“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 without progressing fast. Practice as often as you can, but remember that you will need help to acquire skills. No one has the innate talent and no one can succeed without any mentor. Sander Gerinckx – Drawing child I met some students at Design school who...
Archive - September 2014
I found some drawing in my luggage from when I was watching RIO2 in the plane. I was looking for paper, so I started to draw on the first paper available, the Air Sickness Bag. I personally like animation. I believe that it helps me to give motion to my drawing lines, but also having a better understanding of 3D volumes for my product sketches. TIP 34 Get a 3D Vision to Draw from Any Angle Train yourself at drawing things in multiple angles. Your 3D vision will improve. Start with some simple...
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 by people. TIP#33 No Failure, No Progress Similar to “No Pain, No Gain”,When you meet a difficulty, face it. It is part of the learning process. You might not always solve it easily, it may get you on nerves. That’s ok. Take it as a...
Let me recommend some art books that I personally enjoy: the products of the publishing company Taschen. Taschen publishing started in the eighties as the brainchild of an 18-year-old comic shop owner, Benedikt Taschen. Since then, Taschen has become a staple of art books. Its publications cover painting, sculpture, photography, and fashion alongside, of course, product design. Taschen’s publications are meant to be accessible. Their prices are affordable and the majority sell for between $10...
Today, we talk about art material to add in your drawing tools as an artist or designer.After sketching The Grand Budapest Hotel in the plane with a Twin Marker, I wanted to practice an other great tool: The mechanical pencil with color lead. With that, you will draw better croquis! Mechanical Pencil 0.7mm Greater croquis with a color lead Color leads naturally give some warm effect to your croquis. As you know, I love drawing with ballpoint pen. However, I warmly recommend you to sketch...
I was taking the plane to Singapore for a 13-hour journey. Usually, I only take long distance flight at night. You can just fall asleep and wake up “fresh” ready to start a new day. But, that time round, the departure time was at noon. Fully awake, guess what I did to get busy ? Sketching. I remembered an artist who liked to draw Quick sketch watching movies. He mastered that art so well that he did about 200 sketches per movie – without using [PAUSE]. It looks quite a great Movie sketching...
I dig in an old toolbox at my parents’ place. I found this door hinge.I took one of the most “intricate objects” from the box. I actually liked it for its mechanism. So, I decided that it will be my sketching challenge of the day! TIP 29 basics will become instinct Train yourself at drawing things in different angles. Remember to apply the fundamental’s rules of perspective, and simplification of shapes. These two are your best friends. The more you’ll practice them, the more you’ll...
Today is the third day I play with Bender, from Futurama with the K.S. Challenge. I was bored in the train, so I was doodling Angry Bender again. TIP 28 Doodle EASY Doodle with a loose hand, and the wrist being NOT in contact with the table/tablet. You might not be accurate, especially at start. However, it can help you to get better lines. It’s also a good way to put ideas on paper fast. Chou-Tac Chung – Doodle Angry Bender, 2014 Matt Groening – The Simpsons x FuturamaIf you too...
Street Fighter II x FuturamaI grew up playing Street Fighter. It was one of my favorite inspiration for my tone of drawings as a teenager. Still having Angry Bender in my mindHow about mixing both inspirations? Capcom – Super Street Fighter II A friend told me that fan art artist usually spend time on learning how to draw their favorite characters. Some become very good at it. However, they rarely spend much time on background. I realized that I am one of them. Through the K.S. Challenge...
Just did a sketch from memory of Bender.Bender is the robot of the animation Futurama, from Matt Groening (Creator of the Simpsons). He’s popular for his angry mood. Forgetting his antenna on his head, I feel he looks like a gangster. TIP 26 Get a Doodle sketchbook Use a cheap recycle paper to draw in whatever you like. You won’t be worried of making experiences and doing mistakes. This doodle sketchbook is not made to be shown. It’s not a portfolio. Express in it some “draft...
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. looking for some creative ideas. TIP 24 Never get bored. Doodle anything, anytime, anywhere Taking a train, waiting for a date, or even trying to sleep, kill your time at doodling. You will discover many opportunities to draw and naturally improve with...
There are some days that we feel we can’t draw. You may still try, but your sketches are still not as good as usual. It may be too early morning, too late, too whatever, you won’t be able to know why. And you will give up. Some for a day, some for a week, other for month or forever. Your mind is often preoccupied by something you may think more important. Don’t think too much, and try the following tip. The idea is to regain your pleasure at drawing. That will drive you to regain your focus...
I don’t remember when was the last time I draw some buildings in Paris. I went to the 1st floor of a Starbucks, and sat in one of their comfy chair. Then I draw what I saw from the window.
TIP 22 Bring life to your drawing
Add some people in action in your drawings. They could discuss, smoke, looking at the sky. Imagine what are they doing, talking about.
Chou-Tac Chung – From Starbucks window, Opera, Paris, 2014
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When I saw the Samsung Note Pro 12.2, I couldn’t resist drawing something on it. (See at the bottom of this page)The tablet carries a customized version of Sketchbook pro. TIP 21 | To get a digital tablet, do not believe the specs My first tablet was a Graphire Wacom tablet. The pen was 512 sensitivity pressure. It was already working so well. Nowadays, the latest digital pens and digital tablets showcase in 2048 sensitivity pressure. It seems that the higher number the better. Like when you...
Chou-Tac Chung – Arachnid Creature
TIP 20 Draw a giant creature in a second
Insert a small human silhouette as a scaling measure. Few pen strokes will do. The creature will appear giant like David and Goliath.
Osmar Schindler – David and Goliath
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