Hi guys, today I recorded the first video of sketching tutorial !

To be honest that was not easy for me, as I am not used to speak alone in front of a camera. I plan to do more videos, so more I do more I should improve my video skills. Anyway, here we go !

Many beginners think that they can’t draw because they feel like facing a wall. I give you in the video 2 essential principles that should help you to start drawing in volume:

  1. Seeing things in transparency
  2. Decomposing an object in simple geommetry shapes

If you practice these 2 principles, you take the right path for great improvement. You will be even more ready for the coming tutorials such as how to draw ellipses, cylinders, curves and so on. I invite you to watch the above video to know more.

BONUS:
If you draw like the sketches below, the video might help you.

Before making the tutorial, I asked my friends (non initiated to drawing or design) to draw something of there choice. I wanted to look at there drawings and spot there major difficulty as pure beginners.
Then one of them told me:

“We want to draw in 3D but it looks like 2D, why ?”. – from Gnocci

It’s like there drawing skills has been freezed along the years since there childhood. :) If you draw like the sketches below, watch the videos, try to apply the 2 principles and let me know about your progress !

marie-cake-35
Marie, 29yo. Sketching her creation.

doudou airplane-gnocci
Doudou airplane - sketch Gnocci 34
Gnocci – 34yo. Fan of airplane and wine.

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Marie-29-begginner
Marie – 29 years old. Maybe counting the last minutes before new year.

Marie - 26 - sketch begginner
Marie 26yo. Already thinking about Chinese New Year, I guess.

Tell me what you think about the creation and  the videos !
Your feedback are sincerely appreciated. Thanks !

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Hello! I'm Chou-Tac, a Product Designer from France.

If the sketching methods I’ve acquired aid me in my life and in my industrial design career, I believe that they can also help you reach your dream goal as a student or professional designer.

Leave a comment in the blog or send me an email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com : )

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  • Derry: “22, Riva, Google Search, perspective drawin problems, i want to change my mindset about sketching.Jun 15, 23:46
  • RoZ: “1. I’m from France and i’m 22 years old 2. I need to improve my drawings 3. Google search 4.…Jun 15, 22:30
  • Andrés: “1. I´m from Colombia and I´m 49 years 2. I love to learn something new allways 3. Chat GPT brought…Jun 15, 06:36
  • Simona: “Hi, I’m Czech living in Italy, I’m 42. I graduated a few months ago in product design. I would like…Jun 14, 22:06
  • Simona: “Hi, I’m Czech living in Italy, I’m 42. I graduated a few months ago in product design. I would like…Jun 14, 22:05
  • Smash Karts: “This tutorial is fantastic! I loved how you broke down the steps for drawing a cube in 2-point perspective. The…Jun 14, 03:57
  • Chou-Tac: “Love that answer. :)Jun 14, 00:32
  • Chou-Tac: “That is a beautiful goal you have Mayhiv. :)Jun 13, 13:03
  • Foxy: “I love art and sketching. It heals me.Jun 12, 11:58
  • Foxy: “I love art and sketchingJun 12, 11:57
  • Mayhiv: “I’m from spain but living in Germany. almost 40 years old. I want to become Children llustrator. I discovered via…Jun 9, 03:31
  • Khushi: “I love to sketch,Jun 8, 19:19
  • Chou-Tac: “Yes, 2015 Antonis. Thank you for your support since the beginning of the blog!! :))Jun 8, 15:12
  • Chou-Tac: “Sure you can Leo :)) I invite you to try this tutorial. It is great for beginner to get instant…Jun 8, 15:10
  • Abdurahim: “From Ethiopia,20 year old B/c I have interest You tubeJun 8, 05:07
  • tpink: “NSW in Australia 50+ learnt art at school have more sketch books with 1 to 3 drawings in them then…Jun 8, 02:17
  • LEO DOHOGNE: “Chicago-78, To prove to myself I can draw more than stick people. Everything. I found you site in an internet…Jun 8, 01:46
  • Antonis: “Sweden / 46 New ideas and problem solving. Old follower. No problems. Want to evolve.Jun 8, 01:39
  • Keagan Degoede: “hi! Im from south africa , im 17 years old. im going to do mechatronics after school and i have…Jun 7, 22:55
  • Shravani shashank shende: “I come from india. My age is 21yrs . Because I am a product designer. And i want to improve…Jun 7, 13:35
  • Adi: “Accra GH, 37 yo. Learning to sketch for industrial design. Research looking for some, sort of product design workbook.Jun 6, 13:29
  • Chou-Tac: “Ola Miguel, Que tal? Estoy de acuerdo que dibujar con el mano esta mas la libertad de communicar con las…Jun 6, 01:00
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  • Chou-Tac: “Hey Mary, Singapore, so cool. I used to live and work there (Charles & Keith) for quite a few years.…Jun 6, 00:53
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