Archive - October 2014

TIP 45 | Train Yourself Drawing Things You Love – Learn With The Minions!

Hey everyone! Get ready for a super fun sketching adventure! Today, we’re going on a ride that’s all about fun, creativity, and drawing. We’re going to draw Minions, play with circles, and have a blast! This isn’t just about getting better at sketching; it’s about having fun like when you were a kid watching your favorite cartoons. So, grab your pencil, and let’s dive into this exciting world of sketching! PlayLes Minions font des trucs de Minions (Meilleures...

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TIP 44 | How to Turn Quick Ideas Into Powerful Creations with Deep Research

TIP #44

When aN idea pop up, Don’t wait for getting the whole picture. make SOME rough sketch, and carry on from there.

Chou-Tac Chung – Strong bagpack, 2014

Chou-Tac Chung – Soft bagpack, 2014

In other words, don’t use your brain to store your ideas. Free your mind by taking them down on paper. You will be much more able to pursue your research deeper, or wider.

See yah, and feel free to leave a comment !

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TIP 42 | How to Get Inspired to Draw: Concept Art Tips

How to Get Inspired to Draw: Concept Art Tips Today I show you great Concept Art tips to progress faster at sketching! It is always a magic moment to get inspiredfrom someone’s drawing to create something new! Thank you Adrien Wira (my friend from Design School)for telling me about the concept artist: Darren Quach. You can find more about Darren’s book: INKWORKS here. He’s an amazing concept artistthat help me to improve my drawing skills fast. I found his Instagram account:...

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How to Evaluate the Quality of a Design School

  LASALLE – SINGAPORE First off, I’d recommend that you visit multiple schools and make sure you learn their general philosophy and approach to design. If their philosophy doesn’t jive with yours, cross the school off your list. Visit the next one. Try to avoid naïveté: double check your information about a school with multiple students attending there. About Internet research, you can look at forums. However, be “aware of haters”. Some may have good reasons, but instead of looking for...

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TIP 41 | Creating Beautiful Color Palettes: How Designers Do It Easily

Spot existing color palettes around you To choose a color combination seems not that easy. However, here is a simple trick that the fashion industry commonly uses without using Colour palette generators. You can apply it to choose the marker colors combination for your sketches. It just needs a bit of daily observation effort. Look in the street, media, magazines cover, packaging, interior decoration, celebrities outfit, fashion editorials, flags, basketball logo, toys… With a bit of conscious...

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TIP 39 | The Elbow Trick: How to Make a Perfect Circle

I realized that Basic essentials is what people need the most. How about I publish more articles and TIPS for beginners ? TIP#39 to make a perfect round circle, do not rest your elbow on the table SPHERE TRIMMING Today, we’ll just talk about circle. Ellipses will be the topic of an other tutorial. One step at a time is preferable. For the perfect circle, it’s basically the same idea as tracing straight line. Let’s see how to do step by step. Relax Do not rest your elbow on the table. Do...

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Design School Application Tips: What You Need in Your Portfolio

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 portfolio is. A portfolio is a folder where you gather the work you want to use to convince recruiters of your abilities to perform as a future student designer. You’ll update it as your career progresses, and freshen it up for each new job interview...

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What Quality Design Schools Look for: 3 Must-Have Skills

Disclaimer: Some private schools may try to impress you with the latest technologies and software while the school may be an empty shell of design knowledge. If you hesitate to join a design school like I did, and you do not dare to apply thinking you are too weak, let me help you. You don’t have to be great in sketching to enrol in most design schools. There are other essential skills to be taken in consideration to apply. That is how I myself succeed to enrol and graduate with honours...

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TIP 37-38 | How to Draw a Creature With a Light Marker

Villy da’Locca saw the TIP OF THE DAY on the blog Facebook Page, and he decided to apply that TIP, NOW. That’s the best way to learn efficiently how to draw. You memorise and make useful the knowledge you’ve just learned. Otherwise, the human brain might unfortunately soon forget. >> Villy, you rock ! 😉 TIP#37 Use a light marker for a rough silhouette. Then use a Stabilo Stylist for details. Creature drawing with marker TIP#38 “Feel in your heart the emotion you attribute to the creature”...

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Which is the Best Drawing Software for Beginner Designers Now?

  There is plenty of drawings software and apps I like. But the one I use for years is Sketchbook Pro. In term of drawing, that software is a lot better than Photoshop.I enjoyed the dynamics and natural lines that Sketchbook Pro provide. It’s a very light software, so it doesn’t lagg.You can easily find it any platform – Ipad, Android, Windows 8. I traditionally draw on Sketchook Pro, then I export to Photoshop to add colours and textures.Example: From Sketchbook Pro sketch to...

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TIP 35-36 How to draw a fashion model in motion

I don’t have internet yet in my new apartment. So I went to a Hong Kong style cafe nearby where they offer free wi-fi until 2 am. The cafe had some magazines. I took one and get some inspiration in the fashion photoshoot pages. My favorites! I took my sketchbook, and I started to draw. Chou-Tac Chung– Cow-Boy Denim x Lace Bring life into your sketches. That’s what a fashion photoshoot conveys. The model’s body shape is highly curved in real. For illustration, we do not hesitate to...

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Debunking The ‘10,000 Hours of Practice’ Rule

  Thank you Renata for your comment at theDesignSketchbook Facebook page. It helped me to clarify even more my point of view. In the article about “I have been really bad at drawing since my childhood. How do I get started?”  I said that “Practice Practice Practice” is overrated. My friend artist, Renata*  kindly reminded me the existence of the popular “10000 hours of practice” rule from Malcolm Gladwell. See next, why I do not believe in his method. *Renata: The “10000 hours of...

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