Archive - December 2016

Invest in yourself first. Don’t always “chase” the latest designer tools.

Hey guys, I have just received a message from Krishna who told me a senior students offer her a Graphire tablet (It’s the early generation of graphic tablet from Wacom). She doesn’t have yet the budget for a Cintiq but she’is interested in an Intuos 3. Let me show you why as a junior student, you may consider getting a older tablet to perform better in long term. 🙂 If you are a student designer like I was, in a low budget, we had to carefully spend our money on Art &...

Find a lot of design inspiration at shopping with that simple trick

Chou-Tac

Sometime we wonder how to get more inspiration daily for our project at school. We may be tempted to buy books but they are pretty expensive as a student. Your teacher tell you to go to library, exposition and/or to be observant and get inspired from your daily surrouding wherever you go – which I fully agree. Let me share with you something I used to do when I was student: I simply grabbed product catalogues from the shop. They are free and you may also get inspiration from the...

Chou-Tac: “Hey SKG, Yes that is totally true. Learning how to draw basics forms will help you tremendously. Have you tried…” Apr 18, 09:09
Chou-Tac: “Hi Elizabeth, please thanks Ricardo for me 🙂 Hi made a list of videos for beginners here to start with…” Apr 18, 09:08
Chou-Tac: “Hey Jacie, I am in Vietnam too. Your application of drawing is super interesting. Is there anything specific you may…” Apr 18, 09:05
Chou-Tac: “Hi ALine, Please thanks the Youtuber who recommended my blog for me 🙂 Cheers, Chou-Tac” Apr 18, 09:04
Chou-Tac: “Hello Joshua, I was in Calivornia 2 weeks ago. I really enjoy it. (Actually I used to study at FIDM…” Apr 18, 09:03

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Master 18 essential sketching lines to draw anything! From blind contour to cross-hatching, add depth and life to your artworks!
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