Drawing Basics
Ideation Sketch
Rendering

“If there’s a hard way to do something, let’s take it

- and make it harder.”

Tim Anness

Quick results are easy; deep insights come slow. AI gives us speed; it’s our task to seek substance. Sketching isn’t about how quickly we can get to an image; it’s about how deeply we apply critical thinking to shape a plan.

The visual expression of ideas is designers' language

Build A Visual Vocabulary

Enhance Sensitivity to Subtle Design Language

Sketching is a curation of design decisions

Designers make countless micro-decisions with each stroke of the pen.

VizCom 101
DesCom 101

“Beware of a designer that talks too much”
“Show me something that I haven’t seen before.”- Chuck Jordan, the former VP of design at GM

Let Objects Speak!

———— Design is more than solving problems. ————

Problem solving makes objects useful; sensitivity makes them speak.

Cross-disciplinary doesn’t mean doing everyone else’s job poorly; it means knowing your role deeply while seeing how it connects.

Principle of Aesthetic

Aesthetic Principles Apply across Design Fields.
——-“There’s no magic in magic. It’s all in the details.”– Walt Disney——

the Power of the Small and Mighty

Four-step Build A Visual Vocabulary

Tips for Daily Practice

Think on the Paper -ideation sketch tip & demos

Sketching builds momentum.

Think Visually

Thinking by Making

design cases

Drawing Basics
Rendering