When you start learning how to draw as a beginner, you study and practice basic rules of perspective, line of geometry, and simple shapes such as square, circles… and so on. We are going to see something that will change your daily habit when you...
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How to Draw a Bottle Easily (Product Design)
How to draw bottles easily Today I show you a simple and powerful sketching technique from product designers on How to draw transparent bottles easily. It’s a powerful technique to learn because you can use the same method to draw any product that...
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How to Draw Anything Easily | Random Product Technique
If you often wonder what to draw,today, let’s look at a 4 steps tutorial that will help you draw anything in 3D! It’s perfect training for those who face the Malediction of the Blank page, where you may face these challenges: No inspiration, no...
Today I show you a smart way to draw with the broad nib of the Pantone marker. After a quick review of the 3 nibs, I show you how that nib can actually replace the Ultra-thin and brush nib. You will learn how to sketch faster, let your creativity...
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Drawing “UGLY DOODLES” (Best Creative Technique?)
Some of you told me about facing these 3 challenges when you start sketching: “My sketches don’t looks good” “It’s not easy to draw from imagination” “I lose my confidence and give up fast” If you are a beginner...
Today I would like to share with you the method that is the most precious to me. Some people may say I should keep it SECRET– and keep it as my own style. But to me, this might change and greatly improve the way you sketch, as how it did for me when...
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How to Engage your Audience with Dynamic Sketches
David Zakarias-Weich asked me on the Design Sketchbook’s Facebook page about how I presented my sketches. I share how important it is to engage your audience with Dynamic sketches. It could be for an oral presentation, or for your portfolio, your...
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Why you shouldn’t draw the shield first? (Captain America)
These days I have fun playing with the App Marvel, Contest of Champions on Ipad. Be aware, it’s pretty addictive. Looking for inspiration, I did a sketch of one of the Champion: Captain America. MARVEL – Contest of Champions For the TIP today, I...
From the previous article, you learn about the 5 steps to starting drawing a scene in perspective. Let’s spend a bit more time in the Step of Observation. Today, I give you an observation exercise for designers – to do as often as you want...
Today I would like to share with you a story about Saad, a designer who has decided to get out of his comfort zone. For that, I will tell you a fundamental technique that Product designers use to sketch from imagination. Saad is an architect...
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Why being Perfectionist will make you Fail?
Hey Design Sketcher! Today I would like to share with you an article about Perfectionism, written by Elizabeth Grace Saunders (writer of The 3 secrets to effective time investment). How many students or professional Designers have Perfectionism...
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How to draw a side view shoe in 3 tips
Shoe drawing is difficult at the start.Wondering how to draw shoes, we often face these 2 issues: Bad shoe proportion in perspective and side view. Difficulty to visualize the shoe in “3D”. The 2 stages to drawing shoes the right way What helped me...
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What are the value of sketching and digital tools in Design| Martijn van de Wiel and his class
Martijn Van de Wiel is an Industrial Design teacher at the Eindhoven University of Technology – I was pleased to be invited as a guest to converse with him and his sketching class. We did a Skype call in Singapore – Netherlands and had a great time...
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How to draw a sphere (with the XYZ axis)
HOW TO DRAW A SPHERE NOTE: We saw previously how to draw a circle in perspective. (Which is represented by an ellipse drawing.) Sphere drawing Today’s tutorial, we see how to draw a sphere in a simple way using the XYZ axis. Before starting...
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Cast Shadow | Parallel source of light from the Sun
To make your sketch pop out from the background, it’s essential to add a Cast shadow. The “cast shadow” projects the shadow of an object on a surface (basically the ground surface). I basically use 2 methods at drawing the cast shadow: the...