How long have you been sketching? To give a short answer, I have 2 big periods of drawing. The first one was when I was a kid till I grew up as a teen. I was sketching at home and school so we could share among friends. At Junior school, we was a group of asian friends who liked drawing manga. Then, I stopped for few years, I get back to drawing seriously when I enroll my design school. But all the years I sketched when I was young was kind of “wasted”. I believe I am not...
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There is common mistakes that everybody do as a beginner. The flat sketch. We draw what we see and it’s obvious there is something wrong. But we can’t figure out how to solve it. If you are today at this stage, no panic. It’s nothing related to having talent or not. The solution is actually pretty simple. It’s all about seeing things in transparency. In this video, you will learn how to draw basic 3d volumes such as the cone, the cylinder and the cube. I will also show...
I went to the famous book shop in Singapore: Kinokuniya. They have a huge Art & Design corner where you find books about Product design, architecture, fashion, packaging, tatoo, figure drawing, calligraphy… It’s a paradise of learning content and inspiration. But, Did you know there is an other corner that most people ignore ? It’s the Film corner, also called entertainment. You will learn all about movies: Story telling, sound capture, story-boarding, movie...
We saw in the Part A how to solve a common mistake about drawing “dual ellipses” – showing the top surface of camera lens for example.
Today, let’s draw multiple cylinders on the same scene, like the Buren’s column in Paris.
Let’s look at how to draw cylinders in perspective. For this Part A, we will get interested in the top surface of a tube – which is actually “a cylinder within a cylinder”.
You can see similar case for a camera lense for example.
Below are the steps in picture ! :)
“Remove the headphones and unplug the computer. True inspiration comes from life. Real life. Not some pixelated version of it.” – Sir John Hegarty Anything you see on Internet are flat pictures – but no experience. So you are somehow missing of the “real feel”. What you see on the screen is a biased version of the reality. Looking for pictures for hours and hours on Internet change us into Sitting-zombies. Don’t get “trapped” at looking for...
Leonardo studied Industrial design, and he’s today a 3D artist for video games. He enrolled my course Sketch like the Pros as a VIP student. Leonardo sent me his work about cubes – it is pretty unique. More than following the course step-by-step, he spices up his drawing session: by drawing cubes following a path. His training became an artwork! Leo’s story and testimonial about Sketch like the Pros. :) “Make it personal.” Adding a zest of creativity in anything...
Ben has a story I feel inspiring. He’s a boat designer, and presently living in an amazing boat! “Drawing has been a way to get everything I dreamed about.” You will see from his beginning how he almost dropped school at the age of 16 – fortunately, one of his teachers saw his creative potential and encouraged him to study in a Design school. In love with cars, he went to Transport design, been through various design experience – and now he’s conceiving...
Wanna draw 3D cubes like a Pro Designer Fun and Easy? XYZ axis is the secret shortcut to sketch cubes from any angle and viewpoint in 1 minute!
My girlfriend and I went to Starbuck last Tuesday. She likes to go there to work without distraction. So I was pretty much bored. I took a pen and draw on her receipt what I saw around me. Basically, the shop Nubox and Subway. What I like with doodling on receipt is that you do not choose your format. You draw with what you have on hand, and you have to adapt. Then, as this is just receipt that will end in the bin anyway, you are not precious with your sketch. It gives a nice feel of peace. No...
Hello! I'm Chou-Tac, a Product Designer from France.
If the sketching methods I’ve acquired aid me in my life and in my industrial design career, I believe that they can also help you reach your dream goal as a student or professional designer.
Leave a comment in the blog or send me an email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com : )
Chou-Tac
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