As a designer it is important to be a form giver. One of the hardest things to do with a sketch is making something 2d appear 3d by giving it structure and a feeling of substance. Sometimes searching for form and developing surface is a matter of diving into some scrappy sketch exploration.
See how to set up a quick and popular method for presenting your sketches. Learn how to create some drama through contrast and put together some quick hotness.
A cutaway view of an object is one that shows the outer as well as inner features of a given design. The easy way to do one is to have something handy to use as reference or a 3-d object to use as an underlay. However, when neither of these things are available, you may want to do a rougher underlay and then overlay that rougher sketch.
It is often beneficial to sketch up a quick idea or two of how a person interacts with a given product. Drawing in a human hand(s) to help present scale and orientation will allow you to quickly communicate exactly how the product lives in the human world. This video tutorial seeks to shed some light on how to go about sketching hands
A quick gestural type of sketching that is good for an ideation process. This type of sketching works well for me when I need to sketch something more complex.
I tried to focus on just pencils in this one rather than getting into marker.Just so happens we got on a car kick for a bit… As always, experiment and see what works for you. Try applying these techniques to other things as well. It’s a longer video, so sit back and enjoy, or skip ahead if you like
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