Month: June 2015

Why you shouldn’t draw the shield first? (Captain America)

These days I have fun playing with the App Marvel, Contest of Champions on Ipad. Be aware, it’s pretty addictive. Looking for inspiration, I did a sketch of one of the Champion: Captain America. MARVEL – Contest of Champions For the TIP today, I would like to highlight a typical beginner mistake. Starting a sketch with the easiest or biggest element of a character/picture/anything. Or even worse, having no clue of where to start from, starting with an element chosen randomly.* TIP “Drawing with...

How to spot the horizon and converging lines of a building?

Chou-Tac

From the previous article, you learn about the 5 steps to starting drawing a scene in perspective. Let’s spend a bit more time in the Step of Observation. Today, I give you an observation exercise for designers – to do as often as you want. You can practice it anywhere, anytime. Below an example of a common 2-point perspective scene: a regular eye-level street view. You will train your eye to identify automatically: The horizon line The converging lines In the street, parking, a gallery...

5 steps to start drawing a scene in perspective

Chou-Tac

Today I would like to share with you a story about Saad, a designer who has decided to get out of his comfort zone. For that, I will tell you a fundamental technique that Product designers use to sketch from imagination. Saad is an architect who has a keen interest in Product design. Working daily with his routine, he could perform. But he was trapped in the comfort zone and realised his sketching skills has remained weak all along. So he started to draw everyday and tried to mimic...

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