Hello! It is Chou-Tac, How are you today? If it is so-so. Then this coming Saturday I got a BIG SURPRISE for you to get back your natural pretty smile you are so beautiful with. 😀 Live Chat with Art Center College of Design I remember how plenty of...
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How to Get Started in Design Sketching | Q. from Omar
Hello Design sketchers! I have received a question from Omar on Instagram about “How to get started in design sketching?”. I will also share with you the common mistake from beginners that you should stop doing to progress much faster as...
Hello guys, As a designer we learn how to promote our projects. We put a lot of effort in our portfolio, but sometime we face difficulties to promote ourself for a job or internship interview. Too many junior fail at doing that following mistake...
LEARN 1 TIP A DAY, School & Career
Introvert designer? How to make people remember you at networking.
Hello! It’s Chou-Tac A lot of designers happened to be introvert (included me), and we may suffer from not being able to socialize with people as easy as we would like to. Networking is not natural for us. Let me share with you a simple trick...
Hello ! It’s Chou-Tac, In your opinion, who got more value: Someone skilled with years of experience or a young passionate ? In my previous company, (shoes and fashion industry in Singapore) my colleague needed to hire someone to join her...
I still wonder how I survived my design school. We had a ton of projects. I remember wondering if they put that pressure on us on purpose. Maybe they wanted to make us overwhelmed, to see if we could manage the intense pressure and workload...
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...
Hello ! Today, it’s time to publish the 2nd part of the questions you have sent to me these last few weeks! (We’ll cover 36 questions) Because I want you to progress much faster but also happier, I have prepared an online course where...
Curious about product design? Our survey answers provide the best tips and tricks so you can stay ahead of the game. Check out our new creative project to supercharge your progress! ASK ME ANYTHING! Today, I publish the answers in the blog so all of...
LEARN 1 TIP A DAY, Motivation, School & Career
Surround yourself with passionate people to grow your sketching level.
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...
Digital Drawing, LEARN 1 TIP A DAY, School & Career
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...
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...
LEARN 1 TIP A DAY, Motivation, School & Career
Why starting school as a beginner may give you an unfair advantage?
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...
Hey, I am not very happy of how education system is trying to create “clones” learning literature and math. How about art and creativity? Art and education are like oil and vinegar. They can’t blend. Ok, whatever! But if you blend...
LEARN 1 TIP A DAY, Motivation, School & Career
Why a good relationship designer/technician counts more than any skill?
Whenever we have a problem, we dig in the past to find a similar case to solve the case. I believe there is an even better approach: To do the same, but add in a pinch of creativity! To do that, we have to be ready “to reconsider the...