If your sketches feel flat and lifeless, this tutorial is for you. Discover how to develop three-dimensional volumes in your drawings and bring your design ideas to life with more depth and realism.
I received a message from Christopher.
He’s a woodworker and is fed up making drawings as “if somebody sits on them”.
I made a beginner video about:
How to Go from Flat Sketches to 3D Volumes!
Take a pen, some paper, and take some notes! ✏️
Next week, I will prepare some product design tutorials for you.
Next week, I will prepare some product design tutorials for you.
And you, do you also feel your sketches are flat like a pancake 🥞 ?
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
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Hi chou-tac
I love your videos. I have a question i always drawed feather lines. I am now practicing straight lines but after a week I can’t draw a long straight line or two parallel lines. What could I be doing wrong? Do you have a video to your drawing position? And also how long should I practice? Could it be the practice?
Hi Manuela,
Yes there are some tutorials about straight lines.
You can get them here:
https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com/?op_live_search_style=1&op_live_search_all_pages=Y&op_live_search_product=&op_live_search_category=&op_live_search_subcategory=&s=straight+lines
The 3 top tutorials might interest you.
I will show you the drawing position as well.
How long to practice is not the main parameter. But how focus you are on your drawing session.
Some people can catch it pretty fast. Other may take a while, as maybe a mistake has not been detected (example: the height of the table maybe too high oor too low.)
Make sure to have a comfortable posture for a natural movement. It will be fine 🙂