A good number of you guys come from countries speaking Spanish, such as Colombia, brazil, Spain… and some asked me if I would consider a translation of [the Designer Starter Kit]. So I decided to translate the Design sketching book in Spanish! Resúmen Guía1 Prepárate con 5 consejos Guía2 Dominando el bolígrafo Guía3 Tener un sentido de la proporción Guía4 Ver en perspectiva the Designer Starter Kit: Materiales the Designer Starter Kit: El dibujo virtual After discussing with some of you, I...
Archive - February 2015
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-Storm” session – Drawing some free form of an Earphone.I didn’t give myself a time limit (I had the whole night in front of me). Timestamps 00:26 I am sketching on Sketchbook Pro00:32 Many Designers love that software00:37 It’s light, and reproduce a...
Today, a tutorial on How to draw arrows using 1 and 2-point perspective.
With practice, you will be able to take some shortcuts and draw arrows without tracing the whole set of: Horizon line, vanishing points and converging lines. Take this video as a basic exercise that will train you to draw in 3D space.
Let me know your comments, and see you guys for the next TIP of the day!
Related article: How to draw arrows Part-1
When you are a beginner and start sketching an object, you feel lost with Perspective.There is a high chance your converging lines get clumsy. To plan them well, you have to take care of multiple parameters at the same time: Horizon lineVanishing pointsConverging lines.And of course, the design of your product! Don’t worry, when you learn it step-by-step, all makes sense. And with practice, it will get natural to you like a 6th sense. Dont skip Perspective. It’s SUPER ESSENTIAL to always...
In product Design we like to use arrows to express a movement, a path, an acceleration. It’s not only made to designate certain elements of a product. Today, I will show you how to decompose an arrow in simple shapes, and making sure to draw it with a good proportion and symmetry. The trick is super simple. But you need to know it, for later being able to draw the arrows in perspective (How to draw an arrow Part-2). Here is a quick draft I did before shooting the video tutorial. The...
In design sketching, it’s essential to know how to represent ideas fast, especially during the preliminary phase of research of a project. We are not yet looking for “sexy drawings”. We want to allocate more time at thinking, and multiply the number of sketches. Less time we spend for one sketch, more sketches we’ll be able to produce. So instead of drawing with shadows (time consuming), we use the contour lines to express the surface of a volume. Hope it helps, and see you for the next tip of...
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