I started to take a bad habit. Looking ay my phone or Ipad when I get bored. And it happens multiple times in a day. Besides that, I am also part of people who think that kids today shouldn’t play at Angry bird, but instead playing marbles or hide...
Category - Motivation
The Design Sketchbook blog is a source of inspiration and encouragement for anyone who wants to learn how to draw in product design sketching.
You will find stories, quotes, and tips from successful designers who started from scratch and achieved their dreams.
You will also learn how drawing can boost your creativity, confidence, and communication skills.
Whether you are a beginner or a professional, this blog page will help you stay motivated and passionate about your design journey.
Why Sketch Thumbnails Instead of a Finished Piece of Art
When you start drawing, your are often more focused on making a beautiful picture than getting a great idea. There is nothing much wrong about it as an artist. But let’s look at a Designer’s daily life. A designer has to allocate most of his...
Train Yourself Drawing Things You Love – Learn With The Minions!
TIP #45 Have FUN when you draw !! CHOUTAC CHUNG – THE MINION INVADERS All started with some random circles. I was wondering what to draw, and suddenly, some Minions head pop up from these circles in my mind ! That was irresistible. So I sketched...
No More Erasing – Learn Product Design Sketching Faster!
Learning how to draw seams to be already quite tough. Then we should learn without erasing and correcting ? Why ?As a beginner, you start learning with basic shapes. And these shapes such as a simple straight line and a circle are the best...
How to Get Inspired to Draw: Concept Art Tips
How to Get Inspired to Draw: Concept Art Tips Today I show you great Concept Art tips to progress faster at sketching! It is always a magic moment to get inspired from someone’s drawing to create something new! Thank you Adrien Wira (my friend...
Thank you Renata for your comment at theDesignSketchbook Facebook page. It helped me to clarify even more my point of view. In the article about “I have been really bad at drawing since my childhood. How do I get started?” I said that...
How to Overcome the ‘I’m Not Good Enough’ Mindset and Start Drawing Again
“Practice practice practice drawing” is overrated. It’s truly important, but that’s Not the only rule to success. Before that, you need Motivation and method, or you might end to Practice, practice, practice for a month...
Have you ever felt awkward to draw something when people are looking above your shoulder? It happens that a sketcher suddenly can’t draw anything. Trying to sketch new things, he’s paralyzed and draws nothing; thinking that his sketch may be judged...
Unlock Your Creativity: How to Doodle Note Easily
It takes about 4 hours to go to Annecy from Paris by TGV (300km/hour High-speed train). The landscape displayed fast behind the windows. It’s beautiful, but it’s actually quite redundant. Getting bored, I took out my sketchbook and doodled a bit...
TIP 17 Don’t be a fool. Be happy. Filter the information which tries to come into your brain. Decide what you want to see, hear, eat, feel. Focus on your own priorities instead of the one people try to make you believe in. You could keep your...
Yesterday I went to the hospital for a body check-up in Saigon. I checked my hung, liver, stomach, blood, cholesterol, diabetes, and so on… In the end, the doctor said I am 100% healthy. : ) Once in awhile, do a complete health check-up! The...
How to get a more sensitive pen with Sketchbook Pro? (For heavy-wrist sketchers)
The earphone is a great subject for sketching various forms. They could be organic or minimalist. Today is just a quick sketch of an earphone that got a flat wire on my Wacom Cintiq 13HD. The plus of its flat wire is that you could easily customize...