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Hi 🙂
My name is Paola Alvarez. I’m from Puerto Rico. I’m also 22. I recently graduated from Interior Design and Decor and am now studying Industrial Design. In my free time I record videos for YouTube on my Urban Glam channel which distracts me from university stress. I’m aspiring to have my own business and I saw you as a great door to help me do so. Thank you for having the initiative to share with us your knowledge for our growth as designers also. I’m very excited to learn from you. I really like your techniques on drawing. I would also like to learn if possible how to create a good portfolio.
Hey Paola, how come you started from Interior design and switched to Product design ? It’s quite uncommon no ?
Beside that, the book of the Designer Starter Kit also have a Spanish version. In case you are interested, let me know.
About the portfolios, there is no unique way to make them. I have written a couple of article about it, you may have a look here: https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com/?s=portfolio – Hope it helps and have a nice day :).
Thanks! I understand English perfectly so the book won’t be a problem. Perhaps some of my friends might be interested in reading it in spanish. I’ll let them know. I’ll take a look at the article for the portfolio also, thank you so much.
As for my studies, I changed my bachelor’s degree because at the moment there wasn’t any for interior design so I thought product design would compliment that perfectly.
Oh! Have a nice day also! 🙂
Hi Chou-Tac! I’m Lorenzo, an industrial design student from Italy. I have seen your works and they are awesome! I wish to become great like you. Keep up with your amazing work!
Hey Lorenzo,
Sure you will be even better ! Keep going and positive results will come. 🙂
i signed up but didn’t get the book
Hello Bobby,
My system tell me that you have already received the 2 first guides already. Can you check your Gmail account on the tab PROMO if you have one (Gmail has recently created a new version of interface with more tabs). Sometime the emails go there.
> Anyway, I have already send the book to you already. 😉
Hi there,Shrey here. I’m from India and I just completed my Bachelor’s in Business Administration. I’ve planning to learn designing but coudnt find a good source. Thank you very much.
It’s good thing you’ve made this free as there are many people who just take money but don’t provide a good service or the product.
Cheers man. You are doing a wonderful service to the society.
Hey Shrey, I am glad that you find the content helpful ! Enjoy 🙂
Hi chou thanks for sharing a useful techniques for sketching .
My pleasure Jeeva. Let me know how it goes in 4 days. 🙂
My name is Henry and I’m from Hong Kong.
Thank you so much for providing useful materials for us. I really appreciate it.
However, I cannot receive that design starter kit after I fill it my email address. ><
I have just resent it to your mail.
And I am always glad to have readers from Asia ! 😉
KNOCK KNOCK IS Chou-Tac THERE?
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE PRACTICAL TIPS.
PS: YOU ARE SO HANDSOME>.>.<>>.<<<
–A TOY DESIGNER FROM CHINA (wwwbehance.net/kulta)
Love your icon picture !
Hi Chou-Tac,
I’m from Sydney, Australia. I recently graduated from biomedical engineering and have always had a passion for design. Your site is exactly what I needed! I never thought I had the “talent” to sketch and would constantly strugled to get my ideas onto paper. I’m sure with your book and guidance I’ll be able to one day sketch like you!
As long as you love design and sketching, you will for sure get great results. All the best Justin !
If you have any question, let me know. You can send me an email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com or just write a comment below an article. 🙂
Hello I’m Sudarshan, an Aerospace Engineer from India 🙂 I want to do Automotive Design next!!
Wow Sudarshan,
I am very happy that you follow your passion !
hello im from venezuela study industrial engineering and i want design anything, thanks for the book and the tricks
My pleasure. Keep going !
Okay i’m Ezechiel aka @opty22on instagram and i came to have some advices on your website.je continu en francais.jaimerai vraimen m’ameliorer ds le design pr etre pro avant mm d’avoir entamer des etude de product ou industrial design..anyway je reste la a lirr et essayer de m’ameliorer!!
Comme d’habitude, tiens moi au courant de tes progres.
A bientot !
Hi my name is Shirley. I’m an interior designer working in Singapore. Looking forward to learn more about sketching and other great stuffs, or meeting like-minded friends from your website. Keep up the good works!
Hello Shirley,
I’m always glad to have designers readers from Singapore !
Maybe we could meet for lunch or a coffee this week. Send me an email if you are keen.
See yah!
Hi Chou-Tac,
Sure. Have a nice weekend ahead! 🙂
I studied footwear design and manufacturing from the London College of fashion.
Hello Irene,
Feel free to type Shoe, Footwear or Sneakers in the Search field. There is some Tips and video tutorials about footwear. See yah.
Thank Chou-Tac for sharing 🙂 I really enjoyed your blog and sketching tips.
I’m Trang.
Whenever you are ready, feel free to let me know your impressions about the Designer Starter Kit.
Thank you Trang. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. I am currently serving in the US Coast Guard and have decide to chase a career in design. This will help to get me started. Much appreciated!
My pleasure Justin. Enjoy ! How is life as a US Coast guard ? Wow 😀
Hi i am Sidney, Brit with Ghanaian decent. Industrial designer in china. Wish to expand my skills in the footwear industry.Thanks a lot cheers!
Welcome Sidney 🙂 Hope the Tutorial about footwear are helpful to you 😉
Hi!
I’m from Holland, still studying Industrial Design. 🙂 Thanks for this!
Anytime, let me know about your progress. 😉 See yah !
Hello, I’m Van, from Saigon – Vietnam. I’m working for a starting up footwear brand – 8TOPIA. I love your page. Lots of helpful tips for me.
I am glad that you can input some information into your work :).
Hello,
My name is Nikoo . currently I am studying design innovation at Victoria university.hope to get help from your book for my projects
for university.
Hello Nikoo,
I am sure you have a lot of fun.
Victoria University is it in New Zealand ?
All the best !
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Good evening,
My name is Stefaan living in Belgium, Antwerp…for many years I’m working with Cad programs and Alias Studiotools as an industrial designer/drafter…working in an environment where time is money…
And by this book I hope to find the peace and patience again, sketching on a right and descent way…
I have taken a quick look in the book now and already found my first mistakes…my position behind the sketch book ☺️
I hope to learn alot and will be able to share my old pasion with you all.
Kind Regards
Stefaan
Hello Stefaan,
I am glad that you have found information you want to put in practice now.
Keep going !
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
hellooooooo
im an architect, from iran. 🙂 thank you.i want to make my portofilo and make a sketch book. my handdraw is week and i hope to improve my sketch skills. :*
Sure you will. Keep going Elnaz ! :))
Hi there
Thanks for this resource. I am considering graphic design and searching for my inner artist. Really hoping your book is going to get me across the line.
Hello KobieK,
The book will start giving you more confidence at sketching. Quite a good number of Designer relay on computer. I am glad that you wanna improve your sketching skills. It will help you explore more ideas – and being able to communicate smoother.
Take care and enjoy the 4 guides !
Chou-Tac
Hi, Chou-Tac, my name is Jason Lee from USA, and I am currently a graphic designer at a small private contractor company. I always want to do amazing stuffs with my passion in graphic design and illustration. Thank you for taking your time to this for us. And I’m looking forward to learn amazing knowledge from you. If you have time, feel free to look at my online portfolio site (jasleedesign.prosite.com), and let me know what you think.
Hello Jason,
I had a look at your portfolio. You make great pictures. Your work is neat and well presented. Appreciate to see your initial sketches of research as well. + I like your Octopus logo eheh.
There is something that may handicap your readers. If I am not wrong, you uploaded very high quality pictures of your work. So they take quite long to display. May I recommend you to adjust the display speed, you will make the recruiters’ visit smoother.
You might know that already: the screen resolution is 72 dpi. Keep your high resolution file for printing in 300 dpi.
For your resume, how about you make it more fun ? Be unexpected !
Even if a resume is made to be professional, you are first of all in a creative industry. Not many Graphic designers make original resume, so you can pop up from the crowd ;). For example why not display your logo on your resume ? It might give you more status.
Then you can also include some of your work in your Pdf file. Imagine that the recruiter print it out, he will have your work visible on his desk.
Hope it helps 🙂
See You Jason.
Hi, thank you for taking the time to do this and read about us. I live in Dubai and am studying to be a fashion designer.
You welcome Rosine. My pleasure. 🙂
Hello Chou-Tac. Thanks for doing this. I am retired but still practicing design. I always enjoying practicing various sketch techniques. I find, however, that I am doing more and more “sketching” in Solidworks. BTW, I have taken a couple of trips to Paris the last three years. They were the most memorable trips of my life. Loved it there and will be back in a year.
Hello Mecium,
I agree that sketching is a pleasure even though you use Solidworks, you enjoy making things from your mind. 🙂
Thanks for Paris. Where are you from actually ?
I am Jim and I live in Fort Collins, CO. I was an Industrial Designer for Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies. I am currently retired but still working.
I’m honoured to have High level designers reading the blog :). Fort Collins seams to be a very pretty city !
It is a great place to live. I’ve been here over 40 years. You are working in Singapore I understand. What kind of work are you doing? Are you there permanently?
I quit my last job to take some time for myself and the blog. After few years of travelling especially in China and Singapore, it’s time to take a break. I will be back in France soon, and see my family.
Where does your family live in France?
Paris and Troyes, at Champagne Area. 🙂
Beautiful area. It is on my bucket list as a place to visit. I am trying to learn the French language. It is a very difficult language to learn but I am determined to learn it.
Yeah french is not that easy, but people say its a beautiful language. 🙂 The best way to learn is to be there for few months, living with locals that are not good in english. That’s how my gf learned for 8 months (She’s from Singapore), and now we only talk in French !
A bientot !
You are right. I am using Duo Lingo. I think it is far better than Rosetta Stone, and it’s free. But you need to be immersed in the culture and the language to effectively learn it. French is indeed a beautiful language. I am lucky in that my wife is a language teacher. Her primary language, after English, is German but she is also really good with French. And we have two close friends who are fluent in French and teach it as well.
Hi Chou-Tac…..I am DhananJay from India. I am an Mechanical Engineer and now studing transportation design….. I’m highly passionate about automobile and truly love its design process!!!!!!
I can feel so much your passion through your words 🙂 Awesome !
A.G from South Carolina. Im a robotic technician at an auto-manufacturing plant. Im pursuing my bachelors in Comp Sci but will get my masters in ID. I enjoy the mechanics of a technician, but im a creative individual so i want to go into designing things that people use.
Great A.G. your background is very interesting. All the best!
Ben here from the US. I used to sketch my ideas as a kid, then somehow lost it when people said my sketches weren’t good or there were “better ways” of communicating ideas. It’s been my personal goal to think through things visually again, and I find it much more efficient and enjoyable. I even created an app to help me learn it! So happy to read your clear and concise tips — thank you!
Hello Ben, yes sketching is a universal language.
If we are lost or we look for something in a middle of a foreign country, a little sketch can unlock the situation ! As you said, we communicate with fun. Tell me more about your apps :). See yah.
I’m Alessandro from Italy. I’m studying Product Design at University in Bologna.
My pleasure Alessandro :). Glad it helps.
Anytime feel free to send me a message or email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com if you have any question. See you ;).
I’m Peter from USA, I have always been interested in design and for many years planned on going to art school. I love to draw but I am now a Patient Care Tech. at a local hospital. I love my job but have never stopped being creative and I would like to take my design skills to the next level. Loved the blog so that is why I decided to join, hope to learn many more things
I am touched each time I hear people say “I love my job” – and some more, you pursue an other passion. 🙂
Hi there,I am Doro from Germany and I am a nautical officier but was always interested in sketiching,etc…and I would like to turn my carrier a bit around to a more creative one.And I try to find a start!
Welcome on board Doro 🙂