This is an essential skill that a designer need to train. If you want to be able to draw things fast and create from your own imagination, think in 3D. Decompose what you see in basic shapes and volumes such as circle, ellipse, sphere, cube...
Category - Sketching Tutorials
Learn how to draw in product design sketching: Tutorials design sketching. The Design Sketchbook is a collection of tutorials and exercises on how to sketch products in different styles and techniques.
You will learn how to sketch basic shapes, complex forms, perspective, shading, textures, and more.
You will also find examples of product sketches from various industries and professional domains of art and design.
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced sketcher, this blog page will help you improve your sketching skills and create communicative and expressive designs.
Why Sketch Thumbnails Instead of a Finished Piece of Art
When you start drawing, your are often more focused on making a beautiful picture than getting a great idea. There is nothing much wrong about it as an artist. But let’s look at a Designer’s daily life. A designer has to allocate most of his...
How to Use Live Postures to Enhance Your Product Design Sketching
During my first year of Product Design school, we had a quite particular class: Live Nude model sketch. I was browsing Instagram pictures. And I noticed the pictures of Suicide girls MX*. Girls from Mexico loving tatoos and who are just beautiful...
Unlock Creative Potential With Random Doodle Drawing
Before going to sleep, I doodled a bit without much thinking. I guess I was starting dreaming. TIP #47 Doodle randomly to explore new shapes Little by little, some shapes appeared quite interesting to me. I developed it and end with a...
Incorporating Catwalk Designs into Your Next Shoe Collection
I am following the sneaker magazine ConceptKicks since I am student. A bit of story: This site showcases some student and professional designer artwork in the sneaker industry. It inspired me a lot, and kept me motivated when I was student. I dreamt...
How to Turn Quick Ideas Into Powerful Creations with Deep Research
TIP #44 When aN idea pop up, Don’t wait for getting the whole picture. make SOME rough sketch, and carry on from there. Chou-Tac Chung – Strong bagpack, 2014 Chou-Tac Chung – Soft bagpack, 2014 In other words, don’t use your brain to store...
No More Erasing – Learn Product Design Sketching Faster!
Learning how to draw seams to be already quite tough. Then we should learn without erasing and correcting ? Why ?As a beginner, you start learning with basic shapes. And these shapes such as a simple straight line and a circle are the best...
How to Get Inspired to Draw: Concept Art Tips
How to Get Inspired to Draw: Concept Art Tips Today I show you great Concept Art tips to progress faster at sketching! It is always a magic moment to get inspired from someone’s drawing to create something new! Thank you Adrien Wira (my friend...
TIP #40
Test your marker combination – Side by side and superposed. If it looks nice, go ahead !
Chou-Tac Chung – Color combination test
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I realized that Basic essentials is what people need the most. How about I publish more articles and TIPS for beginners ? TIP#39 to make a perfect round circle, do not rest your elbow on the table SPHERE TRIMMING Today, we’ll just talk about circle...
How to Overcome the ‘I’m Not Good Enough’ Mindset and Start Drawing Again
“Practice practice practice drawing” is overrated. It’s truly important, but that’s Not the only rule to success. Before that, you need Motivation and method, or you might end to Practice, practice, practice for a month...
I found some drawing in my luggage from when I was watching RIO2 in the plane. I was looking for paper, so I started to draw on the first paper available, the Air Sickness Bag. I personally like animation. I believe that it helps me to give motion...
Drawing With Color Lead – How to Improve Your Croquis Quality
After sketching The Grand Budapest Hotel in the plane with a Twin Marker, I wanted to practice an other tool. I opened my pen case and pick up a mechanical pencil. That was not a common one, that one had a red lead inside. Greater croquis with a...
Exploring the Benefits of Creative Thinking Like Google for Designers
I was taking the plane to Singapore for a 13 hours journey. Usually, I only take long distance flight at night. You can just fall asleep and wake up “fresh” ready to start a new day. But, that time round, the departure time was at noon. Fully awake...
I dig in an old toolbox at my parents’ place. I found this door hinge. I took one of the most “intricate object” from the box. I actually liked it for its mechanism. So, I decided that it will be my sketching challenge of the day! TIP 29...