Here’s another demo for you this week. The audio is a little rough, but you’ll get the gist of it.  Sometimes you start out sketching and things are a little rough or downright ugly. Well, don’t give up. As I show you in this video, it’s okay to keep working with a sketch, then recover [...]

Check out this new video with tips on sketching with a ballpoint pen and markers. Ballpoint pens and markers can be tricky if you don’t have the right combination of ballpoint pen and type of marker. In this video, I also cover how to think about a more complex form in simpler terms to help [...]

We are going to be giving away some free copies of Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro! Woohoo! Details are coming very soon…for now check out this vid on some of the new features and fun stuff you can do with this very cool sketching program.

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.

It is often beneficial to sketch up a quick idea or two of how a person interacts with a given product. Drawing in a human hand(s) to help present scale and orientation will allow you to quickly communicate exactly how the product lives in the human world. This video tutorial seeks to shed some light [...]

If you have never seen Spencer’s mug, check out this cool interview vid he was asked to throw together for www.davison.com/creators. You can learn a lot about Spencer’s bio or by listening to what he’s saying -  either way, there are some great visual nuggets and advice given by Spencer.

Sketches can be very effective communication tools. Take the cutaway view. Without it, I would have no idea that the inside of these spheres is green goo. A cutaway view of an object is one that shows the outer as well as inner features of a given design. The easy way to do one is [...]

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 [...]

I’ve been wanting to buy one of these for some time now, but since I can’t, i thought I’d just do a sketch demo of one. The video starts out with some basic perspective construction principles and then shows how these relate or help me build the scooter in perspective. I’m using Bienfang Tracing paper [...]

  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!