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2- Why do you want to learn to sketch?
3- How did you discover the blog? (Sorry I’m so curious!)
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– Which problem are you facing today?
– What would you like to learn from the blog?
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 🙂
Hi there! I am Veronica from Malaysia! We’ve met in the backpacker hostel in Penang last year if you can recall. I went there with a group of friends of mine!
Sure I do !
You guys are students from architecture – gathering informations and taking pictures of the old town heritage.
How are you guys doing ? 🙂
Hi, Jurgen here, I am from Costa Rica, architecture desing student. Looking forward to all this amazing knowledge and tips and everything. Thank you very much!
My pleasure Jurgen, I ll do my best to add even more tutorials :).
Hi, I am Hussein Interior Architect from Beirut,Lebanon .Also, I am interested in Product design and Automotive design . Thank you for sharing your work!
I also feel it’s great to be interested in different design field. More challenging, but it’s awesome. 🙂
Hii!! Im Roger product design engineer from Barcelona, Spain. Working on improve my sketch skills!!!
Thanks!!
I can feel your power motivation vibrating my screen !