MOTIVATION BOOST

Do you want to learn how to draw?
It becomes overwhelming pretty fast right? We have no idea how to start! Today,
I share with you 4 tips that helped me when I was a beginner ...
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Fed up with bad drawings? Any beginner can draw. As a beginner,
you compare your "bad sketches" to the great designers you admire.

• Some days, their work boosts your motivation!
• But some other days, ...
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Being an artist or a designer can be stressful and that affects our creativity.
I show you how you can deal with it to become a "Good Stress". How do artists deal with stress? How To ...
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Emmanuel struggles to find time to draw.
Sometimes, he stops for days or weeks, and it feels like a hurdle to go back to drawing.
Let's see how we can help him hack his mind to draw ...
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Drop academic school and go to a design school instead.
It sounds crazy, right?
But if you're looking for a career change, why not try it?
You'll learn new skills, meet people who share your ...
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Ready to take your first step toward becoming an artist or a designer?
These 7 essential tips on how to draw can instantly get you on the right track!
Let's start drawing now! This morning, Kavita ...
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How fast do your skills in Design progress?

• As you know, there is no "magic miracle" that will make you become a great designer in a day.
• However, there are solutions to reach your ...
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If you too dream of sketching when you travel, follow me during that amazing journey in Vietnam
where I create a travel sketchbook meeting local artists. Vietnam Discovery VTV4 I was on national TV!
I was ...
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Do you feel shy, and hesitant to draw to show your idea?
You may wonder how to build your confidence? I am pretty excited to share with you something only a few know about...
It matters more ...
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I had the great honor to chat with Dwayne Vance!
Together we discover the behind-the-scenes of being a toy designer! I am a super fan of Dwayne's work,
especially because of a sentimental attachment to ...
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Are you a beginner sketcher?
You need to build a "success mindset". All start with building a drawing routine. I show you how to stick to it. How to Start a Drawing Routine and Stick ...
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Do you think of a career as a Product designer? But you wonder about the competition?
I share with you the Competitive Edge to Becoming a Designer. Is it competitive to become a Designer? Is it ...
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More important than drawing, you need to build your character to succeed as a Product designer. Discover if you have what it takes! Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Successful Designer

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"You can't have a career in Art. It's a hobby."
This belief needs to be strongly demystified. I show you how it is possible to make it a beautiful career. So, you want to become ...
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Are you thinking about Sketching Daily (or at least more often)?
Let's see the 8 benefits to draw anytime without pressure and happiness. At the end of this article,
you may feel inspired to start drawing ...
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Are you struggling to fit in artistic practice into a busy life?
Discover 2 simple but effective TIPS to improve your drawing skills and incorporate them into "in-between moments" of your day. How to Improve ...
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Admitted into art & design school? Congratulations!
Here are some tips and tricks on how to make the most out of each and every class throughout your studies. 8 student attitudes to succeed in your ...
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The 5 designer mind shifts to succeed in your design school!

• Mind shift 1: Allow you to screw-up
• Mindshift 2: Ask for help
• Mind shift 3: Compare your performance within the timelines (instead of comparing with others).
• Mind ...
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Product designers can't wait for ideas to fall from the sky.
Let me share with you a trick to conquer creative blocks and generate hundreds of creative ideas! How to beat the blank page

• How ...
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Want to live a life of purpose? Discover 6 easy steps to give your daily life an exciting twist!
Change your mindset about errors and begin building the strength for new achievements right now! How ...
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Learn the secrets of overcoming procrastination so that you can finally unlock your potential for creativity and achieve your dreams. Read on for more! How to stop procrastination and start to draw now How to ...
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Want to stand out from the crowd in an art & design school?
I help you become part of the top 10% of students in no time. Read it now to find out how! How ...
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Struggling to get your schoolwork done?
This easy trick breaks through procrastinating homework and gives you the power of momentum to actually finish your projects before the deadline. Procrastinating feels so good (short-term)!

• The ...
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It's time to stop waiting for fortune favors, take control of your success!
Discover how by focusing on following things you love and giving it all with strong energy, chance will find its way into ...
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Are you looking for ways to increase your efficiency as a designer?
Try these easy tips to help you disconnect, stay focused, and avoid procrastination. 5 TIPS to Disconnect... Stop Procrastination as a Designer

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Spend a peaceful night sketching session and unleash new ideas!
Learn all the tips and tricks for successful midnight sketches for your industrial design projects! Last night,
I was sketching a few concept art at midnight, ...
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Artists and Designers, get motivated this October with Productober!

• #Productober is a 31-day drawing challenge, inspired by the successful Inktober yearly event.
• Amateurs and pros can participate by coming up with creative interpretations ...
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Ready to take control of your design destiny and attract design opportunities?

• Discover how to turn luck into a skill and upgrade your career prospects!
• Get ahead of the crowd now!

Turning Luck ...
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You are a beginner student designer? However, you feel lonely and you can't progress? That's normal. Most beginners feel shy when they start. If you are in this case, Do you hide your design drawings and creation? So no ...
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www.noisli.com When you are a design student or a freelance,
you need self-discipline to get things done. So many distractions interrupt your work You have no one to make sure you'll respect the deadline.
You finish your task ...
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Today, I wanna share with you a simple TIP, yet essential for your drawing routine as a designer. Do you listen to music when you draw? If yes, what's your favorite selection to find concentration ...
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Yesterday 12.00pm, I went at the French restaurant L'Usine. It was my second meeting with my "Tinder date" Ngoc. *Pronounced "Gnop" in Vietnamese with a bit inflated cheeks like a pouting baby. I was very ...
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Hello ! Today let's BOOST your motivation to create and enjoy the 6 benefits of learning sketching on paper! Why? Because there is no better sensation than to create with the traditional way! We saw in the previous ...
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Too many students "hide" their poor sketching skills behind learning 3d software. They want to impress with a portfolio full of quality pictures. Some will suceed. But too often the porfolio ends poor in ideas... Today, ...
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"How many hours to practice sketching per week to become a Designer?" Our logic brain crave to ask that question. And that is normal. However, to succeed in sketching and become a Designer. You shouldn't think ...
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Hello! How are you today? Become the best sketcher you can be with the "90 DESIGN TIP-A-DAY Challenge"! Take advantage of this exclusive drawing challenge, full of motivation and inspiration to help kickstart your creative ...
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Hello ! How are you doing today? Today is the 2nd part of: "Are you making these excuses to procrastinate at drawing?" (You can find the PART 1 here.) As an inspiring designer, you dream is ...
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Hello ! It's Chou-Tac, It's 5pm. I am writing to you from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. I landed in the country 7 days ago. We have just found a cosy place to stay ...
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To be happy, you got to visualize your dream and make it happened !1st January 2019, I realised something.  Too many people want something "NOW" so bad - they don't even wanna look for ...
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Hello ! It's Chou-Tac, I received an email from Tim B. asking me how long should he sketch per week ? (Tim is one of my VIP student of Sketch Like The Pros.) As you ...
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Hello, it's Chou-Tac, Today we travel to South Korea! Let's meet up with JONGHO LEE! I am glad he accepted today's interview as he has a precious point of view about Why you ...
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15th July 2018: France won the World Cup !!! Last night I discovered 2 players from the French team come from my hometown, Troyes ! I feel so happy that YES people from my small ...
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HOW TO BECOME MORE CREATIVE Sometimes, we lack inspiration. We wonder what to draw and we face the blank page.  Junior artists to seniors artists, we all search for creative ideas. That's our topic of ...
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Today I would like to share with you an inspiring discussion I had. While many parents push their kids to become a Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer… I met a mom who support her son’s interest for ...
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Do you dream of starting your own Designer sketchbook?
Here are 21 useful tips to help you make your designs stand out above the rest! During one of my recent trips to Spain,
I met Antonio ...
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Hello Design sketchers! I have received a question from Omar on Instagram
about "How to get started in design sketching?". I will also share with you the common mistake from beginners
that you should ...
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Hey guys, It's Chou-Tac, There is a question I receive pretty often: How long should I practice per day to be Good at sketching ? I tell my students to draw at least 15 minutes per ...
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Hi guys, I have just received an happy email from Parker, who is a member of my course Sketch Like The Pros. With great motivation and work, he now becomes one of the Top sketcher ...
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Hello from Osaka ! I am travelling with my good friend Eliane and her big family in Japan. We are a group of 10 people travelling all over Japan ! :). Last night, we arrived ...
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Hello! It's Chou-Tac, How are you doing today? I know how we all have a busy life, and how many beginners have little time to pursue their passion for sketching. Have you ever said: "I ...
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Hello ! It's Chou-Tac, How things going today ? At noon, I met Eugene and his wife Mandy for lunch at Ho Chi Minh City. They are such a lovely couple. Vietnam is the 3rd ...
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Hello ! Hello ! It's ChouTac, How are you ? It's Saturday, and Saturday is a Happy Day ! Why ? Because tomorrow is Sunday : D  Today, I got a little survey for you: ...
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It's 4:58 am and I can't sleep. I guess I am still a bit Jetlagged after my 28 hours journey door to door from France to Singapore. I was in bed with my mind fully awake ...
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First of all before starting this article: every school has their own policy and criteria for selecting their students. This article is about the school I went so my experience may not reflect the one you may ...
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Today we discover how Mr. Bailey's experience can help you on How to become a shoe designer. Today's interview is meaningful to me. When I was a student Mr. Bailey published (still) awesome sketches ...
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Hey guys! How are you today? I just went back to my Calystehnic class. (Also called Street workout). It's now resting time, and I take a "few" minute to write to you. TIP: Sketch in ...
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How long have you been sketching? To give a short answer, I have 2 big periods of drawing. The first one was when I was a kid till I grew up as a teen. I was sketching ...
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I went to the famous book shop in Singapore: Kinokuniya. They have a huge Art & Design corner where you find books about Product design, architecture, fashion, packaging, tatoo, figure drawing, calligraphy... It's a paradise ...
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"Remove the headphones and unplug the computer. True inspiration comes from life. Real life. Not some pixelated version of it." - Sir John Hegarty Anything you see on Internet are flat pictures - but no ...
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My girlfriend and I went to Starbuck last Tuesday. She likes to go there to work without distraction. So I was pretty much bored. I took a pen and draw on her receipt what I ...
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1 Learning how to sketch is about making iteration. We try, we do mistakes, we adjust... we retry... and so on. That's how we keep learning and get better at anything. If you want to ...
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Whenever we have a problem, we dig in the past to find a similar case to solve the case. I believe there is an even better approach: To do the same, but add in a ...
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I am now in the flight from Singapore to Bangkok. No movie to watch. Let me share with you a story from when my friends and I was a student in design school. Our teachers ...
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Hello! I am preparing the reopening of the Registration of Sketch Like The Pros Design course. To help you build your motivation and self-confidence, I want to show you that: Anyone who starts as a ...
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Learn to draw is not intuitive. We often believe drawing skills are innate, so it creates some mental roadblocks. This article is inspired from Marc, a student of my course [Sketch like the Pros]. Even ...
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It’s surprising how much you can learn from people you’ve just met. Last week-end I went to  visit the city of Lyon in France. I went there using carpooling (Blablacar.com). To me, it’s a great ...
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Most beginners abandon their dreams because of lack of confidence. They love sketching but give up too early. They practice a lot and even put a lot of effort as we say "Practice is the ...
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Yesterday, one of my students asked me: I am doing mistakes. Is it my fault? I answered telling him a story about "The cycling boy" Do you mind I share it with you as well? ...
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This article has been inspired from questions asked by the members of my blog who answered my previous survey: Ask me anything. Thank you Prakash from India, Rerolde from Brazil, He from USA, Anze from ...
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Be inspired by artists and designers you admire. I was inspired by:

• My classmate who got higher skills with whom we shared the same table in sketching class to discuss techniques and design points.
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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 there knowledge secrets to better shine. There is nothing wrong ...
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Today I would like to share with you an article I read from 99U, written by Elizabeth Grace Saunders, writer of The 3 secrets to effective time investment. How many of us who love Design ...
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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 share with you some websites that I enjoy reading when ...
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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. It may be a sign that we need a break ...
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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 for professional formal attire, or it could take place casually ...
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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. Instead of focusing on getting "ambitious" result, and get frustrated, ...
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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 challenge. I took 7 days, fair enough. The challenge is ...
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Second day of the Roll of paper challenge. My mood is not there. I sit and carry on drawing on the roll of paper. About 1.50meter later, I am not much happy with the ...
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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 improve. Even a little, it’s still a step forward. So ...
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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 at Starbuck for our own Design Sketching Workshop!  That was ...
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Take the term hacking as a positive idea. You want to promote yourself, not “selling yourself”. Once again, be yourself. I will share with you some tips on how to be confident and how to ...
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In the previous article, I talked about turning your portfolio into your best marketing weapon. I also brought up the idea that a portfolio is made firstly to be your business partner, and only secondly ...
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People who are used to take the subway may spend 20, 30, 40 minutes inside per day. How many of us spend most of our time looking at the screen of the phone checking Facebook ...
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Last night I was bothered, because I couldn’t draw. I felt that whatever stroke I put on the canvas, It was not correct. It often happens when I try new techniques. It is a feel ...
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Following the article about the Book written by Chris Lefteri, Manufacturing techniques for Product Design, I would like to precise an essential notion that any aspiring designer needs to know. “To me, a great designer ...
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The bigger is our drawings, the bigger our mistakes appear! I know how we feel at the start. We are not used to drawing big, and we are not confident at doing it. So we ...
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Do you know that drawing is also about motivation management? I recommend to do not go into details too early. It is tempting but you need to resist. Work first on the main settings and ...
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I was sketching some buildings of Penang, A family stopped by and congratulate me on that drawing. It is always touching. Then a local men whose name is Joo, sat beside me. He asked me ...
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I started to take a bad habit. Looking ay my phone or Ipad when I get bored. And it happens multiple times in a day. Besides that, I am also part of people who think ...
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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 ...
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TIP #45 Have FUN when you draw !! CHOUTAC CHUNG – THE MINION INVADERS All started with some random circles. I was wondering what to draw, and suddenly, some Minions head pop up from these ...
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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 ...
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Thank you Adrien W. for telling me about Darren Quach. He’s an amazing concept artist. I found his Instagram account: dqsketches and his work really inspired me. I remember at school, with some classmates we ...
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Thank you Renata for your comment at theDesignSketchbook Facebook page.
It helped me to clarify even more my point of view. In the article about “I have been really bad at drawing since my ...
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"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 ...
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Have you ever felled awkward to draw something when people are looking above your shoulder? It happens that a sketcher suddenly can’t draw anything. Trying to sketch new things, he’s paralysed and draw nothing; thinking ...
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It takes about 4 hours to go to Annecy from Paris by TGV (300km/hour High-speed train). The landscape displayed fast behind the windows. It’s beautiful, but it’s actually quite redundant. Getting bored, I took out ...
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 TIP 17 Don’t be a fool. Be happy. Filter the information which tries to come into your brain. Decide what you want to see, hear, eat, feel.  Focus on your own priorities instead of the ...
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Yesterday I went to the hospital for a body check-up in Saigon. I checked my hung, liver, stomach, blood, cholesterol, diabetes, and so on... In the end, the doctor said I am 100% healthy. : ...
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The earphone is a great subject for sketching various forms. They could be organic or minimalist. Today is just a quick sketch of an earphone that got a flat wire on my Wacom Cintiq 13HD ...
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