Instagram reminded me this photo from 10 years ago!

I remember that day, I was sketching for a personal project (again)! It was after my internship at Ford in Türkiye. It was before doing my masters in car design, before winning some design awards, before getting a job.. I believed in myself even if there was no car design education in my country. I just learnt as much as I can and worked hard.

Also getting feedback was very important. Both from my internship and social media. Back in that time social media was more social and it was possible to get feedback on your car design sketches. Now it is very crowded and algorithm are not in favor for designers I guess.

So I have 2 things to say.
1- If you are at the beginning of your car design journey, don't give up but also don't expect magic to happen. Work for it, push for it, learn for it. If I did it, you can too.

2- About social media being not social, I want to create a community with people who really takes car design serious. I want this community to be private, so we can avoid the spams and have a friendly environment. For that, it will be monthly membership. But I'm struggling to decide what should be the monthly fee. I want it to be an active group with new friendships and supporting each others car design journey. How much would you pay monthly to be part of it?

Here is me, now I'm older but inside I'm the same guy who loves car design:

Cheers,
Berk

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