We have a sketch competition coming up and a chance to win a copy of Sketchbook Pro fresh off the press. Details will be coming soon, but sit tight and brush up on those skills in the mean while.

We have had the wonderful opportunity to interview Richard Duff of General Motors. Richard has most recently worked on the 2010 Buick LaCrosse and the 2010 Buick Invicta. He is doing some amazing work and is definitely helping the Buick brand to produce some heat! Look for these nice looking cars on the road soon!

IDSKETCHING.COM will be @ IDSA Western Conference Tomorrow. Spencer will be representing live and in person. Join for some insight into his process and techniques and ideas about sketching. I promise it’ll be good . . . I’m putting the final touches on right now.

We got tipped on this killer competition, perfect for all you sketch monkeys out there! It’s being put on by LG and sponsored by Autodesk and has some killer prizes – no joke. Check out the details below or visit their website. I think it’s worth taking a  look for over 80K in prizes. This [...]

Last week Spencer and I had the opportunity to be invited to a “sketch alliance” session over at SJSU. We had a blast over there as we spent the evening doing demos and talking with students. Half of the class got some sweet tips on pencil and marker, while the other half dove into the [...]

We keep getting spam on the forums. After doing some extensive research, it seems as though our current setup utilizing phpbb3 might not be the best option. The good part is there is a better alternative – bbpress. Guests will be able to post, there will be tighter integration with the main site, and it’ll [...]

We’re opening up registration again. We’re being spammed by russians (no offense to the legit russian visitors) and I am looking into ways to stop that. They are good tho, and I am no coding wizard. We’ll see how it goes for now and keep you posted on the battle to keep this good and [...]

We just wanted to tease a great interview we are working on from a very talented GM designer. We will be bringing you some exclusive sketches + internal design work that was done on some of the new and exciting products from Buick. In case you were wondering, it is now ok to say EXCITING [...]

We apologize for the up and down on the forums. For now, new user registrations will be put on hold as we try to solve the problem with some tighter security measures. It may be a week or so, but well be up and running and refreshed when all is said and done. For now, [...]

Our very own – the talented John Muhlenkamp – was featured on Davison.com/creators in a video interview. John shares some insights about design, his life, and likes in this featured video. Check it out and let us know what you think.