C2M11 – Design Sketching

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Welcome to Design Sketching Module!

If you want to come up with a new idea, design something that’s floating around in your head, or figure out how to make something, sketching is the simplest and fastest tool at your disposal. Even if you think you’re no good at drawing by hand, it’s a skill that helps communicate your ideas to others, and even clarify your ideas for yourself!

Digital design tools (both 2D and 3D) are powerful, but they have a lot of constraints by nature. But, if you can flesh out an idea with a pen and paper -even badly- you’ll free yourself up to explore options and make decisions before you get into the computer or the workshop. Simply put, design drawing is a skill you need to take your designs to the next level.

This module focuses on the skill of sketching as a tool to help you think. We’ll start with some basic hand drawing techniques to help you draw straight lines and other useful forms. Next, you’ll learn about multi-view drawings- studying an object as a series of 2D drawings of the sides. Finally, you’ll learn how to draw in 3D with isometric drawings. We’ll also talk about light and shade to help you think about shape.

This module consists of six lessons, a number of exercises and assignments.

1. In lesson one, you’ll get started with a list of tools and materials.
2. In lesson two you will learn how to draw a straight line without a ruler and a circle without a template. It’s easier than you think!
3. Lesson three covers multi-view drawing, a technique for understanding an object through multiple 2D views.
4. Lesson four covers isometric drawing is a way of representing an object in 3D.
5. Light and Shadow. This technique will help you bring some realism to a drawing and bring some clarity to the form.
6. In the last lesson of this module you will laern the first steps of Perspective.

This module isn’t about presentation drawings that require a high level of skill. In this module, you’ll get used to design sketching as a tool to help you think and explore possibilities.

Have no fear of perfection, you will never reach it.
– Salvador Dali –

Grab some paper, pencils, and your big ideas.

Let’s get designing!

Ps.: This module is a copy of a class of the site instructables written by Jonathan Odom. There is also information taken from the design sketchbook by Chou-Tac Chung.

Planning

This module will keep you busy for about 6 – 8 hour.

Result

You’ll know how to sketch a design to help you think, present and explore possibilities.

Syllabus

• Lessons

  • C2M11L1 – Tools & Materials

    There’s an endless variety of professional drawing tools and materials on the market, but to get into design drawings, you’ll only need a few basic supplies. In this lesson we’ll take a closer look at the most basic materials you need to start sketching.

  • C2M11L2 – Drawing Technique

    Drawing is like any other skill- it takes practice to get good at it. In this lesson, we will discuss how to draw lines in a good way, how to draw perfect circles and the importance of applying line weight.

  • C2M11L3 – Drawing in 2D

    When developing a design through sketching, it helps to look at the object in separate “orthographic” views, also known as multi-view drawing. In this lesson I’ll demonstrate this by drawing a battery.

  • C2M11L4 – Drawing in 3D

    Isometric drawing is a way of representing an object in 3D.

  • C2M11L5 – Light and Shadow

    Shading is the last level of detail we’ll cover in this module.

  • C2M11L6 – The first step of Perspective

    Learning perspective will help your imagination and conceptualization skills.

• Questions

  • C2M11V1 – Questions

    Answer a few questions about the content of the lessons.

• Assignments

  • C2M11O1 – Take the advice

    Make the exercises from (the bottom of the pages in) Lesson 2 and 3

  • C2M11O2 – Isometric and Perspective.

    Practice to draw 11 objects in isometric and perspective.

• Evaluatie

  • C2M11E1 – Evaluatie