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...
Category - LEARN 1 TIP A DAY
Learn how to draw in Product design sketching: LEARN 1 TIP A DAY. This blog page is a collection of daily tips and tutorials on how to improve your sketching skills and create stunning designs. Whether you are a beginner or a professional, you will find something useful and inspiring here. Join the 365-keep-sketching-challenge and unleash your creativity!
TIP 40 | Finding the Right Color Combo with This Easy Testing Method
TIP #40 Test your marker combination – Side by side and superposed. If it looks nice, go ahead ! Chou-Tac Chung – Color combination test What’s your favourite...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I found some drawing in my luggage from when I was watching RIO2 in the plane. I was looking for paper, so I started to draw on the first paper available, the Air Sickness Bag. I...
Have you ever felt awkward to draw something when people are looking above your shoulder? It happens that a sketcher suddenly can’t draw anything. Trying to sketch new things...
Studying Design? Check Out These Taschen Icon Bestsellers
Let me recommend some art books that I personally enjoy: the products of the publishing company Taschen. Taschen publishing started in the eighties as the brainchild of an 18-year...
TIP 32 | Draw Greater Croquis with “Color Mechanical Pencil”
Today, we talk about art material to add in your drawing tools as an artist or designer.After sketching The Grand Budapest Hotel in the plane with a Twin Marker, I wanted to...
TIP 30-31 |Exploring the Benefits of Creative Thinking Like Google for Designers
I was taking the plane to Singapore for a 13-hour journey. Usually, I only take long distance flight at night. You can just fall asleep and wake up “fresh” ready to start a new...
I dig in an old toolbox at my parents’ place. I found this door hinge.I took one of the most “intricate objects” from the box. I actually liked it for its mechanism. So, I...