When I was a student (2003-2009), my classmates and I didn’t have any Digital tablet at school to practice on. The first tablet I put my hands on was a humble Graphire* from Wacom I bought from the IT store. I was so happy to make my first steps on...
Category - LEARN 1 TIP A DAY
Learn how to draw in Product design sketching: LEARN 1 TIP A DAY. This blog page is a collection of daily tips and tutorials on how to improve your sketching skills and create stunning designs. Whether you are a beginner or a professional, you will find something useful and inspiring here. Join the 365-keep-sketching-challenge and unleash your creativity!
I’ve just flown back to my hometown in France traveling with my iMac and Wacom digital tablet. I will set up a new office space to have more time to create new tutorials and great content for designers. Keep posted! How to carry iMac on a...
Whether at school or in the industry, it’s an asset for a designer “to be unique”.To be unique, some people think they rather keep there knowledge secrets to better shine. There is nothing wrong about it though. But I believe that sharing knowledge...
Why you shouldn’t draw the shield first? (Captain America)
These days I have fun playing with the App Marvel, Contest of Champions on Ipad. Be aware, it’s pretty addictive. Looking for inspiration, I did a sketch of one of the Champion: Captain America. MARVEL – Contest of Champions For the TIP today, I...
From the previous article, you learn about the 5 steps to starting drawing a scene in perspective. Let’s spend a bit more time in the Step of Observation. Today, I give you an observation exercise for designers – to do as often as you want...
Today I would like to share with you a story about Saad, a designer who has decided to get out of his comfort zone. For that, I will tell you a fundamental technique that Product designers use to sketch from imagination. Saad is an architect...
Why being Perfectionist will make you Fail?
Hey Design Sketcher! Today I would like to share with you an article about Perfectionism, written by Elizabeth Grace Saunders (writer of The 3 secrets to effective time investment). How many students or professional Designers have Perfectionism...
Nowadays, the world move fast, maybe too fast sometime. To keep updated a designer has to allocate some time at forecasting innovation and trends. I share with you some websites that I enjoy reading when I was student and still today. I share with...
Q: How to make an online portfolio? Before starting, I published an article for artists and designers if you want to make your portfolio a Marketing Weapon. Nowadays, it’s super easy to publish a portfolio online. There are several platforms that...
When we look for inspiration, we do our research from visual documents such as books, magazines, photography… How about sound, taste, smell… Should we also explore our other senses ? Definitely, yes. Nowadays an industrial designer doesn’t...
Question from Ragavendran Architecture student from India. Q: Where, When, How do you get inspired for any designs? Sometime we wish we could simply switch on a button to make inspiration appear like a bright light from a light bulb. Don’t panic...
5 phases to present your project to your design company
Question from Nur Aktas Industrial design student, Turkey As a designer, how do you present your product to the company? As a designer when you present a project to your company (or a client), we don’t straight away present a final project. We set...
How to draw a side view shoe in 3 tips
Shoe drawing is difficult at the start.Wondering how to draw shoes, we often face these 2 issues: Bad shoe proportion in perspective and side view. Difficulty to visualize the shoe in “3D”. The 2 stages to drawing shoes the right way What helped me...
I am following a cool page about Footwear design on Instagram: @PaletteStudioCo Credit featured image on the home page from Rob Maston or @raw_mass @PaletteStudioCo on Instagram It showcased amazing works of pro, beginner or passionate of footwear...
What are the value of sketching and digital tools in Design| Martijn van de Wiel and his class
Martijn Van de Wiel is an Industrial Design teacher at the Eindhoven University of Technology – I was pleased to be invited as a guest to converse with him and his sketching class. We did a Skype call in Singapore – Netherlands and had a great time...