Archive - September 2015

How to Draw Perfect Square (+ Common Mistakes)

How to Draw Perfect Square (+ Common Mistakes) Today we continue our beginner journey with the 2nd video of the series of 6 illustrating the Designer Starter Kit book (If you do not have it yet, you can receive it for free here. The Designer Starter Kit VIDEO 2/6 How to draw a perfect square. If you have done well in the previous tutorial about How to make straight lines, this tutorial will be much easier for you. Some of you may wonder. What is difficult about drawing a square? Why do we need...

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How to draw straight lines (+ Common mistakes)

Today is the 1st video of a series of 6 videos illustrating the exercises from the Designer Starter Kit. If you haven’t done it yet, you can download the book. You will find there the essentials information needed such as how to hold you pen, the body posture, the ghost drawing… Oh, the book is free. : ) VIDEO 1/6HOW TO DRAW STRAIGHT LINES FREEHAND A straight line is the most basic component of drawing.To draw fast and efficient, it’s important to master it without any ruler. How to draw...

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Wonder what to draw? Look in your house!

What to draw? Draw your house! We often wonder what to draw. Today, I share with you a simple solution to get started – and create that “spark of inspiration” to know what to draw. So you will fill that blank page with plenty of your drawings! Draw fast and ugly (on purpose)The “Ugly Doodle” Sketching techniqueThe steps to draw anything Draw fast and ugly (on purpose) If you are looking for drawing cool ideas, pick up anything you like in your house, and draw it. You can turn it...

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Why you Should Learn Drawing by Making Mistakes

Yesterday, one of my students of my course Sketch Like The Pros asked me: “I am making mistakes. Is it my fault?” I answered telling him a story about “The cycling boy” Do you mind if I share it with you as well? : ) | Do you remember the first day you tried to ride a bike? Me,  I do especially when I felt down in the bush…Even though it was so sudden I remember it in slow motion. Haha.You know that instantly feel – that something bad is going to happen to you but...

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How to keep motivated (having poor results) and avoid procrastination ? | TIP 147

This article has been inspired from questions asked by the members of my blog who answered my previous survey: Ask me anything. Thank you Prakash from India, Rerolde from Brazil, He from USA, Anze from Slovenia, Mfonkpang from Nigeria, Skirsk from USA for your questions about “How to keep motivated to draw ?” The questions was: Can you help me overcome the resistance to draw and sketch ? How you get motivate to keep drawing with poor results and avoid the procrastination ? How can I stay...

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How to draw an hostel with good proportion

I was browsing my picture library, looking for a subject to draw for you guys. I ended with that hostel front I took in picture in Taipei few years ago. I stayed there a couple of night. All the mattress was covered with leopard and zebra print… Pretty wild right ? 🙂 In this video you will see how I proceed to draw a building using simple techniques of proportion. I share with you a technique that you can use for drawing building, streets, furniture’s, rooms… This is why I like to make...

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How to Become an Intern Designer at Salomon / Nicolas Gomes

Nicolas is a French student in Industrial Design who has recently achieved with success an Internship at Salomon. Nicolas’s experience has a lot of positive insight so I thought you may be curious to know more about him as much as I am! 🙂 Tell us about you. My name is Nicolas Gomes, I am 22, and I come from Franche Comté in the east of France. My outings in the mountains and activities like skiing and cycling have always given me a taste of discovery. I moved to ”Les Landes” for my studies, in...

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What is the best Ballpoint pen for drawing?

Arpithooda asked me on Instagram: What is your favorite black ballpoint pen? I thought you guys may ask yourself the same question about it. So let me share with you our discussion. Besides that, I would be curious to know which one is yours? Tell us in the comments. 🙂 My answer to Arpithooda: Hard to say, sometimes ballpoint pen you get for free (from the hotel, advertising goods…) give sometimes better results than the branded ones. But as soon as the pen has no more ink, it’s often...

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Love sketching with the Papermate FLAIR M (Medium)

Hey, today I was chillin’ in town. My Black Papermate FLAIR M died yesterday, so I came to the pen shop to get a new one. It’s always a great feel to draw with a brand new pen when the ink is flowing so well. It’s fluid Smooth And I can play easily with the line weight. I also like to draw with the Stabilo Twin Marker. It has a nice flow too, but tend to dry very fast if you forget to put back the cap. You may consider a marker for DVD as well from Pentel. In my opinion, if you would have to...

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