Hey, It’s me again. I know I said I’d be away for a while, but just wanted to plug the competition again. Time to get those entries polished up and ready to be submitted. If you haven’t already, get to it! Time’s running out. Here’s also a friendly reminder of the prizes from our awesome [...]

So . . . it’s that time that comes to every designer great or small (small in my case). Time to work on my portfolio. Rest assured I’ll be here and there, but if you’ve noticed lately, my participation on the website has been a little . . . well dodgy. So I’m taking a [...]

Check out this awesome sketching package that allows the artist to sketch in 3d. I imagine it would take some time to get used to, but very interesting indeed! I wonder if we’ll all have to be ambidextrous in the future? via – http://www.booooooom.com/2009/07/24/rhonda-james-paterson/

So it’s always good to try new things and push your design skills. I thought it might be good for me to try and sketch out a toy of some sort to get myself into a different style/mood and to learn new things. I ended up doing just a basic little toy cell phone for [...]

This video was hanging out in my video archives for some time and I pulled it out today. Now I know people want more product sketches, and there will be some. My microphone broke, so there’s no audio on this one. So hop into itunes, put on some of your favorite music and watch along [...]

Here are some cool sketches/renderings done by Gousman Vadim and Maxim Shershnev over at Cardesign.ru. There was definitely a lot of wonderfully inspiring work and great concepts to look at in the end. It is always good for me to look at work like this and study the technique or style…maybe even trying to replicate [...]

Just a reminder to be grinding out sketches and concepts for the 72 hour kit competition. We are giving away a really sweet prize (Intuos 4 drawing tablet) so work hard! If you have any questions check out the competition area of the forum. It would probably be a good idea to check out the [...]

Video: Self-Portrait Machine binds your hands then bends your will. Check out this video (via engadget) of a machine that snaps your photo and “forces” you to draw your own face. Yeah self portraits can be tough, but this ridiculous contraption makes it easier.

The End of Driving: Mike and Maaike introduce the Autonomobile – Core77. Here’s an interesting car concept from Mike and Maiike (San Francisco), and an excerpt from the article… Today’s car industry is brainwashed by its own car culture, with its obsession for speed, styling and fantasy. The car business has become one of repackaging, [...]

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the updated Astro Studios website. It’s been updated with a decent showing of work today, and a whole new layout. I can tell you from being here, that sketching plays a huge role in the outcome of our ideas during our creative process. This one’s been [...]