload from you I rush to YT to watch it. Awesome man!!

This is some ground breaking stuff... Brilliant series.

Mr. Frank, Thank you for the videos. I am just a car lover but don't truly understand design and you explanation about design helps me to buy/look a car in a completely different way. Thank you for taking the time.

The quality of your critique is amazing! So humble and yet constructive. Very inspirational!

Kind of masterclass on car design. Excellent.

Frank, you are fast becoming a living legend in my book! If only this top quality advice was around when I was a young boy, designing cars day and night.

Kudos for doing this to help aspiring designers out. Important work.

Mr. Frank, you give novice designers a great desire to develop, and moreover, you let them know which way to develop. There are very, very few people who give such hope and useful criticism to the work of novice car designers. The very fact that such an experienced and well-known car designer looks at our work is a big step forward for us. This video met all expectations and i look forward to a new video review, which may include my design

This is really interesting and useful. As a non-designer you get an idea why a certain shape is beautiful or why you feel a certain way when seeing a particular shape (or collection of shapes in the case of cars). Thanks for taking the time to explain this, I can't wait to see more of these episodes.

Thank you for being such a genuinely nice person and providing this helpful feedback to people.

after watching this, I really just want to go and draw some cars again. haven't done that in way too long haha!

When Frank puts it so succinctly and honestly, they critique makes a lot of sense.... so so good.

im so distracted by that horse sculpture, absolutely incredible !!

Frank, Alfa Romeo sells a bourbon glass that actually holds a cigar through it! Perfect for you friend! lol

Holy cow, this is some really valuable feedback for everyone, not just the artists who made the designs. Can't wait to have more of this series coming out on RU-vid. Thanks a lot for the effort putting this content for everyone to see.

That's pure gold

"Hard for engineer to slove" that hit me cause i'm automotive engineer student😊

Frank, you give us all hope that society will one day accept us in our track pants and sandals. Yessss!

Wow this was awesome session Keep this going sir

Waiting for part 2 pretty excited 😄

"make it difficult for the engineers, that's a good design"

This exercise was handled even better than expected. Rather than just criticizing and saying what you'd do differently, you actually showed (especially with the first example) practical changes which the submitter could actually apply. So nice seeing someone as competent as Frank actually giving helpful feedback without discouraging other people's creativity/vision.

Be ready to see a lot of corrupted perspectives from my designs next time 😋

Really interesting video Frank. I like the approach you’ve taken. Constructive critiques on design and technique and above all really encouraging of these up and coming designers. How cool it must be to have your design feature in a Frank Stephenson video! They must be walking ten feet off the ground right now. Bravo sir!

That first one strongly reminds me of an NSX.Its cool.Love that horse by the way very cool piece of art

Hi Frank, great show!

Frank, get Chris Bangle on. Have a cup of coffee and chat about car design. Or perhaps a whiskey

@frankstephenson It’s great to know which road to take, especially by someone like you who is one the best and most experienced in the field.

I have zero idea about design but these videos are very fun to watch

wow...just woow..Pro stuff!

Great video Frank. l love the fact you do your critique with a big fat cigar by your side and a tumbler of cognac , l wish yiu were my art teacher when l was at school lol 😆😉

Damn i cant even draw and im intrigued by what you say. Keep it up

I hope to see mine. It would be awesome!

Wow, such a priceless content)

Love it! Send in a drawing as well and really hope there will be future episodes feature some of the others as well:) Thx for such a amazing channel! In the world of tiktok, memes and alot of just useless crap, this is soo refreshing!

Please never stop making these videos. Love em!

I could really do with that zen mobile, it's almost a perfect camper

Those sunglasses are money

Well done to the people who submitted, good job. Really in depth and informative reviews, thanks for doing this!

Gracias Frank, es un lujo ver tu canal y el tiempo que tomas en enseñar. Un abrazo.

I love that I never bothered to look for advice for sketching I just got an itch and the past 18 months I’ve gone from tracing side views of crown vics to drawing freehand using techniques that I have recently found are taught to students I never looked for them I just looked at images and sketched it over and over and over till rn I’d say I can draw or sketch relatively good and I use techniques I didn’t even know existed I just picked them up

Absolutely the best channel and the most stimulating footage for design aficionados

super interesting video. thanks for that.

Please review the one minute video - Critiquing your Design ? - for the information regarding sending a sketch in.

The Zen Truck™, the best kidnapping vehicle

Pro tip: "You want your wheels to be very round". Thanks! I'll remember that one!

Don't know how I ended up here... I have zero interest in cars or how they look... But it was still quite fascinating listening to a pro tell how it's done.

Nicely produced video

Thanks for the videos, and thanks for sharing your knowledge!

that glass of whiskey with the round stone with the cigar, a classic gentleman

Love this, please do more of these videos!

Love this channel.👍👍👍

Amazing designs, im not a designer but like to see what ppl can do, putting their emotions and feelings at the paper... this is art bruh pls more videos like this, i wanna see some cool hypercars 😎👌

Well done everyone involved in this. Very enjoyable

Amazing idea for a video and I'm sure it must be amazing for the people to see their designs reviewed by you and get your suggestions

Thanks so much for doing these. There is a wealth of information here.

I always found that giving depth to the design is hard, thanks for the tips!

Good video Frank, i good facts! Would love to see a pt.2!!

Keep this series up, for sure will change someone’s life in most amazing way

A glass of Talisker and a cigar, where ever you are.

Geez, this is the most inspiring yt channel I have ever seen. Thank you Frank for sharing your knowledge with us!

Super informative as always sir. Really looking forward to more of these reviews.

*Everybody liked that*

Brilliant

Cool

I love your channel Frank. I never heard of you before, but there’s a reason why all these car brands hire you to design their cars. And could I just critique one of your designs, the mini is timeless, and The P1 is an absolute beauty , not a fan of the headlights on it though. Keep up the great work👌👌👌

The first one is the best. The proportions are the most important base to get right and that was the best looking vehicle by far. Nr. 2 did not put much effort into it and nr. 3 I just dont feel it plus I see no drawing of it.

This is a quality feedback session, well done Frank

This is honestly amazing.

One of my favourite concepts was the Honda S-Pocket from 2001-2002. It haa always stuck in my mind. Also the Panoz Esperante, Shelby Series 1 and Qvale Mangusta of the same era.

Frank this is very cool! Keep doing this!

Hey Frank Stephenson, I have a content suggestion that I'd personally find interesting and think many others would as well. Only if you're comfortable with it, it would be great to have a livestream session, in which viewers could suggest different car models which you'd then try and draw from memory or give design "instructions" from which to design a new car etc. I think that kind of live interaction would be very fun addition to this more educational format. This could be done in RU-vid Live or Twitch, for example. Just wanted to put my thoughts out there. Your unique content here for sure is valuable addition to the legacy of beautiful automotive design you've amassed so far as it will educate and inspire new talent. Thanks and keep it coming!