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Whether at school or in the industry, it’s an asset for a designer “to be unique”.
To be unique, some people think they rather keep ...
Marvel contest of champions
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 ...
Guggenheim museum New York City
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 ...
Saad – Guggenheim museum, New York City urban sketching with perspective.png
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 ...
Sketches planche pour portfolio
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 ...
Design Boom Magazine
Nowadays, the world move fast, maybe too fast sometime. To keep updated a designer has to allocate some time at forecasting innovation and trends. I ...
Online Design portfolio website
Q: How to make an online portfolio? Before starting,
I published an article for artists and designers
if you want to make your portfolio a ...
The Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video
When we look for inspiration, we do our research from visual documents such as books, magazines, photography… How about sound, taste, smell… Should we also ...
Ratatouille Chef Gusteaus
Question from Ragavendran Architecture student from India. Q: Where, When, How do you get inspired for any designs? Sometime we wish we could simply switch ...
Nur Ak Question Design presentation to company
Question from Nur Aktas Industrial design student, Turkey As a designer, how do you present your product to the company? As a designer when ...
3 basic tips on How to draw shoes
Shoe drawing is difficult at the start.
Wondering how to draw shoes, we often face these 2 issues:
Sneaker palette shoe design sketch for sneakers
I am following a cool page about Footwear design on Instagram: @PaletteStudioCo Credit featured image on the home page from Rob Maston or @raw_mass @PaletteStudioCo ...
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 ...
Blick Art Materials - Shop the Evanston Experience!
When we first join a design school, we receive an art material list. After a visit to any art shop, you realize that the material ...
Jordanhill School D&T Dept
Time is precious and no one can stretch it. How about converting your transportation time to a productive session ? I remember after class, I ...
How to draw a sphere ? | Design sketching
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 ...
Sketchbook pro vs Photoshop
Thank you Chetan Yadav for sending me your question. I remember I actually asked my self the same question when I was student. Q: Do ...
Facebook question Nymul
Nymul has just sent me a question. I share here with you hoping to help more people. Send me your question in the comments or ...
How to keep Mr Procrastination away
To constantly improve at Design Sketching, we know that Practice is the key. But M. Procrastination like to call us one time in a while ...
How to draw shadow in perspective - Parallel source light
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 ...
howtodressinterview
Anything can happen! The interview itself could be short, or could stretch on for upwards of three hours. It could involve an office and call ...
the Designer Starter Kit eBook Cover in Spanish
A good number of you guys come from countries speaking Spanish, such as Colombia, brazil, Spain…  and some asked me if I would consider a ...
Sketching Sony Earphone with Sketchbook Pro on Wacom Cintiq 22HD | Industrial Design Sketching
We all know about Brainstorming. I was thinking about using this creative drawing session with the “Doodle-Storm” technique. Try, and send me yours by email ...
How to draw Arrows in perspective Part 2 | Design Sketching
Today, a tutorial on How to draw arrows using 1 and 2-point perspective. With practice, you will be able to take some shortcuts and draw ...
Drawing a Razor with a Cintiq 22HD | Industrial Design sketching
When you are a beginner and start sketching an object, you feel lost with Perspective.
There is a high chance your converging lines get clumsy. To ...
How to draw arrows - part 1 | Design sketching for beginner
In product Design we like to use arrows to express a movement, a path, an acceleration. It’s not only made to designate certain elements of ...
How to sketch with Contour lines | Industrial Design sketching for beginners
In design sketching, it’s essential to know how to represent ideas fast, especially during the preliminary phase of research of a project. We are not ...
wrong position holding pen
We was drawing at Garden by the Bay, in Singapore. I took a picture of my friend drawing. It was the first I saw someone ...
Cherry at Garden by the Bay - The Design Sketchbook
A TIP I recommend especially for beginners who have difficulties to start - who try to draw, but can’t find any satisfaction at the moment ...
CHOU TAC C X ADRIEN W Nuthing but mecs-a
My friend Adrien Wira and I tried something new, a Collaboration. It’s something I never though about till Adrien suggested the idea. We know each ...
Introduction to Photoshop Interface-for-beginner-The DesignSketchbook-feature
Today a Video tutorial of Photoshop interface and brush (Opacity and Size pen pressure). After this tutorial you will know how to make your first ...
nike sneaker drawing quality of lines
Maxpower20 asked me if I would have any advice on
"How to improve my drawing quality of lines?" I think it could be helpful to ...
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When you start a drawing session, you may wonder why your first sketches are clumsy. Your hand muscles are not yet that agile. It’s good ...
How to draw a C-Curve - Curved lines Sketching techniques
Drawing nice curves are essential for a dynamic sketch. 90% of the time I use 2 types of curves:
  • The C-Curve
  • The S-Curve
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TIP 94: How to draw a symmetrical sketch in perspective? Use the "Middle line"
For a "symmetrical sketch": The middle line is essential to any designer. Mother nature made most of the things on earth and outer space symmetrical ...
7 days roll of paper challenge
7-days Roll of paper challenge I started without knowing the lenght of the roll. But I needed to set up a time limit to the ...
Mervin-sketching begginner
Hi guys, today I recorded the first video of sketching tutorial ! To be honest that was not easy for me, as I am not ...
End of Day 2 - Sketching challenge concept art - the design sketchbook
Second day of the Roll of paper challenge. My mood is not there. I sit and carry on drawing on the roll of paper ...
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To improve we need to regularly get out of our comfort zone. It’s something that we don’t do naturally. Relax, in sketching we can only ...
Wacom-dti-r20-the-design-sketchbook
For a student, buying the Wacom Cintiq is most of the time a dream. It was so expensive. Let me tell you more about the ...
16 Tips on how to draw a shoe - Adidas sneaker design
We draw together an Adidas sneaker design taking inspiration
from my working experience when I used to work there as a footwear designer. I have ...
Ballpoint pen and Gel pen
If you're a product designer,
you know how important sketching is for your creative process without rubber. Sketching helps you:
Drawing the mechanical pieces of a sewing machine
How to improve my concept art? My goal is to produce concept art engines that are more believable and realistic.
To achieve this, I decided ...
Get inspired from human or animals to draw concept art
A great trick to make concept art engine more fascinating, is to give them a “soul”. How ? By giving them hands, eyes, head, skeleton, ...
Use a pop of colour to direct your audience eyes
Concept art, product design, car design, fashion design… all use this trick. It's essential when you present your initial sketches to your colleagues, friends or ...
What is a "Happy accident"?
When I sit on my desk and I start sketching, my fingers are quite stiff. The first sketches are often clumsy and it can be ...
Sketch with reference pictures is not cheating (concept art)
To get results faster, use reference pictures as much as you want. Sometime, your pride may stop you, somehow telling you that you are “cheating” ...
Male or female design ?
A fun exercice in Product Design is to draw a men and women version of a design. It’s a good way to be introduced into ...
How to draw a sneaker
I made this video during the shoe design workshop I gave to my friends. You will see step by step how I draw a sneaker ...
Shoe design workshop - Perseverance pays off
I have friends who are big shoe lovers. They asked me to teach them how to draw shoes for lady and men. So we met ...