Month: April 2015

5 phases to present your project to your design company

Question from Nur Aktas Industrial design student, Turkey As a designer, how do you present your product to the company? As a designer when you present a project to your company (or a client), we don’t straight away present a final project. We set up few meetings in advance to build the project TOGETHER. Why ? To make sure that the company and the design team share the same vision – and avoid to work for multiple weeks for nothing in case the project wouldn’t match. In that case, the spirit and...

How to Draw a Shoe (Side View in 3 Tips)

Chou-Tac

Shoe drawing is difficult at the start for anyone. To make it easy, we start by learning how to draw a shoe from the side view. If you are wondering how to draw shoes, you might face at least one of these issues: You don’t know how to start. The shoe you draw has a bad proportion (both in perspective and side view). You have difficulty to visualize the shoe in 3 dimensions. The 2 stages to drawing shoes the right way What helped me to make a huge difference in my shoe drawing learning...

Palette. A Sketchbook for shoe designer |TIP118

Chou-Tac

I am following a cool page about Footwear design on Instagram: @PaletteStudioCo Credit featured image on the home page from Rob Maston or @raw_mass @PaletteStudioCo on Instagram It showcased amazing works of pro, beginner or passionate of footwear design – drawing with the Sketchbook Palette. What is there so special in ? Palette offers 130+ pages of shoe template per sketchbook. (A set of common shoe templates of low cut, high cut sneakers…) We can drop in ideas instantaneously without caring...

Value of Sketching & Digital Tools in Design | Martijn van de Wiel | Eindhoven University of Technology

Chou-Tac

Learn how to combine digital tools and hand sketching in product design with expert tips from Martijn Van de Wiel’s class and Chou-Tac Chung.

What Art material to Buy as a Student Designer

Chou-Tac

When we first join a design school, we receive an art material list. After a visiting any art shop, you realize how the material is costly and that our budget may be quite limited as a student designer. We can’t possibly buy everything from the list. But we are so excited to start school in great conditions that we tend to be non-reasonable and buy a lot more than we need. Let’s do a tour of an art material shop: Blick We have the belief that more we get equipped, more we’ll do...

vaasan: “1- Where do you come from? Your age? – India, 24 2- Why do you want to learn to sketch?…” May 31, 01:59
Viviqa Annie Thomas: “1- Where do you come from? Your age? India, 28 2- Why do you want to learn to sketch? Brand…” May 30, 18:24
ara: “good” May 30, 01:03
Nina: “1- Where do you come from? Your age? France, 35 2- Why do you want to learn to sketch? I…” May 29, 22:06
Chou-Tac: “Hey! Glad the step-by-step tutorial helps you :) You can also start this series of 7 video fro beginners. With…” May 29, 20:54
sm605: “This tutorial is super helpful! I struggled with perspective before, but your step-by-step approach made it much clearer. Can’t wait…” May 29, 14:07
Helman: “I´m from Colombia and Iam 66 years old. I´d like to learn to sketch because i´m teacher and its important…” May 28, 19:12
Miguel Espíndola: “Hola Vivo en Zapopan, Jalisco, México. Tengo 74 años, estoy estudiando arquitectura y aunque sé que hay muchas plataformas de…” May 28, 12:00
Jesús G. Erazo González: “Puerto rico 22 Quiero mejorar para plasmar mejor lo que quiero crear Por un video de YouTube” May 28, 01:38
Thiago: “Eu sou Thiago. Moro no Brazil. Conheci o blog através da comunidade do meu curso de desenho. Visitei o site…” May 28, 00:43
Chou-Tac: “That is an awesome activity you have chosen Bruce!” May 27, 17:37
Chou-Tac: “That is awesome, please let me know how it goes! :) Feel free to comment under the articles/tutorials. And yes,…” May 27, 17:37
Vitória Lorrane: “Oioi tudo bem, eu me chamo Vitória, eu moro em Minas Gerais no Brasil, eu estava procurando sites, vídeos, cursos…” May 27, 07:32
RUTH URIAS: “57 AGES AM ARQUITECT ON YOU TUBE” May 27, 05:36
teresa: “I’m from California, USA. I’ve always wanted to be able to draw what I imagine. I found you because I…” May 27, 04:17
Bruce: “I am looking for an activity to do in retirement here. I am 75 years old and retired..” May 26, 08:10
Ramos: “Meu nome é Ramos, São Luís Ma, 32 anos, desenhar sempre foi minha paixão desde de pequeno.Descobri o blog através…” May 24, 22:36
Chou-Tac: “Hi Aziz, first let me add the Google Translate: “Hi Chou-Tac.. I rather think that designers are dreamers and artists,…” May 24, 10:49
Aziz boutahar: “Salut chou tac .. moi je pense plutot que les designers sont des rêveurs des artistes et pour la réussite…” May 24, 05:16
Chou-Tac: “I used to live in a condo in Dongguan, China for a few years. As soon as the night come,…” May 24, 02:30
Bralynn: “I wanted to know if frogs don’t just croak in the backyard like that.” May 24, 00:16
Chou-Tac: “Hi Mahadev, A trick I recommend is to meet up with actual students of NID, you may learn a lot.…” May 22, 12:53
Chou-Tac: “Hey Sam, That’s a beautiful project to get back on doing what you love.” May 22, 12:51
sam: “California 52 It’s been a long time since I did art. Want to reignite my desire for art. Accident… pinterest” May 21, 08:51
Carl: “1: Dresden, Germany; I am 19 2: Automotive Design 3: YouTube” May 21, 01:16