Hi, Product Design Sketcher! Ready to develop your sketching skills and imagination? Today, I share with you a super easy sketching technique to draw your own products even if you are a beginner!For that, this technique will use the Cylinder as a...
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4 Steps to Master Drawing Skills: A Beginner’s Guide to Learn How to Learn That’s great! You decided to start learning how to draw. But you wonder how to draw anything you ever wanted? Naturally, you copy designers or artists you like, but it...
How to Draw Sections (on Spheres + Ellipsoids) When we love drawing, I believe we have the DNA of a geek. We got to learn plenty of sketching techniques, tips and tricks to be able to draw from our imagination. Today, I have prepared a very specific...
I receive messages from new readersabout “How they regretted stopping drawing”. Are you in that case too? We all have busy lives and it can be tough to find time or motivation to draw regularly. That’s why I wanted to share...
One of the first things I learned at my design school, as a beginner designer, is that presentation matters in Industrial Design.Yes, you have to convey your ideas by showing visually how a product works, how is it made, and how to use it… but...
Beginner tutorials
How to Draw Straight Lines (Freehand)
Do you draw clumsy sketches?A great way to improve fast is to work on the quality of lines. It all starts with drawing straight lines freehand. HOW TO DRAW STRAIGHT LINES FREEHAND Exercise 1: The ghost drawing Exercise 2: The constellation Exercise...
Sketching Tutorials
Boost your ideas (drawing Sony earphone with the Doodle-Storm technique!)
We all know about Brainstorming. I was thinking about using this creative drawing session with the “Doodle-Storm” technique. Try, and send me yours by email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com! It’s a real pleasure to get absorbed by the “Doodle...
How to draw cylinders in any angles with the “Packaging box” technique
Hello ! Today I would like to share with you a simple technique to help you better visualise in 3D. We’ll go through the basics of perspective to draw ellipses in 3D, then cylinders. We’ll go straight to the point, so I recommend you to...
3 techniques to give visual impact to your sketches | The Design Sketchbook Show! #1
Hi guys, Today I am in Seoul, Korea ! It’s amazing and also super cold here. About -7 degrees outside. Ohoh ! Getting warmer back in my room, I thought it would be cool to publish the replay of our Design Sketchbook Show here in the blog ! In...
Shoe Design
Wanna get cool design sketches? (Don’t start with details)
Should I get an Ipad Pro for drawing cool sketches? I really like the idea of “On and draw”. That machine looks really cool. After so long, and deception with the previous Adonit Jot pen (Stylus for Ipad) – Apple seams creating...
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...
How to Engage your Audience with Dynamic Sketches
David Zakarias-Weich asked me on the Design Sketchbook’s Facebook page about how I presented my sketches. I share how important it is to engage your audience with Dynamic sketches. It could be for an oral presentation, or for your portfolio, your...
MOTIVATION BOOST | SCHOOL & CAREER
Drop academic school and go to a design school instead. It sounds crazy, right? But if you’re looking for a career change, why not try it? You’ll learn new skills, meet people who share your interests, and get paid to do what you love...
Designer Interview
Interview with Vincent Védie, who never gave up to follow his dream as a designer
Hey guys, Many of you told me it’s valuable to discover more about the profession of a Product designer – knowing more about the real life out there after your design school. Today, I am very happy to introduce you my friend, Vincent...
Creativity
How to Overcome Creative Blocks: A Trick for Artists and Designers
Product designers can’t wait for ideas to fall from the sky.Let me share with you a trick to conquer creative blocks and generate hundreds of creative ideas! How to beat the blank page How to beat the Blank page syndrome? Copy to learn Product...