24 Tips to Boost your ID Sketches! (Industrial Design)

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24 Drawing Tips to raise your Product Design skills

Today, I share with you
how to start drawing from a reference picture
and create your own product design!

I started to search on Google pictures about tools and found an interesting cordless grinder.
I like its mechanical features.

I share with you a series of 24 tips to improve your Industrial Design sketching skills!

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I took my Wacom Cintiq 22HD tablet to draw with Sketchbook Pro.
It is a very light software with a nice pen tool by default.
I invite you to make it a try, it is free and easy to use. 🙂

When you draw,
remember to set up a strategy to make it easy and logical all along the way for you.

There is no single approach.

But the main rules to remember are:

1. Draw light for your construction lines
2. Draw loose without looking for perfection
3. Draw from general to details (Main body form > handle > buttons > stickers and logo)
4. Always visualize your perspective, even for details

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Drawing TIP 1:
Take inspiration from existing products

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Drawing TIP 2:
Choose a wider angle of perspective

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Drawing TIP 3:
Draw the main sections

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Drawing TIP 4:
Import existing details

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Drawing TIP 5:
Sketch Roughly the shape of the focus point

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Drawing TIP 6:
Use construction lines to visualize better

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Drawing TIP 7:
Always start with light lines

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Drawing TIP 8:
Use bolder lines for the product itself

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Sketching TIP 9:
Think about functions

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Drawing TIP 10:
Draw a minimalist handle to see through it

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Drawing TIP 11:
Make sure the handle follows the same perspective

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Drawing TIP 12:
Draw by ignoring the handle first

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Drawing TIP 13
“Scult” removing or adding material

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Drawing TIP 14:
Details follow the perspective of the main volume!

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Drawing TIP 15:
Use hatching to block some areas

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Sketching TIP 16:
Add some writing to space up!

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Sketching TIP 17:
Think “inside” the box!

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Sketching TIP 18:
Experiment!

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Drawing TIP 19:
Think of the user’s needs

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Drawing TIP 20:
Take your time to refine and relax

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Drawing TIP 21:
No need to be perfect. But make sure the perspective is correct.

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Sketching TIP 22:
Add a logo using a frame.

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Sketching TIP 23:
Add extra axis and circular curves for dynamism!

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Drawing TIP 24:
Add a quick shadow below

That’s it!

They are plenty of secrets I use and discovered during my school or professional years.
I am happy to share them with you and hope they are helpful to your design journey!

Cheers,
Chou-Tac