Recently I stumbled across a really interesting site, www.beaudaniels.com. The site features very technical type drawings of many different objects/subjects. Definitely take a peek if you have the need to work on a sketch that is more technical and or of a tight/finished nature. Although most of what they have is not very “id” related, it [...]

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. This video [...]

SketchBook Pro is an incredibly easy and straight foward piece of sketching sofware available for Mac or PC. (seriously it will take you only a few hours to learn). The folks at Autodesk have been working hard to make it even better with an update version available soon! Our friend Chris Cheung over at Autodesk [...]

  Andres Parada has prepared a quick and effective way to present your sketch. Check out his process and cool technique. Also, for more work from Andres check out his work in the sketchbook section of the site. Leave a comment or two for Andres and let him know what you think about his work!

A big welcome to Jeff Smith, our newest idsketching.com contributor! Currently, Jeff is the Design Director at Reflex Design, Inc. Reflex Design, Inc. Reflex is an Industrial Design consulting group located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In addition, Jeff teaches as adjunct faculty at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in the ID department. He is [...]

Here are some cool sketches added to the sketchbook section from Michael DiTullo. Thanks Mike!

We are taking the day off here at idsketching.com. In the spirit of President’s Day however you should check out Mattkirkland.com where you can find a few presidential sketches and other “sketch experiments” by web and industrial designer Matt Kirkland. Stay tuned for new stuff this week!

If you have never checked out the Simkom.com site before, you must drop what you are doing and check it out right now! They have a huge collection of beautiful sketches, renderings, and other nuggets of goodness. The site is heavier on emotional type automotive work but is still good to look at no matter [...]

As many of you know we have recently made plans that will add a good amount of diversity to the site. This week along with some new video content, we will be introducing our first “interview” with a designer. We wanted to start it off with a bang by featuring an awesome Ford Motor Company [...]

I did a couple of Sketch pages relating to softgoods. This beach bag was sketched up on marker paper with a black Prismacolor pencil and Prismacolor markers on front and back. Check out the link to take a peek. More is on the way!