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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?
Australia, 52
Always liked poster / concept art
Your YouTube videos on dynamic sketching
J aie tjs adorer dessiner. J aie pris des cours pdt 3 ans.
J aie 65 ans et habite en Belgique.
Je voudrais maîtriser la perspective et les ombres et lumiere
Coucou Bernadette,
Je suis toujours ravi d’avoir des francophones.
Bienvenue! 😀
Australia
20s
General improvement/learning!
Followed you for ages – but don’t recall how I found you
Hey Mechelle,
Did you well receive the Designer starter kit?
Just in case because if you registered long ago and received once before, the system may have sent it to you again.
Please let me know if you need me to send it to you again 🙂
Denmark 33
Improve my overall sketching and linework
Google
I am in my late sixties, I have always been interested in drawing, especially utilizing the perspective lines and drawing buildings. I currently driven to learn more and do more drawing, the only drawback is, (what you have discussed), is the time and scheduling a proper time to pursue my interests. I discovered your website, through random searching of the internet. Thank you so much for the needed tips and motivation.
Glad it helps David!
When you don’t have much time, I invite you to try drawing with thumbnails.
As you like perspective, you may draw some little rectangle like 4x5cm, draw a scenery in front of you. Just a quick rough. Only catch the essential: Perspective lines, main volumes and add in a little bit of characteristic details for the mood.
Example: If it is New York, add details about the skyscraper, the taxi signaletic, the stand of pizza or hot dog.
If it is Chinatown, the details would be about the Chinese characters.
Remember to add a few silhouettes of people to make it livelier. 🙂
Each thumbnail should take you no more than 5 minutes.
3 minute is a good time.
Hope it helps you to draw more often and having fun!
Chou-Tac
I am in my late sixties, I have always been interested in drawing, especially utilizing the perspective lines and drawing buildings. I currently driven to learn more and do more drawing, the only drawback is, (what you have discussed), is the time and scheduling a proper time to pursue my interests. I discovered your website, through random searching of the internet. Thank you so much for the needed tips and motivation.
hi there, Im Evan. Im 16 years old and I live in Ontario Canada. I love the mathmatical aspect of art and im very creative. i want to get into architectural design, and I want to use this book to better my understanding of art and perspectives. i discovered this blog trying to figure out how to draw pillars from a 2 point perspective.
It is always great to start learning young.
By the time you reach 20, you might draw better than so many! 🙂
Keep up you are gonna do great!
Chou-Tac
hi there, I’am from south China, I’m 23, and I’m a freshman to product design. sketching skill cannot be jumped neither in my own design process nor for the purpose of finding a designer job in professional design firms. You have no idea how i discover this blog! The CHATGPT recommend this to me !
I just found i am always confused in scale and perspective when i ‘am drawing, i wonder how can i do with this!
Hey Irene,
Scale and perspective are all about proportion.
Here is a very quick TIP to get better at proportion using halving technique instead of incrementation.
Check it here: https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com/sharpen-your-sense-of-proportion-tip-153-video/
BTW, that’s great you find me on ChatGPT! Yeahh :))
I’m Bia! I’m 32, from Brazil, and I want to learn to sketch because I love art and architecture. I discovered this blog looking for good design tips in youtube; I’m so glad it’s free!
Have fun Bia! : D
Hello, I’m Andre and I live in Canada. I’m old enough to know and young enough to still learn. I want to see how other designers approach problems and I found this site by accident.
I’m Haw! I’m 32, from Canada, and I want to learn to sketch because I love art. I discovered this blog looking for the Designer Starter Kit book; I’m so glad it’s free!
I discovered your website while randomly searching about sketching
Hi, I’m Devraj, and I’m from India. I’m 15 years old. I want to learn drawing cause I love it. I loved drawing since I was a kid. I found out about you just today, while I was scrolling through Google, searching on drawing with pens.
Poland , 25
Want to be arstist full time and improve my drawings
Accident
From India, less than 30 years of age
Feels free to go loose around with lines and have passion for drawing
Your YouTube channel
From India, less than 30 years of age.
Feels free to go loose around with lines and have passion for drawing.
Your YouTube channel.
1.- I’m an industrial designer, from Mexico, but moved to Ecuador 16 years ago. I’m 55 years old
2.- I’m somehow out of practice with my sketching. I want your book to get started again in sketching as a personal endeavour
3.- Discover it by google search the terms “sketch skills for industrial design”
Today i’m facing the problem of using too much the computer and far too little the hand drawing sketches that let the creativity flow, so my problem is kind of a designers block.
I would like to hone my skills, get challenges, probably kind of what inktober challenge does for artistic drawing. Done inktober for some years now, It’s great to shake off the rust and keep relevant.
I am from British Columbia, Canada. I would really like to improve my ability to visualize in 3D. I found you on pinterest
That’s awesome Joanne.
A little TIP that you can try to practice daily is to visualize things in transparency.
https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com/tip50-train-your-3d-vision-seeing-anything-in-transparency/
Imagine any object you see as if it was made of transparent plastic.
Because these invisible lines are the ones you will need to draw them.
Observe in 3D so you can draw in 3D. 🙂
Hello, I’m from South Korea, 25years old. Actually I graduated the jewelry design but I don’t know how to draw the jewelry design so far, especially I’m struggling how to draw the gemstone and ring prongs, how to design uniquely. I haven’t been guided anything. I hope this blog can help my struggles. I desire to know how to draw, I really want to join jewelry design company. Although I couldn’t eneter by designer but I still want to involved with jewelry and music. So that my dream can com true. so these days I had to designed the portfolio I had to faced a lot of drawing gem etc. so researched googling, and they recommend this pages. So I entered it.
Hi Soo Lee,
My friend Diaset who works in the Jewel industry made an interview for the blog. You may find it interesting and find information that could help you during your journey 🙂
https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com/when-i-begin-something-i-am-tenacious-interview-with-diaset-diamond-and-gem-setter-for-cartier-chanel-van-cleef-arpels/
Hope it helps!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
Very curious to improve drawing skills
Brazil age 23
Hobby
Brazillian Youtuber Ricardo Yamaguchi
Please thanks Ricardo! 🙂
Brazil 23
Hobby
Brazillian Youtuber Ricardo Yamaguchi
Nice wow ohho seya
Hehe!
Mein india se hu. Aur muje sketching mein intrest hai m krti hu….but mein aage bhii isme sikhna chaahtii hu….
I just started reviewing The Design Sketchbook. As a former college professor, I absolutely love it. Excellent job. The designer(s) get a 100%, A+, GREAT EFFORT, for the hard work that went into creating all of this material. It has inspired me to move forward with my plans to learn how to use my drawing tablet, design sketches, and eventually publish on my own self-designed website!!! Thank you for all that you did to create this material and to make it available to us who are new to drawing and sketching on a tablet. I have so much to learn in an incredible short period of time, but the materials and tutorials that I found on line this week and today will shorten my learning curve, drastically! I wish you continued success in all your future endeavors!
Hi Vera Lee,
Yes, you can publish your work and evolution creating your own website!
That would be a great journey :))
Which graphic tablet have you choose btw?
Cheers.
Chou-Tac
I got a drawing tablet (The Picasso P2X11). I live in Texas, and I’m a former college professor, but I recently took early retirement at age 62. I’m interested in designing a program to help adults and students of all ages to learn new things (easier and faster by working smarter, not harder). In this age of technology, I will have to redesign my former lectures by sketching them and then posting online. I taught thousands of new students how to study and how to use learning strategies in order to assist them with being successful college students, and to ultimately graduate. I discovered this site, as I was searching for tutorials on how to draw on a tablet and how to sketch! I want to design my own website in order to share my knowledge with others!
Ho I see: Picasso P2X11.
Thank you for the discovery. I see it is a screen tablet that is very affordable!
I remember when I started, these was so expensive! I am glad that more people can jump on these amazing digital tools.
I am an architect and love industrial design. I want to improve on my design sketching skills
Thank you so much, I’m starting to get the hang of this, so thankful I found this website!
From Austin, Tx and I’m 64. I am learning to draw for the enjoyment of losing myself in a creative process My drawing skills are advanced beginner and I want to take my skills to the next level with some foundational lessons. Thank you for your awesome website! I discovered it while searching for “how to draw from your imagination and not by copying”. Cheers!
Hi Doreen,
You mention “draw for the enjoyment of losing myself in a creative process”.
I recently learn there is a name for that.
It is calling the “flow state”. 🙂