Month: February 2017

How to Fix your Curved Lines? (Check your Sketching Posture)

How to Fix your Curved Lines? (Check your Sketching Posture) Today I wanna share with you a common body posture mistake that may damage your sketching progress forever. The earlier you fix it, the better. It’s a very simple thing, but worth adjusting if you are concerned. I have received a video from Jasper who is a student of my course Sketch like the Pros. He is facing some difficulties at drawing straight lines that tend to curve. So he asked me if I could help him to...

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How to draw a light bulb easy

Chou-Tac

The sketching exercise today is about how to draw a light bulb. We will cover the sphere and ellipses in perspective. I was giving some corrections to one of my student Zhen Bian from China from my course Sketch like the Pros – and I thought I could share it with you too! This quick tutorial shows you the first and easy steps to build the light bulb drawing from any angle! Hope it helps! If you want to see more of this short video correction, let me know by email or leave a message in the...

Don’t play Pokemon Go! Hunt ideas with your pen and your Sketchbook!!

Chou-Tac

Hello guys from Korea ! I am now in Seoul, and it’s super cold like being in a freezer. I went to find refuge in a caffe to warm myself and sketch. I sit, opened my sketchbook and found the unfinish fish below. I decided to complete it today, which is 7 months later! :) I first sketched this above fish in August 2016 in the acquarium of Boston. It was a live sketching when you draw standing with your sketchbook on hand. I was in a pretty unconfortable position, people was passing in front...

3 techniques to give visual impact to your sketches | The Design Sketchbook Show! #1

Chou-Tac

Hi guys, Today I am in Seoul, Korea ! It’s amazing and also super cold here. About -7 degrees outside. Ohoh ! Getting warmer back in my room, I thought it would be cool to publish the replay of our Design Sketchbook Show here in the blog ! In case you missed it, I show you below 3 techniques to give visual impact to your sketches, and many many moresketching tips ! :) It’s a 1hour course that introduce my new creative program 2017. You can already register to the waiting list at...

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