Does it happened to you often to lack of inspiration? When you feel like sketching, but you don’t know what to draw? Instead of looking at the blank ceiling,try to look around you. I noticed out of the window, the overhead electricity wires and high voltage power lines from the street. They looked organized yet chaotic. I felt it like a great drawing challenge to take I am glad to simplify in 4 steps: STEP 1 Draw the perspective with the main elements STEP 2 Draw details STEP 3 Add...
Archive - August 2014
Theories that explain “light reflection on glass surface” are complex and can take a lot of time to fully explain. But it can also be explained in 4 steps only! For now, we’ll approach things simply, using a light reflection method that takes advantage of shortcuts. How to draw light reflection in 4 steps The first shortcut is to treat all similar transparent surfaces, such as plastic, like glass.Even if these materials don’t have exactly the same reactions to light, you can...
To draw shoes easily requires some skill and a few tricks only experienced artists know. Check out my sketching tutorials to get the basics of shoe drawing and create stunning pieces of art! The Secret to Draw Shoes Easily (FREE BOOK) Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw a shoe, but didn’t know where to begin? It might be because you haven’t heard of the “Shoe Last”. This is a simplified form of a foot used by professional shoe designers as a template. Knowing this...
Yesterday I went to the hospital for a body check-up in Saigon. I checked my hung, liver, stomach, blood, cholesterol, diabetes, and so on… In the end, the doctor said I am 100% healthy. : ) Once in awhile, do a complete health check-up! The Saigon hospital is crowded and gave me a feeling of a Supermarket where people came and go anywhere, but it’s yet organized. More body check I had to do, more waiting room I had to go through one by one. The free time in between gave plenty of short...
The earphone is a great subject for sketching various forms. They could be organic or minimalist. Today is just a quick sketch of an earphone that got a flat wire on my Wacom Cintiq 13HD. The plus of its flat wire is that you could easily customize or replace the wire color. Simple. Did you notice that most faulty earphones come from the wire? I saw some flat wire in the audio store. They are great as they are not that easy to get tangled up. In case you want to get one, make sure that the...
Being not satisfied with the previous “Sketch 5 | Concept diving mask”, I decided to sketch a new version of it. Sketching on a graphic tablet is not only about learning how to use the digital pen, but also the keyboard shortcuts. Your right hand is drawing with the pen, while your left hand is on position ready to use the shortcuts on the keyboard. TIP 6 Sketch with keyboard shortcuts Use the zoom in [Ctrl +] and zoom out [Ctrl –] function using a keyboard shortcut. Press and Hold [SPACE...
Even if I have spent quite some time on that sketch, I am not really fan of it. I was trying too hard hiding my mistakes by overloading it of details. I guess I blind myself and didn’t realize early enough that the sketch base was not right. It naturally gives a clumsy result. The glass area really lack of dynamism. I forgot to change the resolution of the document. Big mistake ! The sketch having a lot of small details. The picture is blurred when I zoom in. TIP 5 High resolution file Plan a...
TIP 4 Assemble a body armour
An armour can cover and hide a high percentage of the body. Visualize well the body below, it will help you to assemble that armour.
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Today I’ve just get a set of 30 twin markers. The brand is TOUCHLIIT. My friend gave me a warm recommendation of them. Let’s try them! The sketches are done with the thick tip only. Unfortunately I didn’t get the “Layout paper” for markers. Be aware that by using normal paper, more ink will be absorbed and kind of wasted. These markers have double tip. One thin, one thick. The thick side is bevelled. That’s the common tool for any designer. TIP 3 DRY YOUR...
I love napkin sketches.You can catch unexpected scenes when you are ready to draw on any support! At Cuc Gach Quan, Saigon –I discovered a mix of modern and antique restaurants. The walls and props decoration has been preserved for decades:Bowls, spoons, and wood chopsticks are so authentic. You could see some cracks on the bowl edge, which is actually charming. Old restaurants seem to become trendy again. Today’s generation from the city feels nostalgia.Here, they can eat with...
Last night I received a call. My friend told me that I should draw something that I am not used to. That it would be a great start for the “365 keep sketching challenge”. That night he was playing football. He asked me to join them to sketch them playing. I told him that I tried such thing in a park. That is really a hard exercise to sketch people playing sports. Why ? Because players are non-stop keeping moving ! At your first stroke, the players are already far away. I accepted the...
Being a designer means spending your entire life learning from the things around you. Observe, analyze, and imagine as often as you can in order to better understand your environment. And above all, put your ideas down as sketches. Whether in snow, wind, or the middle of a storm, I draw anywhere: at my home, in a park, on a paper cup at Starbucks…. In the spirit of this sort of practice, I’m going to make a post each day with one sketch and one drawing tip. It’s a project I’m calling THE: “365...
A thorough understanding of perspective is indispensable for a solid foundation in drawing. Remember: Perspective is a highly effective tool for visual communication Perspective establishes a 3D image, representing volume in space by simulating the way a human eye sees. As with a camera, perspective can be manipulated or skewed to distort reality. This is a trick that photographers and designers use to highlight a specific subject. Everything is a Question of Perspective A- The vanishing points...
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, and giving a path to people’s eyes on your presentation boards.* *It’s similar to how a graphic designer would think and prepare a packaging visual, thinking on which information the customer needs to see first. The technique that follows is...
“A man paints with his brains, not with his hands.”, Michaelangelo It’s often said that the artist Michelangelo was a genius. If his art is so impressive, it’s because he had an artistic approach that was, above all, scientific and pragmatic. To better learn how to draw, let’s see how was Michaelangelo creative process. Michelangelo was fascinated by the study of anatomy. To draw a body, he didn’t sketch just the visible muscles, but strove to understand all the muscles and all their...
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