在过去的50年中，Syd Mead为全世界的客户创作了令人惊奇的作品。他的创作技术为最终场景添加了一种生动的真实感，让观众能够进入需要不同的未来世界中。他为许多公司，电影，还有主题娱乐城与很多的运输项目提供了设计服务与制作插画。Syd的认知能力与创新性的想象力通过多部电影与书籍，还有展品体现了出来。他的电影作品包括了<<星际迷航>>，<<银翼杀手>>，<<创：战纪>>，<<异形>>，<<霹雳五号>>等。除了电影屏幕以外，Syd还设计过波音747的内部装饰，游艇等。很多杂志刊登了Syd的艺术作品，他也发布过几本关于他作品的书籍。

Over the last 50 years, Syd Mead has created startling pictures for clients all over the world. His technique infuses finished scenarios with a vivid reality, allowing the viewer to gain a look into many visions of future worlds. He has designed and illustrated for corporations, motion pictures, themed entertainment, and a wide range of transportation projects. Syd's combination of recognition and creative imagination has graced scores of films, books, and other exhibits. His film work includes Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Tron, 2010, Aliens, Short Circuit and other films. Off screen, Syd has designed a 747 interior, a yacht and the Spaceship 2056 pavilion in Japan. Numerous magazines have featured Syd's art and he has published several books of his work.

SYD在本教学中教授学员创建缩略图与连续的草绘图的基本原则.主题包括了:建立阴影等级,然后用这些不同等级的黑灰色来完成作品的细节,包括车辆,建筑,人物与树叶等.SYD还指导学员了解如何选择最合适的相机角度,确定图象的几何等，Syd带领大家学习了确定比例，水平线，灭点，透视还有地平面的制作方法，最终制作出一系列的草绘图，用于以后的开发.

Syd's first DVD introduces the student to the principles of creating thumbnail sketches and subsequent line drawings in the process of creating a successful composition. Topics illustrated include establishing value using only shades of black, and then using those shades to identify levels of detail in the composition, including vehicles, architecture, people and foliage. He guides the viewer through the process of choosing appropriate camera angles, and determining the geometry of the image. Syd goes through the process of defining proportion, the horizon line, the vanishing point, perspective and the ground plane, resulting in a series of sketches ready for further development.