I still wonder how I survived my design school. We had a ton of projects. I remember wondering if they put that pressure on us on purpose. Maybe they wanted to make us overwhelmed, to see if we could manage the intense pressure and workload...
How to Create Artistic Sketches with Your iPad Using Loose Lines
Love carrying your iPad Pro around for drawing? Utilize it to the fullest by creating realistic sketches of people in cafes and other places. Here’s how I draw many of them with loose lines! Hello sketcher! I show you the time-lapse of...
I used to be crazy afraid to talk in public. While it is so essential for a designer to communicate verbally to defend and promote our own projects. I remember at my design school. When I had to talk in front of my classmates, it was so intimidating...
New sketching pens ! Love the Signo Uni-Ball colours from Mitsubishi.
Tonight I was chilling in the shopping mall NEX at Serangoon, and “randomly” went to the pen shop! In this article below, you will see few quick sketches I made with the Signo Uni-Ball gel pen showing you some Tips about circles on cubes. If you...
Boost your ideas (drawing Sony earphone with the Doodle-Storm technique!)
We all know about Brainstorming. I was thinking about using this creative drawing session with the “Doodle-Storm” technique. Try, and send me yours by email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com! It’s a real pleasure to get absorbed by the “Doodle...
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
I received a message from Christopher. He’s a woodworker and is fed up making drawings as “if somebody sits on them”.I made a beginner video about:How to Go from Flat Sketches to 3D Volumes! How to Go from Flat Sketches...
3 techniques to give visual impact to your sketches | The Design Sketchbook Show! #1
Hi guys, Today I am in Seoul, Korea ! It’s amazing and also super cold here. About -7 degrees outside. Ohoh ! Getting warmer back in my room, I thought it would be cool to publish the replay of our Design Sketchbook Show here in the blog ! In...
When I started as a beginner Product designer,I always wondered how professional sketchers draw so fast and so well!One of their main secrets is drawing these imaginary lines called: Contour lines. How to draw Contour lines easy 10.02minutes Before...
Shoe Design
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...
A fun exercice in Product Design is to draw a men and women version of a design. It’s a good way to be introduced into how to create a design language. You can look at your phone, your computer, your fridge, a bottle of water… and so on, and try to...
These days I am looking at some pictures of Evangelion. I love this mix of organic and machines. So I started to draw a shoe inspired by them – but trying to keep it simple. TIP 60 Photoshop > Start working with a huge canvas In Photoshop...
MOTIVATION BOOST | SCHOOL & CAREER
How fast do your skills in Design progress? As you know, there is no “magic miracle” that will make you become a great designer in a day. However, there are solutions to reach your goal and rise your level much faster.” Let me...
Designer Interview
You want to become a Shoe Designer,but it sounds too ambitious and you may have doubts like: Am I legit to become a Shoe Designer? I think I’m no special. I can’t even draw… Am I wrong pursuing a dream? Today, we knock out these...
Creativity
Easy Steps to Learn Faster with Iterative Drawing in 4 steps
Most beginners struggle with sketching and ignore Iterative drawing.This is why some evolve faster and you wonder why. You absolutely need to learn drawing with the right designer mindset from start. How to Learn Faster with iterative drawing How...