36 Sketching tips for shoe design

36 Sneaker Sketching TIPS | 7m. Drawing Challenge!

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It took me 10 hours and 30 minutes of sketching to complete the 7-meter canvas in 4 days.
 
It’s an amazing experience I recommend you to do once in a while to sit, focus, and enjoy drawing like doing meditation.
 
And I wanted to take this opportunity to record the whole session for you guys. I saw a chance to extract from it plenty of sketching tips that I compiled in a book called: the Sneaker Booster Book
 
In total I found 36 sketching TIPS to help you to draw your own design of sneakers! I hope it is gonna be helpful and inspire you.

36 sketching TIPS revealed from the 7 meter Sneakers Sketch Challenge thumbnail

SNEAKER SKETCHING COURSE SOON!

I see in this video challenge a great introduction to the Sneaker Sketching course 2019 I am preparing. Some of you already asked me when is it gonna be launched exactly.
 
I am happy to announce that the date is almost confirmed.
The registration and the course will start in early February 2019!

I added below the list of the 36 TIPS I reveal from
the “7-meter sneaker sketch Challenge !” video.

Sketching Sneaker challenge
7 meter of Sneaker Sketch Challenge in 4 days ! (10.30 hours in total of sketching)

TIP 1 WARM-UP TIME!
sneaker design Sketching Tip 1 Warm up time

TIP 2 DRAW THE SHOE LAST FIRST
sneaker design Sketching Tip 2 Draw the shoe last first

TIP 3 CELEBRATE PROGRESS!

sneaker design Sketching Tip 3 Celebrate drawing progress

TIP 4 SAVE OFTEN
sneaker design Sketching Tip 4 Save often

TIP 5 ADD QUICK PATTERN
sneaker design Sketching Tip 5 Add a quick pattern

TIP 6 SKETCH WITH DYNAMISM
sneaker design Sketching Tip 6 Draw with dynamism.png

TIP 7 CLEAN UP FOR CLARITY
sneaker design Sketching Tip 7 Clean up for clarity in photoshop.png

TIP 8 BE IMPERFECT
sneaker design Sketching Tip 8 Draw imperfect.png

TIP 9 GO FROM GENERAL THEN DETAILS
sneaker design Sketching Tip 9 Go from general then details

TIP 10 CHOOSE A FORM LANGUAGE
sneaker design Sketching Tip 10 Choose a form language

TIP 11 CONVEY A STORY
sneaker design Sketching Tip 11 Convey a design story.png

TIP 12 HIGHLIGHT THE FOCUS POINT
sneaker design Sketching Tip 12 Highlight the Focus point.png

TIP 13 EXPAND YOUR LIBRARY OF FORMS
sneaker design Sketching Tip 13 Expand your library of forms.png

TIP 14 CREATE ON THE FLOW
sneaker design Sketching Tip 14 Create on the flow.png

TIP 15 USE ICON OF DESIGN AS REFERENCE
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TIP 16 TWIST THEM!
sneaker design Sketching Tip 16 Twist the design inconic reference

TIP 17 YOUR SKETCHES ARE NO PRECIOUS
sneaker design Sketching Tip 17 Your sketches are no precious.png

TIP 18 QUANTITY MATTER
sneaker design Sketching Tip 18 Quantity of ideas and drawings matter.png

TIP 19 EXPLORE FASTER WITH THUMBNAILS
sneaker design Sketching Tip 19 Draw with thumbnails to be more creative.png

TIP 20 HIGHLIGHT DETAILS SEPARATELY
sneaker design Sketching Tip 20 Highlight details separately.png

TIP 21 FEEL FREE TO ILLUSTRATE
sneaker design Sketching Tip 21 Feel free to illustrate.png

TIP 22 USE HATCHING FOR CLARITY
sneaker design Sketching Tip 22 Use hatching for clarity.png

TIP 23 DO NOT FINISH A SKETCH IS OK
sneaker design Sketching Tip 23 Do not finish a sketch is ok.png

TIP 24 YOUR IDEAS FLOW IN MULTIPLE SKETCHES
sneaker design Sketching Tip 24 Your ideas flow in multiple sketches.png

TIP 25 GO IMPOSSIBLE
sneaker design Sketching Tip 25 Go impossible.png

TIP 26 GO SIMPLE
sneaker design Sketching Tip 26 Go simple.png

TIP 27 SKETCH FOR 30 MINUTES AND MORE!
sneaker design Sketching Tip 27 Sketch for 30 minutes and more.png

TIP 28 ENJOY THE PROCESS
sneaker design Sketching Tip 28 Enjoy the drawing and research process.png

TIP 29 DARE TO GO DIFFERENT
sneaker design Sketching Tip 29 Dare to go different.png

TIP 30 ADD STITCHES
sneaker design Sketching Tip 30 Add stitches.png

TIP 31 PLAY WITH THE LINE WEIGHT
sneaker design Sketching Tip 31 Play with the lineweight.png

TIP 32 SHOW YOUR IDEAS IN PERSPECTIVE
sneaker design Sketching Tip 32 Draw and Show your ideas in perspective.png

TIP 33 SET UP A SCENE WITH MINIMAL LINES
sneaker design Sketching Tip 33 Set up a scene with minimum lines

TIP 34 EXPLORE OTHER FOOTWEAR STYLES
sneaker design Sketching Tip 33 Draw different type of footwear.png

TIP 35 UNDERLINE YOUR NOTES
sneaker design Sketching Tip 35 Underline your notes.png

TIP 36 REFINE TIME
sneaker design Sketching Tip 36 bis Refine Time.png
sneaker design Sketching Tip 36 Refine time.png

 

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Chou-Tac

Hello! I am 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 design goal as a student or professional.

My aim is to help you all along with your design projects and journey!

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

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