Month: March 2017

How to succeed interview for your future design school or job

Hello Design lovers ! Many of you may be preparing their portfolio to enter a design school, internship or a designer job position. But there is a huge and common mistake I want you to avoid. I divided this in 2 parts: First about the oral presentation of yourself, and second for when you will show your portfolio. PART 1: About yourself If the school (or company) you apply for ask you: Why do you want to study product design? Do not answer this:”Because I want to be skilled and become a...

sketch like the pros

Are you a heavy wrist Design sketchers?

Chou-Tac

Hello Design Sketchers ! If you have a heavy wrist tendency, this article is gonna help you realise how much being gentle with you pen matter. If you have this tendency, many of your sketches may tend to look messy. You might have difficulties to finish your sketches, or giving them details and the overall may look clumsy or “childish”. And sometimes, it makes you grumpy. And the beginner common mistake is when your construction lines are so heavy that they come in conflict...

BAKER’S DESIGN: “Drawing with Shame is Better Than Not Drawing at All” – Kim from Seoul

Chou-Tac

Discover how sketching—even if you feel ashamed of your drawings—can spark creativity and drive innovation. Learn from Kim, a baker in Seoul, who overcame self-doubt to turn simple sketches into a thriving bakery business. His inspiring journey shows that progress matters more than perfection.

Don’t Draw for LIKES on Instagram

Chou-Tac

Instagram is an amazing tool to publish your work online and get feedback,but especially likes and followers. You gain exposure, you gain popularity. It’s to me great,but there is another side of the coinif you let yourself get hypnotizedby these “virtual numbers of glory”. It may affect your long term resultsand confidence facing procrastination. Someone has just shared with me about Derek Sivers saying how good having “useless leisure” can be...

Design Sketchbook Live #2 | How to draw in perspective!

Chou-Tac

Hello, Design sketchers! :D It’s my second time I do a Sketching live tutorial for you guys on Facebook! It was a real pleasure to help you, and interact with you on Live! Below you can find the replay and practice! We’ll cover in 1 hour, these 3 sketching points: Part 1- Why most beginners lose confidence from start and what they should know to unlock their fear using these 3 design sketching principles : To see in transparency Draw from general to details Sketch using geometry...

How to Draw Contour Lines

Chou-Tac

Today let’s see how to draw contour lines. Your first steps, the easy way!With this simple technique, you will draw any volume super fast. Your speed of sketching is essential for a designer to develop his ideas smoothly and communicate them fast. How to draw contour lines I am Chou-Tac. So welcome to the Design Sketchbook. Before getting started, I would like to invite you to download the designer starter kit. To get started, what I like to do is to draw in and read what is not...

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