Discover how to bring your products to life with the help of simple cylindrical formulas.
Follow these 4 sketching tips and start drawing cylinders today!
How to Draw Easy Cylindrical Formulas for Products
- TIP 1 Draw with a Papermate Flair M
- TIP 2 The minor axis is your symmetry axis!
- TIP 3 The 3 steps to drawing “cylindrical forms” are easy
- TIP 4 Visualize boxes in perspective
- TIP 5 Draw contour lines
- TIP 6 Try the Spring technique!
TIP 1| Draw with a Papermate Flair M
Learning a new technique is often intimidating at the start.
As a beginner, we lack precision.
This is why I recommend you practice with a thicker felt nib: The Papermate Flair M is my favorite.
Draw without looking for perfection and enjoy studying today’s drawing tutorials!
TIP 2| The minor axis is your symmetry axis!
An important rule is to draw a cylinder base product, the minor axis is your symmetry axis.
No matter from which angle you see your product.
TIP 3| The 3 steps to drawing “cylinder forms” are easy
Let’s have fun drawing some random forms using the “Cylinder base” technique! I show you below in 3 simple steps:
IMPORTANT:
TIP 4| Visualize boxes in perspective
To level up your visualization in 3D, imagine your “cylinder forms” embed in boxes in perspective.
TIP 5| Draw contour lines
To show even more clarity and volume, add in contour lines. To practice this, you will need first to study the Designer Starter Kit.
TIP 6| Try the Spring technique!
Let me show you a fun sketching technique.
I draw some springs to create some volumes. Remember to widen the “ellipses” as you go down.
Alrighty, I hope you enjoy this simple tutorial. I wish to show you how you can draw many new forms even as a beginner. 🙂
See you for the next DRAWING TIP!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
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