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 [...]

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/

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 [...]

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, steering people’s [...]

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 [...]

Well the Kamaz Competition over at Cardesign.ru is nearly dunzo. If you are participating, I think there might be a few hours left to upload your work still. I thought I’d post some of the work I did for it here for all to see. I wish I would have spent more time on it [...]

It’s design week in San Francisco, CA, and if you happen to be in the area, ASTRO Studios will be opening it’s doors for open tour on Thursday June 18th 5:30 – 9:00pm. So come by and check it out! It’s also the studio’s 15th anniversary, so check out the blog and leave a shoutout!

http://www.astrostudios.com/blog/38/San_Francisco_Design_Week/
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There are a few videos in the pipeline including this number on pencil sketching, shading, and linework.
Sorry guys, no marker this time. We’ve also got another pencil/marker sketch, and a two part digital sketch demo by yours truly coming up. Not exactly sure what John’s up to, but I’m sure he has something good coming [...]

Here is some great work by Justin Oaksford who just finished his 2nd term of Entertainment Design at Art Center in Pasedena, CA. I saw his work and instantly became a fan. I had a chance to ask him about his workflow:
“It’s a good idea to sketch your reference, as you can memorize more details about it. Then I [...]