A designer needs to be good at visual communication. In order to defend his ideas and convince his audience. Best presentation boards are the one which doesn’t need the presence of anyone to give an explanation. We want to be efficient, attracting...
How to Start a Portfolio Most schools will ask you for a portfolio in order to see some of your previous work. But not everyone has a chance to be well informed about the intricacies design school applications, and maybe you don’t even know what a...
6 reasons why sketching beats 3D software at creativity
Hello ! Today let’s BOOST your motivation to create and enjoy the 6 benefits of learning sketching on paper! Why? Because there is no better sensation than to create with the traditional way! We saw in the previous TIP 243 that too many design...
When “Design” fusions a Cafe with a Furniture Shop – (Bangkok)
I am in a taxi from Bangkok on the way to Bang Sue, a road famous for woodcraft. I hope we are on the right way. We have just been dropped off by another taxi at the wrong place. At 1 hour far away from our destination! The taxi pretended we...
How to draw a SONY Projector with Cylinder
Today we practice real products from SONY (or any favorite brand of yours like Bose, or Parrots)! I want you to put your newly acquired knowledge about cylinders with fun! How to draw a SONY Projector with Cylinder Sometimes it is not easy to sit...
Perspective Tutorials (for Beginner)
How to Draw Straight Lines (Freehand)
Do you draw clumsy sketches?A great way to improve fast is to work on the quality of lines. It all starts with drawing straight lines freehand. HOW TO DRAW STRAIGHT LINES FREEHAND Exercise 1: The ghost drawing Exercise 2: The constellation Exercise...
Sketching Tutorials
Start a sketch with general shapes, then refine
Today a quick tutorial on how to make a head. TIP 58 Start a sketch with general shapes, then refine. Start by a circle and a symmetry axis to roughly visualise the head. Draw roughly the chin to give a general preview. Place the different elements...
How to Draw a Camera | GO PRO
How to draw a camera GoPro easily How to draw a camera GoPro easily HOW TO DRAW A CAMERA | GO PRO | BALLPOINT PEN SKETCHING Hello! I often receive messages of aspiring designerswho do not dare to sketch and are worried about making mistakes. ...
Fast and “Ugly Drawing” – The Art of Creating Anywhere!
Drawing quickly is an important skill for a creative thinker! Learn sketching tips and techniques from designers to help you draw quickly and creatively anywhere you go! Hello from Japan! I am in Tokyo, it is one of my favorite cities in the world...
Shoe Design
How to draw a side view shoe in 3 tips
Shoe drawing is difficult at the start.Wondering how to draw shoes, we often face these 2 issues: Bad shoe proportion in perspective and side view. Difficulty to visualize the shoe in “3D”. The 2 stages to drawing shoes the right way What helped me...
Incorporating Catwalk Designs into Your Next Shoe Collection
I am following the sneaker magazine ConceptKicks since I am student. A bit of story: This site showcases some student and professional designer artwork in the sneaker industry. It inspired me a lot, and kept me motivated when I was student. I dreamt...
I was chilling at Georges Town White Coffee. A beautiful Coffee built in a 100 years old house at Penang, Malaysia. That city is one of the Unesco World heritage site. I hoped that place would have good vibes for inspiration. These are my first...
MOTIVATION BOOST | SCHOOL & CAREER
Sketching is not a hobby, it’s a passion |TIP73
Today, I felt like a kid in a toy shop at Tokyu Hands. It’s a Japanese store that sell all kind of house ware, cosmetics, traveller, decoration, and hundreds of cool “useless stuff”. They have just opened, and I discovered a huge corner for pens and...
Designer Interview
Want to push your sketching limits? Make it personal | with Leo
Leonardo studied Industrial design, and he’s today a 3D artist for video games. He enrolled my course Sketch like the Pros as a VIP student. Leonardo sent me his work about cubes – it is pretty unique. More than following the course step...
Creativity
Hello ! It’s Chou-Tac, Today I got a Designer creative routine for you to implement daily. So you’ll generate thousands of new ideas ! I am writing to you from the 24-hours Automatic laundrymat. My clothes are turning in the machine like...