A TIP I recommend especially for beginners who have difficulties to start – who try to draw, but can’t find any satisfaction at the moment. Instead of focusing on getting “ambitious” result, and get frustrated, I recommend to focus...
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!
My friend Adrien Wira and I tried something new, a Collaboration. It’s something I never though about till Adrien suggested the idea. We know each other for a while. We was classmate at Creapole-ESDI, in Paris studying Product design. Adrien is a...
How to activate Photoshop brush pressure: Opacity and Size variation
Today a Video tutorial of Photoshop interface and brush (Opacity and Size pen pressure). After this tutorial you will know how to make your first sketch on Photoshop with your graphic tablet. 00:10 Create a new document 01:10 Interface...
6 Tips to level up your drawing quality of lines!
Maxpower20 asked me if I would have any advice on “How to improve my drawing quality of lines?” I think it could be helpful to share my answer with all of you. Nike Sneaker sketch I did this NIKE sneaker sketch in Photoshop with the...
Warm up drawing with a loose hand
When you start a drawing session, you may wonder why your first sketches are clumsy. Your hand muscles are not yet that agile. It’s good to start with a bit of warm up. For that, draw anything with a loose hand. Warm Up drawing with a loose hand...
Drawing nice curves are essential for a dynamic sketch. 90% of the time I use 2 types of curves: The C-Curve The S-Curve Whenever I need to draw a complex curve, I split it in multiply small curves to draw. I often apply the ghost drawing before...
How to get a symmetrical sketch in perspective? Use the “Middle line”
For a “symmetrical sketch”: The middle line is essential to any designer. Mother nature made most of the things on earth and outer space symmetrical. Humans naturally create objects mostly symmetrical as well. You may want to draw a...
18 meters of sketches in 7 Days >> Roll of Paper Challenge
7-days Roll of paper challenge I started without knowing the lenght of the roll. But I needed to set up a time limit to the challenge. I took 7 days, fair enough. The challenge is not about making each sketch a piece of art, but a design journey to...
How to draw in volume, 2 essential principles for beginners
Hi guys, today I recorded the first video of sketching tutorial ! To be honest that was not easy for me, as I am not used to speak alone in front of a camera. I plan to do more videos, so more I do more I should improve my video skills. Anyway, here...
Roll of paper challenge – Day 2 – How to regain motivation at drawing ?
Second day of the Roll of paper challenge. My mood is not there. I sit and carry on drawing on the roll of paper. About 1.50meter later, I am not much happy with the results. I feel inefficient. I realised that I am not focused, and my imagination...
Roll of paper challenge: 7 days to fill the roll of sketches | Concept art
To improve we need to regularly get out of our comfort zone. It’s something that we don’t do naturally. Relax, in sketching we can only improve. Even a little, it’s still a step forward. So keep in my mind your goal, and keep going. A friend of...
We draw together an Adidas sneaker design taking inspiration from my working experience when I used to work there as a footwear designer. I have prepared 16 TIPS on How to draw a sneaker for you. 16 Design tips How to draw an Adidas shoe with a...
Top 7 Sketching pens of the year!
If you’re a product designer,you know how important sketching is for your creative process without rubber. Sketching helps you: visualize your ideas, communicate them to others, and refine them before moving on to prototyping. In other words...
How to improve your Concept Art (by studying mechanical pieces)
How to improve my concept art? My goal is to produce concept art engines that are more believable and realistic. To achieve this, I decided to learn more about the different parts of machines and how they work together. This way, I can use them as...
Get inspired from human or animals to draw concept art
A great trick to make concept art engine more fascinating, is to give them a “soul”. How ? By giving them hands, eyes, head, skeleton, anything related to human or animals, your engine won’t be just a robot anymore. You give “him” the ability to...