Product Design Pipeline: Concepting a Watch in Photoshop
Throughout this Photoshop tutorial we'll create multiple concept designs for a consumer product that will take the form of a watch. Software required: Photoshop CS5.1, Rhino 5.
What you'll learn
Throughout this Photoshop tutorial we'll create multiple concept designs for a consumer product that will take the form of a watch. We'll choose one of our sketches and refine it to a level where it can be presented as a final product design. We'll also create additional detailed sketches to create a comprehensive guide for us to model the watch in Rhino in the future. By the end of this Photoshop training, you'll have a better understanding of how the concept design portion of industrial and consumer product design works. Software required: Photoshop CS5.1, Rhino 5.
Table of contents
- Beginning Our Concept Design 10m
- Creating a Second Concept Design 10m
- Producing a Third Concept Design 10m
- Adding a Fourth Concept Design 11m
- Customizing a Fifth Concept Design 10m
- Presenting the Final Concept Designs 10m
- Adding Light and Shadow 11m
- Examining the Visual Impact of Our Designs 10m
- Discussing Potential Feedback 10m
- Refining Our Rhino Underlay 10m
- Creating Our Final Design Sheet 10m
- Adding Features to Our Illustration 12m
- Detailing Our Watch Illustration 11m
- Inserting Secondary Dials and Hands 10m
- Designing the Main Hands 10m
- Experimenting with Further Detail 9m
- Adding the Etched Glass Face 9m
- Establishing a Connection 10m
- Building the Final Strap Element 10m
- Preparing Areas for Texture and Color 10m
- Creating Form and Depth 10m
- Blending Shadows and Highlights 10m
- Beginning to Add Textures 10m
- Creating More Texture Layers 10m
- Attaching Gears and Mechanical Details 11m
- Finalizing Our Concept Design 11m
About the author
Adam Fairless has worked for the past 14 years in the Design Industry on a wide variety of product and automotive projects. His skills encompass everything from concept design and CAD modeling to final production of items at retail, on the road, and on the screen. He has lived and worked in England, Italy, Hong Kong, and the US and currently works for WowWee toys as Director of Product Development in California.