books on sketching skliz...?

Just a couple of years now, I do use a tablet.

Quick & Easy Solutions to Marker Techniques - Yoshiharu Shimizu

probably my old favorite.

Anyone know where you can pick this book up cheap (like the original price $40-$50)? Everywhere I look it’s like $350+, due to the fact that it is no longer in print.

Quick and Easy Solutions to Marker Techniques
Yoshihru Shimizu

DesignStudioPress all the way! I took a six week course from Scott R a couple years ago and was blown away. You may not like his subject matter, but his skills are absolutely AMAZING! Any of his dvd’s from gnomom would be worth it. If your not into dvds, wait until his book, “how to draw vehicles” is out. He was working on it when I took his course and should be worth the wait.

try robertson’s book…drawing cars the hot wheels way. It goes through a lot of the stuff in his dvds…the whole draw through method. Also has a very good section on why/how cars reflect light.

Hey,

Shimizu’s most recent book, New Marker Technique, is still available from Amazon, for $45. I bought it directly at Art Center, for a much more reasonable $25, but I doubt they do orders.

If you’re really interested, I could be talked into a) seeing if it’s still there, and b) getting it and sending it your way.

Get back to me if you’re interested…

Swimcerely,

Matt

I ordered Shimizu’s New Marker Techniques from Amazon and waited about 4 months before they cancelled the order because they were unable to obtain a copy of the book.

just a warning, I’m still looking for a copy.

I read this book some time back:

“How to draw cars like a pro”

  • It does contain some basics regarding perspective generally and with refernce to automobile design also

Some more interesting works include “Art of Star wars” where in more futuristic wars are drawn and painted on paper. truly inspirational work.

Basic perspective principles have also been cleared up by author “Robert.W. Gill” (i guess I spelled it right…!) in his Sketching books and journals

some great stuff in here:

http://store.mfashop.org/mfa/9020404251.html

Look at lots of comic book artists’ sketches. How they created perspectives and line works. ID sketch is of course different form, but in art, drawings are all from basic knowledge and practice.
Also go get some books about classical artists’ books on their drawings. Follow their line and shading techniques.
Take classes at local art school on anatomy drawing to still life drawing. Products are for human, and if you don’t know how our body structure is formed, rendering products stuffs are actually meaningless.
Books from Japanese artists and other International art magazines will be very helpful. I especially like Katsuya Terada who designs characters for games and comics.
Practice on large sketch book pad on an easel to make hundredth of straight lines-horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Layer it as graph paper. You will at list spend sometime doing this for an hour each day. This will teach you to draw straight lines without using large straight rulers.

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http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/7a97fccf46cf3573.html
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I know this is an old post, but I bought this book back in school:

Drawing and Designing with Confidence : A Step-By-Step Guide by Mike W. Lin ISBN: 0-471-28390-8

Contents are:

  1. Loose vs Tight
  2. Principles of Good Graphics
  3. Rendering Techniques
  4. Rendering Types
  5. Lettering
  6. Entourage
  7. Perspective Drawing
  8. How to Sketch (small chapter, I wish there was more)
  9. Design Process

I have found this book to helpful

P.S. Not that I have a wealth of knowledge or library of sketching, but I am surprised this thread hasn’t grown larger than it has.

After posting on friday I went out and did some research this weekend. I went to the main branch of the public library here in pittsburgh. I thought since it is right smack dab in the middle of U of Pitt and Carnegie Mellon U it would have some great books on sketching and etc… I browsed through the contents pretty thoroughly only to find one book “Speed Sketching” by William T. Lent. The books is pretty dated, 1978. I also went to Barnes & Noble and Half Priced Books. When I got back home I browsed the internet to find shit as well. Most books are based on drawing the human figure, landscapes, still life, etc… I did more research here finding links to “The GNOMON Workshop”. I am convinced sketching books are a thing of the past due to the fact that these DVD’s can instruct the entire process with video + audio instead of a book’s step-by-step images and text.

So to get to the point, which of these videos are best for product designers? Which releate more to us opposed to special FX, animators, architects, interior designers, etc… I just want to make sure I buy the correct videos without being able to preview them.

If anyone has any insight I would appreciate it. Thanks!

This book is specificly made to cover industrial design sketches:
www.designsketching.com

eRik,

Thanks for the link! I’ll be ordering this one.

posted on pdf by waikit … I havent looked through it too much, but i thought it might be helpful to some

http://web.mit.edu/2.744/www/CourseInformation/ClassNotes.shtml

:smiley: night DvD

Hello,

Being an industrial design student, I’ve been reading through the boards on a regular basis and decided it was about time to register and be part of the action. So hi to all. On this topic:

From time to time there are people on the boards asking for books on sketching skills. An old post in this topic referred to “New marker techniques” by Shimizu and its unavailibility on for instance Amazon (even 2nd hand). Well, for those interested, i got a couple of unused, new copies lying around over here. I bought a couple a while ago in case any friends wanted them too, but it appeared they were not interested in enhancing their marker skills. So, let me know if you’d like to have the book. Just for your information, i’m not asking any of those ridiculously high prices that you see for shimizu books on amazon or ebay. (100+). I would also be interested in swapping them for any other shimizu book. Hope i can make someone happy over here.

Bye,

Tiz

We have this in the studio where I work, and it’s fantastic! Loads of techniques and amazings sketches/renderings. It’s a little on the pricey side, but well worth it!

A few guys have already said it, but this book has been a great reference to have!