I get it—life is busy and time for drawing seems like a luxury. But what if I told you that by simply ditching the TV habit, you could unlock 5 whole months a year for your art? That’s right! Instead of zoning out as a passive consumer, switch to creator mode. Feed your passion with meaningful inspiration, not mindless noise. Your creative...
Category - Motivation
The Design Sketchbook blog is a source of inspiration and encouragement for anyone who wants to learn how to draw in product design sketching.
You will find stories, quotes, and tips from successful designers who started from scratch and achieved their dreams.
You will also learn how drawing can boost your creativity, confidence, and communication skills.
Whether you are a beginner or a professional, this blog page will help you stay motivated and passionate about your design journey.
Hello ! It’s Chou-Tac, How things going today ? At noon, I met Eugene and his wife Mandy for lunch at Ho Chi Minh City. They are such a lovely couple. Vietnam is the 3rd country I met in real life people who follow the Design Sketchbook blog. It’s meaningful to me and I feel closer to my readers and students. Let me share with you...
Hello ! Hello ! It’s ChouTac, How are you ? It’s Saturday, and Saturday is a Happy Day ! Why ? Because tomorrow is Sunday : D Today, I got a little survey for you: I believe we can achieve anything being happy. However, when we are beginner at something, we tend to see more the tough side and get discouraged early. Oh oh. We can...
It’s 4:58 am and I can’t sleep. I guess I am still a bit Jetlagged after my 28 hours journey door to door from France to Singapore. I was in bed with my mind fully awake thinking about writing to guys. And I remembered something when I was at school, there was an interesting debate about: Q: Should we show all our work in our portfolio...
First of all before starting this article: every school has their own policy and criteria for selecting their students. This article is about the school I went so my experience may not reflect the one you may apply for. I recommend any student to meet the school, actual students or alumni to get more information about their philosophy before...
Hey guys! How are you today? I just went back to my Calystehnic class. (Also called Street workout). It’s now resting time, and I take a “few” minute to write to you. TIP: Sketch in the rush!! The sketch below is what I drew just before going out 3 hours ago. I was in the rush. I didn’t want to be late for my class, but I...
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...
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 ...
“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...
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...
