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Hi Chou-Tac, My name is Daniel, i’m from Spain and i’m studying Producto Development Engineering. I need to practise my products sketching technichs. I have a Wacom Intuous S and i want to learn to use it properly, and i’m attempting to do all the drawings with it. Do you think is a good idea? or should i always start drawing by hand? I don’t want to be buying markers and crayons all the time so i don’t know how to improve. P.D. I have just discover your website and it’s awesome, i’ll be following it since now.
Hello Daniel,
About the markers, if your school aims to teach you how to use them, I would make a try. At least get the series of shade of grey (I got a preference with the cool grey, more than the warm – that’s my own opinion) For the colours, you may choose one or two for a start (Maybe choose your favourite colour it will be like your signature colour :P) just for using them as a “popping colour”. It’s a good way to highlight certain part of your product/sketch in a second. Then if you see that you like it, you may buy more markers along the way.
About drawing on paper vs tablet:
At start you can combine both, they are complementary – But give a preference to paper. There is nothing better than drawing on paper to learn. All the good habits in sketching are taken in an analog way. Your movement will be more free as you can’t express certain line on your Intuos because of its format.
You can start digital early it’s fine. Make sure to do not be trapped into Photoshop and all the tricks to cover your sketching mistakes.
Sketching is first of all made to create ideas QUICK (Ideation phase). Then only sketching is made for communicating with seductive boards with beautiful rendering (Communication phase). If you just start Product design, you should give priority to the first phase drawing mostly on paper.
So spend time with a pen and paper with NO ERASER. Pen and paper are your best friends. If one day you got a client facing you in a coffee table chatting about a project, be ready to quick sketch ideas in front of him. Would be difficult to tell him to wait for you to plug your tablet and do some photoshop rendering on the spot… 😉
Plus you can bring a pen and a sketchbook anywhere you are and practice anytime. Museum, urban sketch, bus, waiting room… are great opportunities for you to improve your skills.
For the choice of pen, you just need a simple ball point pen at start – that you may use with a Papermate for line weight. That’s all 🙂
Hope it helps !
PS: I got a Spanish version of the book. Let me know if you are interested.
wow, thank you so much for the answer, you opened my eyes with the “wait, i have to plug in my tablet…” that’s so true. I’m getting a pen and a paper right now. Don’t worry about the spanish guide, i’ll practise my english 🙂
Have fun Daniel !
Hi Chou-Tac, My name is Siddhartha Nayak, I live in Bangalore, India, I am an mechanical engineer and interested in Product design and industrial design. Hope your guideline helps me to become product designer.
It’s great to follow your passion. All the best Siddhartha ! 🙂
Hi there! My name is Monique Barnes and I am from the United States. I am a student studying Industrial Design and I am a bundle of nerves because there are portfolio reviews in my major where they cut students and I hope to not be one of them!
All the best Monique ! I have written a couple article about portfolios. Feel free to have a look at this one. https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com/how-to-turn-your-portfolio-into-a-marketing-weapon/ Hope it helps. 🙂
Thank you:)
Hi, my name is Michaela. I´m from Germany and a jewelry designer. At the moment i started a new job within a design company and they are really addicted to drawings. So i have to improve myself a bit:)
Hello Michaela, congrats for your new job. I hope you can learn great stuff here and apply successfully for your projects :).
Thank you Chou-Tac 🙂
Hi, I´m interested in the book of the Designer Starter Kit – Spanish version. Please let me know how I can get it! Thank you. Ángela
Hello Angela, sure no problem.
Please send me an email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com
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 !
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