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FOOD DESIGN | How to Draw Japanese Skewers in 5 steps

Did you know Designers could make Food designs?
| remember food design was one of our school projects in my 1st year of Product design school.
It was so much fun!

FOOD DESIGN: How to Draw Japanese Skewers in 5 steps! 13.10minutes

BONUS: You can download the printable tutorial file at the end of the article.

My girlfriend sent me a video on WhatsApp about “How to cook Kushiyaki at home.”
These are yummy Japanese Skewers!

Kushiyaki recipe to cook from home inspired me with a sketching tutorial! — <a href=httpswww Youtube Comwatch V=lldwsxrqai data type=url data id=httpswww Youtube Comwatch V=lldwsxrqai target= blank rel=noreferrer noopener>kushiyaki recipe to cook from home <a>inspired me with a sketching tutorial

I took the recipe in notes and doodled the skewers and ingredients.

Then, looking at my doodles I realized I could make a drawing tutorial for you guys!

Who wouldn’t want to draw Japanese food? lol.

It is so Oishii!! (Delicious in Japanese)

Learn to draw with japanese skewers! — Learn to draw with japanese skewers

Food Design Tutorial

In this sketching tutorial on food design,
I explain basic fundamentals of drawing you must know as an artist or designer.
What you learn here will apply to many more products, food, and objects!

Yes, you will learn how to draw your own Japanese skewers, and more than that, the sketching techniques applicable to plenty of other things!

Remember, the ultimate goal is to draw anything from your imagination!

The sky is the limit!

PART 1 | DRAW WITH A GUIDE

Common mistake: draw with the outline — Common mistake draw with the outline

Add a vertical axis and a vertical rectangle for a quick proportion. — Add a vertical axis and a vertical rectangle for a quick proportion

Use reference pictures to draw ingredients

Make sure to draw the skewer (stick) through the meat and other ingredients. — Make sure to draw the skewer stick through the meat and other ingredients <br >it helps you to draw following the vertical axis as a guide

Part 2 | Shopping ingredietns

Part 2 | shopping ingredients! — Part | shopping ingredients

A food designer observes well the details, such as the particular effect on the tomato skin. — A food designer observes well the details such as the particular effect on the tomato skin

Food design tip: for texture, you don't need to cover the overall surface of the chicken wing.
Just add a few only. The brain will reconstitute the rest. — <strong>food design tip <strong>for texture you dont need to cover the overall surface of the chicken wing <br >just add a few only The brain will reconstitute the rest

Look for imperfections. I call them "Beautiful imperfections".
They help you draw with a more realistic look. — Look for imperfections I call them <strong>beautiful imperfections <strong><br >they help you draw with a more realistic look

For the squid, draw with organic forms,
and feel free to exaggerate some details for better visual communication. — For the squid draw with <strong>organic forms<strong> <br >and feel free to <strong>exaggerate some details<strong> for better visual communication

Don't draw every single mushroom you see.
A few will be enough. — Dont draw every single mushroom you see <br >a few will be enough

Toppings are important to add a the end! — Toppings are important to add a the end

Part 3 | recap of the steps — Part | recap of the steps

The 5 steps to draw skewers: vertical axis, proportion, assemble. Details, toppings! — <strong>the steps to draw skewers <strong>vertical axis proportion assemble Details toppings

Part 4 | Draw with dynamism!

Doodle the overall shape of the skewers,
importing from the ingredients above. — Doodle the overall shape of the skewers <br >importing from the ingredients above

Use product design sketching techniques, such as contour lines to express the volume — Use product design sketching techniques such as <a href=httpswww Thedesignsketchbook Comhow to draw contour lines in product design sketching your first steps data type=url data id=httpswww Thedesignsketchbook Comhow to draw contour lines in product design sketching your first steps rel=noreferrer noopener>contour lines to express the volume<a>

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You don't have to guess when you know the drawing strategy. — You dont have to guess when you know the drawing strategy

Build your skewer drawing in 5 steps strategy! — Build your skewer drawing in steps strategy

Build your database of ingredients. — Build your database of ingredients

Time to assemble your ingredients on the skewer of your choice! — Time to assemble your ingredients on the skewer of your choice

Practice the art of doodling fast — Practice the<strong> art of doodling fast<strong>

Practice both doodle sketching, and drawing with detail level. — Practice both <a href=httpswww Thedesignsketchbook Comyou have to make a ton of ugly doodle to succeed data type=url data id=httpswww Thedesignsketchbook Comyou have to make a ton of ugly doodle to succeed rel=noreferrer noopener>doodle sketching<a> and <a href=httpswww Thedesignsketchbook Comstruggling at drawing details draw them big tip data type=url data id=httpswww Thedesignsketchbook Comstruggling at drawing details draw them big tip rel=noreferrer noopener>drawing with detail level <a>

Have fun!

Cheers,
Chou-Tac

PS: By the way, I am using Sketchbook Pro software.
It is a wonderful software, light and free!

PPS: If you are scared of drawing, I invite you to meet Kim, a baker in Seoul.
Despite being afraid of drawing, all of his bakery’s recipes started with a sketch!

BONUS: Download below the full tutorial, ready to print!

Learn-to-draw-with-skewers-the-design-sketchbook-tutorial — Right click save image as to <strong>download the printable tutorial<strong> in the png file

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FOOD DESIGN | How to Draw Japanese Skewers in 5 steps

FOOD DESIGN: How to Draw Japanese Skewers in 5 steps! 13.10minutes