A Sketching book with video tutorials about Perspective made easy for all Beginners!
Get results easy and fast with clear and step-by-step lessons with the Designer Starter Kit!
- GUIDE 1: Start drawing with these 5 PROS TIPS
Accelerate your progress from now with these new habits! - GUIDE 2: How to draw with the right body posture
Control your ballpoint pen with your full arm. - GUIDE 3: A simple technique to see in proportion
Raise your observation skills with this simple designer technique. - GUIDE 4: Master basic perspective the Easy way!
Draw your first cubes in 1-point perspective and 2-point perspective. (All step-by-step with confidence.)
Get the Sketching techniques of the pros today! Step-by-step!
- The Book includes 4 simple guides I made for beginner industrial designers.
- Learn with this step-by-step method,
and you will prove to yourself that you can sketch and be proud of your first success in a few days only! - Some design sketching techniques may appear very basic.
However, as a future professional designer, you will use them every day! - You will learn the right way how to hold your pen and how to draw with a proper drawing posture.
Remember that learning the basics of drawing from the start
will make you progress so much faster!
To be great at ID sketching (Industrial design sketching) is not about learning complex rules.
It’s about mastering the basics great.
Practice with 1 sketching guide per day!
- DAY 1 | 5 essential drawing tips before starting
- DAY 2 | How to draw lines and circles
- DAY 3 | Draw with the proportion
- DAY 4 | How to draw a cube in perspective
Example of pages from the book
My student’s testimonials from
all over the world about the Designer Starter Kit!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Send me your feedback in the comments below. 🙂
“I just wanted to thank you personally for the amount of help that I’ve received from your services at the Design Sketchbook.
And you are just so so so awesome for making this Designer Starter Kit for aspiring designers like me!Just SO much awesomeness.
Gautam, India
Thank you very much!”
“It’s great for beginners and a good reminder of the fundamentals of sketching for designers.”
Durand, USA
“Incredibly useful!!
It suits people who don’t know how to start practicing Design sketch!!”
Jimmy, Taiwan“Great tool, great help. I draw better pictures now.”
Bas, Thailand“I think it’s a great reminder and the steps are well explained to start, very helpful.
I really appreciate your work and your involvement in this project. Thanks!”
Elisa, FranceHey, thanks a lot for giving me the knowledge of basics and perspective.
From your lessons now I can make perfect circles and ellipses –
My straight lines and my hatching also improved.Thanks for guiding me.
Sankalp“It’s very helpful. It helped me correcting my straight lines.“
Catarina, Portugal“VERY HELPFUL!
We always have to review the basics, and I really appreciated your technics!”
Nicolas, France“It´s really helpful.
It is what it is, a great starter kit.
Very well explained and entertaining.”
Xicotencati, Mexico“First of all, amazing insight into some of the fundamentals of sketching.
I have been drawing for a long time now but not always in the right manner.
Your guide will definitely remind me to keep the healthy habit :)”
Rudy, India“I LOVED IT
It made me think about things I hadn’t thought about previously.
I hadn’t even realized how basic a skill it is to draw a straight line
and how you could become better at it.Practicing makes such a big difference.
And I found it easy to read and absorb.
Having each section broken into such small pieces meant that I didn’t feel overwhelmed.I feel confident to try the exercises.
And I WANT to do them – instead of just staring at a blank white piece of paper :-D”
Jane, Ireland“I must say this is a Well-thought-out guide,
and it is a great tool for beginners and even for artists
who have been at it for a while,
but just need help with drawing like an architect or draftsman.“Great book. Keep up the great work!!”
James
“I would like to thank you for the book that you have made the effort to send me, it had really helped me fix my sketching issues.
It had actually helped with me conveying my ideas to my professor and fellow architecture students.
They even asked me how I learned these techniques,
so I recommended your page and they are obliged to subscribe to it! 😀Thanks from us to you :)”
Nano and his friends from architecture class from Philippines“It’s a very essential thing every designer should have I found it extremely helpful and informative”
Nischchal, India“Really like it Nicely laid out although its a really nice start I wish it had gone deeper. It would have been a great tool for my kids and some of their friends that I give lessons to.”
Steve“I think its amazing, it helps
me to understand and know how I have to do the essential parts of a sketch”
German, Colombia“It’s very helpful for a beginner and for someone who is willing to learn the basics again in order to improve on his/current skill-set. It’s very reader/user-friendly.
The topics were discussed in a very simple manner and that helped. Complicated guides or tutorials usually confuse or even intimidate the readers.”
Migo, Philippines“It´s simple, easy to read and understandable, a really good portfolio look like for the document, and the pics are self-explanatory.”
Camilo, Colombia“It is perfect for someone who has no knowledge of art and who wants to start with the basics. The layouts are crystal clear and well detailed.”
Riju, India“It is easy to understand, thus making it interesting and inspires us to want to learn more.”
Vinay, India“Well…. All I can say is that all tips and basic exercise help a lot . So for me this kit is good tool.”
Julio, Brazil“I think the Designer Starter Kit is very well developed, it has some nice notions about sketching in industrial design, and what to do with it, plus it gives you some nice insight about simple tools that can really take you sketching experience to another level.”
“It’s amazing!
I think this is the ideal way to start off sketching for a beginner.
Brilliant stuff!
Sumedh, India“I feel the Designer Starter kit will be beneficial for the people like me, who are enthusiastic about art and design.
Thanks for providing such a great platform !!!”
Manisha, India“I think that the designer starter kit is very good for an aspiring designer.
I hope you will make more of these kits also for with more advanced designers.
Thank you very much for the effort!”
Fadi, Netherlands“Very simple and easy to understand guides.
I’m very shy with a pen, but the guides help me to get more confident with it by practicing based on this kit.”
–“A very nice project.
As Student industrial design I like to watch it once in a while.”
Robbe, Belgium“It was really well done and nicely presented.
Everything was well explained and easy to understand for people who have just started to learn all of these things. For me, it’s a nice reminder of how some things work and I will for sure recommend it to other people!”
Igor, Austria“It really helped me to sharpen my sketching skillsss!!!
Thank you so much for making it! :D”
Devansh, India“Fabulous”
Stephanie, USA
Thanks for all your work! Teaching like you do is a real gift.
My pleasure Roger!
Your message made my day! :))
Hola amigo te saludo desde QUITO , ECCUADOR
Hola Amigo,
Estoy muy feliz y tu ? 🙂
Hello,
I have signed up but didn’t receive the book. Please send it again if possible.
On another note: I really enjoy and learn from your videos on YouTube, so thank you!
Hi Arun,
I have sent the guides to you by email.
Chou-Tac
Pls send me your design book.
Your videos are clear and excellent!!
Hey Sucharita,
I have just sent it to you by email.
Please let me know when you have it 🙂
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
I would love to receive the book
Hi Manish,
Please check your new emails.
I have just sent it to you. 🙂
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Love to receive the book. Thank you very much!
Love to receive the book
Signing up
Hi, I’d love to have the book. ID student myself. Couldn’t find any link to download or sent to email in this page.
Great, I saw you did well received it 🙂
Have fun Nandu with the book!
Chou-Tac
Love to recieve the book
Love to recieve the book
Hi, the link to download the book return me to this page.
interesting
whatt
hi
No free book yet.
Hey, I really appreciate it that you’re able to provide beginners a free guide but I still haven’t received mine. I am not sure what to do.
Hello!
Maybe the beginner guide play hide and seek in the spam folder.
Can you have a look?
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
I was able to find it. Thank you! 🙂
No free book yet.
I was able to find it. Thank you! 🙂
Hi Chou-Tac Chung, im so happy to find you again,my major is Industrial Design but im not good in this major, i want to learn from you to be better from past, thank you so much for your help.
My pleasure Zahra.
I am always happy to help, and glad you wanna improve.
I learned something:
“Your past results do not equal your future results.”
That’s dissociated.
Have faith in your action today,
and you will be able to shape your future. 🙂
I believe it resonates with you too.
By the way,
you come back when I’m reopening
the registration for my sketching course very soon.
Stay tuned!
Hi Chou-Tac!
I’ve been trying to get the book but it’s not been sent to my mail, please could you help me?
Hello, I have just sent an email to you 🙂
Hello,
I’ve tried signing-up several times for the book download, but no success. Nothing in my e-mail box.
Thanks
I’m teaching designdraxing myself and want to have indpiration for my lessons
Tried downloading book nothing happening. Can you please send me a copy.
Thanks
Hi Nadya,
I have just send it to you by email 🙂
Chou-Tac
Hi Chou!
I have signed up for the book(two-times) but i haven’t received anything :-(.
Could you possibly send it to me?
Thank you
Hello Steffi,
How are you?
I saw you registered to the blog previously in 2001.
Maybe that is why the system did not send it to you again.
Don’t worry, check your email.
I send it to you there again 🙂
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Hi!
I have signed up for the book a few times now but i haven’t received anything :(.
Could you possibly send it to me?
Thank you
Hi! I’m come from Taiwan ,I’m a college student . I want to be a industrial designer in the future ,so I need to learn how to draw sketch well . If I can have the book , it very helpful .
Hi!
I really need this toturial book. how I can have it?
Hi! I registered but unfortunately, I did not get the book, could you please help me? I really like your youtube videos!
Hi! I registered but unfortunately, I did not get the book, could you please help me? I really like your youtube videos!
Hello! I subscribed to your website, but I have not received your book. I checked inside the spam folder, but is not there.
Tom
How do I get the Spanish version of the book?
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Hello, I signed up but why did not I get the book yet?
Thanks,
Hello Pedro,
Just to make sure, did you receive well the designer starter kit ? : )
I started painting a few years back. In order to improve I started drawing. I love both, and I am hoping to earn a degree in illustration. Lol I’m 45, and just now discovering what I want to be when I grow up. So for me this is another step closer to my dreams.
P.S.
When can I expect the email?
Hello I’m Hussain from India and I wanna learn how to sketch as I’m keenly interested in Designing automobile
hey chou-tac .. I signed up but but didn’t find the book link so can you just send it to me on my gmail please
Hi! Could you send me the spanish version to my email? please
Tried down loading book nothing happening. Can you please send me a copy.
Thanks Mick
Hi, I did not get any link to download “Guide”, could you please resend it.
Thank you,
Farooq
I did not receive the guide. pls resend it or is there any other way I can download it without email?
Hello Ifeoluwa, I have just contact you at your email 🙂
Hello! I liked your site and introduction and wanted to try your tips, but I didn’t receive anything… I tried applying more than once but it won’t work, it’s been hours and nothing, not even in spam folder. 🙁 Can you help me?
Hi I’m Abbie cornish Motion graphic designer starting to learn to sketch, I want to see book
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Hi… I am Teresa, a Furniture and Interior Designer from India. Being a mommy on career break, I wish to revamp my skills as a designer.
That’s a great journey that is beginning Teresa 🙂
Hello, i registered but why haven’t i recieved the book yet?
Thanks,
Helle Haykal,
I have send it to you manually 🙂
Didn’t get anything 🙁
Hi,
now able to download the book. Can you send it to my email pls?
Thanks
Vijay
hi chou-tac! really nice videos and tips! the cube challenge is awesome! i’ve alreade signed up but didnt receive your book. could you please send it to my email? really looking forward getting it. thank you!
I too didn’t get a copy… Was going through cubes tutorial and there u mentioned we recieve the book … If subscribed … I hv subscribed news letter and m following the site too… Can u please send me the book
Hello Pavan,
It’s now in your email 🙂
Didn’t get anything
Just sent in your email 🙂
Thank u sooooooo much …. Keep inspiring
Hi Chou-Tac,
I really like your website, however, I haven’t received any guide or book to my email yet.
Could you send me the book please? Thank you!
Just sent in your email 🙂
Hi,
I suscribed few days ago, but same as some others,
I didn’t received any email.
Could you help me ?
Thank you!
M.
Hello Marc,
I have just send it to you in your email.
🙂
See you !
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Not able to download the book.. After feeling everything ur website malfunction
Hello Ashutosh,
Do you mind send me an email about it ? 🙂
hi !
🙂
Hi Chou Tac, i have already signed up but have not received the book yet. Could you help me? Thanks! greeting from Hong Kong!
Hi,
suscribed 2 weeks ago, but same as some others,
I didn’t received any email.
Could you help ?
Thank You
Hello Stephane,
Yes, sometime the guide is playing Hide & Seek in the spam folder or Promo folder if you have a Gmail account. I am glad you have let a message here to let me know about it.
I have send the Designer Starter kit manually to your email 😉
Have a nice day !
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
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Hey ,
I am siddhant from India , I am an architect and I like to design products. I love to paint and making portraits. Sketching is my breath.Hope the design sketchbook help me to learn new style of sketching
Hey Chou,
Appreciate the book and the forts that went into it. Recieved :days 1,2 and 4. Missing day 3.
Much appreciated!
Chris,
How i can download all the guides
Hello Mim,
you just need to register, and you will receive them by email.
If you can’t see them, have a look in your spam, and/or PROMO if you use Gmail.
Let me know how it goes 🙂
Chou-Tac
hie I haven’t received anything yet please do something helpful , I really need the guide ..thank you
Just sent the Design sketching book in your email 🙂
Hi Seems I am not able to download your book either.
Hello,
I have a little problem I can’t have access to the book, could you resend me ? My old link doesn’t work.
Thank you in advance.
Just sent in your email Charlotte 🙂
Hi Chou! I’ve already signed up and recieved the 1st guide.I was just wondering… when would I receive the rest? Thanks!
Hello Emmanuel,
You will get 1 guide per day for 4 days :).
Hi, I still haven’t received the guide. Checked my mail thoroughly. Can you send it again?
Thanks!
Like to teach design and always looking for resources. Thanks
i didnt get the 2nd guide, it skipped to the 3rd
Where can I find your coures ?
Hey,
I still haven’t received the guide. Checked my mail thoroughly. Can you send it again?
Thanks!
Done, you can just check your email!
Hi. I’ve requested for the book, but I still haven’t recieved it
hey chou-tac, thank you for pulling together and sharing all this great information!
i just wanted to share back a small tip with you: i used to sometimes forget to sketch everyday, but then i got a daily page-a-day calendar like these — https://goo.gl/ICXYeq
now every morning before work i peel away a page from the calendar and fill it with small sketches. i’ve also found that just getting started sketching on one page is great motivation to sketch some more ! 🙂
Hey Jon, I really like your TIP! :))
I hope you are keeping all of them in a box! Would be great to see them as a collection of the year. If you do, please send me a picture of your work! 😀
Hey I still haven’t recieved anything in my email yet, could you make sure you send me the guides? Thanks
Hello Mark,
You can check your email. Just got resend the guides to you back.
See you!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
PS: have a look at your spam of promo folder of Gmail. Let me know in case if you find it there. It happens sometime.
First off i want to say thank you because my mind works exactly like yours. Also this is the only guide thats actually been helpful to me, (i even tried lynda). Best of all yours is free!
– I finished the guide pretty quickly, i would love to sign up for the waitlist of your one on one class. Seriously take my money because i haven’t learned like that in a long time.
Hey Collin,
Thank you for your kind words. It’s great to know the guide is giving you a lot of values.
Sure, I will let you know about the next 1-to-1 registration opening! It’s closed for the moment, but I do my best to reopen soon! 🙂
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Hello Mr. Chou. I’m a rookie on this issue, and I’m just trying to start to draw sketches. I’d appreciate if you could send me the spanish version of the book
Thank you!
Hey Federico,
Alrighty, you can check your email, it’s there already.
PS: No need to call me Mr. 🙂
Thanks for your great work.
And as it couldn’t be enough, it’s free!
+layout
+sketches
+simple
+start at zero
+every day one mail, one lesson
+15 minutes a day, great concept
I am glad if it helps you to get started Julian :).
The first step is always the most important one.
Hi! I registered but unfortunately I did not get the book, could you please help me? 🙂 I relly like your youtube videos!
Hey Znib,
Sure, I have already send you an email just now.
Glad you like the videos ! Feel free to browse some more content in the blog.
See you!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Hey Sir Chou, I am a Lebanese self taught artist I signed for your guid but i did not receive anything… Hope ill get them soon Cheers 😀
Alrighty, please check your email, I just resend it to you.
See you!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Thanks a lot! got it! 😀
Hi i want to see your book, i want to get better my sketching
Hello Juan,
You just need to sign up above, and you will receive the guides automatically :).
See you!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Hi! it was very helpful! Do you have similar guides for wacom users as well(e.g. sketchbook)? Thanks!
Hello Yuna,
Everything inside is applicable on Wacom tablet and the software Sketchbook Pro.
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Hey first of all i want to say thank you, and i want a spanish version of the guide!
Hello Carlos, you can check your email. It’s waiting for you there. 😛
Hey, I want to know if you have a spanish version of the guide
You can check your email :).
why i can’t download the book T.T
Check your email :). I have just resent you the guides.
Hey Chou-Tac,
Fantastic guide! I love the style and it’s really rounding off the fundamentals for me. Only thing, where do you recommend I go next to continue developing? The guide was great but I really want to keep going and continue learning to draw, but the guide stops very quickly. Do you have any more guides that build on the next step or can you recommend any books or other guides so I can continue to develop?
Thank you!
Ryan
Hello Ryan,
Hello Ryan,
I am glad that the guides was helpful.
I give online courses. It’s a 7-month program where I can give you 1 to 1 feedback if you want to.
The course is now ongoing so the registration is closed for the moment. If you are interested let me know, I can add you in the waiting list.
You can have a look at this book I like. Sketching the Basics. It gives you good fundamentals of design sketching :).
Hope it helps !
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Hi Chou-Tac,
If you could add me to the waiting list that would be amazing thank you! Do you know a rough date when the course will be re-starting? Thank you for the recommendation! I will be ordering a copy later.
Thanks for all your help, and in the meantime I will keep practicing my lines, circles and boxes!!
Cheers,
Ryan
Alrighty Ryan!
About the date, I haven’t decided yet. I wonder if I should reopen before or after summer holidays. Do you have any preference yourself ?
Honestly, as soon as you have the time/availability. I loved the start guide and it’s got me back into sketching but would love to keep progressing. I bought a copy of sketching the basics. Haven’t had a chance to go through it yet but hopefully going to get a chance to sit down and work through it soon, thanks for the recommendation!
Hi Chou-Tac!
I really loved you method. I’ve drawn by my “own perspective” shyly without confidence. It’s so nice the way that you explain! I’ve done many improvements on my sketchs! Thank you!
Wow, always glad if I can help. Keep going Adriana ! :))
Waiting for online course sir..strter Kit helped me to pass my apitude test for university entrance..its awesome
Congrats Tharaka ! 😀
hi I like your videos and need some help.
I hope your book will help me 🙂
Hope so too ! 🙂
See you Alex.
Hey,
is there a physical copy of the book or is it the just e-version you’re sending out via email?
Hello Mary,
The book is available in digital version only.
See you!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Yo Chou-Tac my boi,
I aint got any book today bro, Imma pretty mad ’cause ya know I’m all about dedication and stuff. Could you please make me a happy man for the night dude ? tha’d be great thx.
xoxo
Hello Thomas, have you received my reply by email ?
Hi,
How i can download all the guides? Because I have just received the first.
Nice work!!!
Hello Optimus,
You will receive 1 guide every 2 days. (Total of 4)
In case you can’t find them in you email, let me know ! 🙂
Hey Chou-Tac,
I received guides 3 and 4, but I’ve checked my email for the 1st two, and it seems like they haven’t arrived yet. Would you mind sending them again to me? Thanks! Your videos have been helpful so far.
Cheers,
Sam
Hello Sam,
Please check your email, I have just send you the links.
Let me know when you have them.
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
hi chou tac! Its great to know that there are people like you really helping out for beginners like us! I got directed to one of your videos for making drawing more realistic and iI found it very helpful! I thought I’d never be able to draw because my symmetry is never good. I am wondering does this geo
metry applies to character design as well? i really love to make characters but people always say my drawings are flat…
Thanks for your kind words and glad it helps you make better sketches !
Symmetry is ultra important. You can have a look at “the middle line” on this video. https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com/tip-94-video-how-to-get-a-symmetrical-sketch-in-perspective-use-the-middle-line/
Hope it helps ! 🙂
thx mate , i got first guide from you, from know i want harder to exercise, i got problem with skecth skill, i hope can make it better.thx from indonesia
How things going Addy ? 🙂
First of all, thanks for sharing this. and a question, there is a version in Spanish?
Yes there is one. Please check your email. I’ll send it to you in a minute. 🙂
Wow, Thank you so much!
can we buy a physical copy of the book or is the whole thing emailed to us in ebook form?
Hi Mikey,
For now, the book is only in a soft copy form.
You just need to sign up and I will send it to you. It’s free. 🙂
Hi Chou! I already signed up and recieved the 1st guide out of the 4… I was just wondering when the rest would get sent through? 🙂 Thanks!
Hello Karl,
Every 2 days, you will receive 1 more guide :).
Hi Chou, i allready signed up but i havn´t received anything yet. Could you help me out? Thanks, and greeting from Mexico!
Hey Luis, check your email, I have send it to you in English and also Spanish 🙂
I can’t find the Sign up =
Hello Isabella,
The Sign up is below the picture of the eBook (top of the page) – where you can let me your email and first name.
Let me know if you still meet some difficulties.
Hi I’m starting to learn to sketch, I want to see book
Hi Mary, to get the book, you just need to Sign up on the top of the page. 🙂