> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vizcom.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Design concepting: from rough idea to review-ready concept

> Turn a rough sketch and one inspiring reference into a refined concept with clean renders, views, colorways, on-body shots and macro details.

You'll follow the **Design Concepting** template, where a pair of headphones borrows the look of a metal sculpture.

![Two Workbench examples side by side. Left: a Modify block with a headphone sketch and a teal style reference as images 1 and 2, the prompt render @1 in the style of @2, Aspect Ratio Original and Mode Pro, next to smooth, matte teal headphones. Right: headphones with a grey felt-like headband, blue sliders and cream ear cushions connected to a Modify block with the prompt Ultra quality micro shots. Professional photography. Hyper realistic, Mode Pro, and four macro close-ups of the headband, a slider, a cable joint and an ear cushion.](https://mintcdn.com/vizcom-c4034e9b/FHfxWMtC8cMIGOnx/images/examples/workflow-design-concepting-hero.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=FHfxWMtC8cMIGOnx\&q=85\&s=1a733660e40f9329832868ce422bd23c)

A headphone design restyled from a reference, and macro detail shots.

> [card] [Open the template](https://app.vizcom.com/workbench/6db5e53c-d8b2-4c86-8e78-9c1dec89a485)
>
> It opens view-only. Click **Duplicate file to edit** for your own copy.

**You need:** a rough sketch, and one reference image that carries the feeling you want.

## Steps

1. Connect the sketch as **@1** and the reference as **@2** to one [Modify](https://docs.vizcom.com/tools/modify.md) block, and ask to combine them.
2. Run a short prompt such as "headphones design" on the result closest to your idea.
3. Draw a clean sketch over it in [Studio](https://docs.vizcom.com/tools/studio.md), and render that with a plain material prompt.
4. Make views with [New view](https://docs.vizcom.com/tools/new-view.md).
5. Make colorways with short prompts such as "candy red chrome and red leather." or a **Variate** block ([Color Variation](https://docs.vizcom.com/color-variation.md)).
6. Show it in use, ending the prompt with "Do not change details about the headphones".
7. Make detail shots: "Ultra quality micro shots. Professional photography. Hyper realistic".
8. Upscale and [export](https://docs.vizcom.com/export-panel.md) your selects.

## Good to know

* Spend your effort on the reference: one image with the right feeling does more than a long prompt.
* Build colorways from one clean render, not from each other, so the design doesn't drift.

## Related

> [card] [Consumer products](https://docs.vizcom.com/workflows/consumer-products.md)
>
> Sketch to 3D handoff.

> [card] [Accessories](https://docs.vizcom.com/workflows/accessories.md)
>
> Sketch on a model to editorial.

> [card] [Match a look with references](https://docs.vizcom.com/guides/references.md)
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> Reference images and collections.

> [card] [All workflows](https://docs.vizcom.com/workflows/overview.md)
>
> Every workflow.


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