@ceatkinson, exactly! Having spent years in the toy industry I figured it was time to diversify my style a little. It’s served me really well over the years, but, as you described, a range of sketch styles can be so useful for different products. I’ve tried a couple that are not too far away from my usual style (which I’ve posted in the doodles page, like below), but will keep pushing away from the large annotations and thick borders.
Any styles / products that you find particularly useful? What product did the intern go away and sketch again?
okay now i am really impressed! way to take the challenge and nail it.
So you have proven you have the ability to execute different sketch tech. Now practice and fully understand the science between the style you want to use and the audience you are presenting to as well as the emotions you want to invoke from the design you are creating. this will help you to determine what style to use and when. they ability is extremely helpful for a consultant who wants to have clients with extremely different product and market segments.
Also ----- add orange handle touch points and you have nailed it
Sophie, this turned out very well. You really ran with it. It completely removed the toy like style. OK, next suggestion, lets see a bauhaus inspired smart phone design in that style.
Thanks! I really surprised myself! Great suggestion!
Right, now for the Bauhaus inspired smartphone… I’m not sure this one was as successful… It felt like it could work in my head, and when I initially sketched it out, but looking at it now, it’s pretty flat. The idea was that it could flip either way, and instead of having any buttons or details on the front, the two sides would act as the only physical buttons. But was an interesting exercise!
I see where you are going with it. It could be interesting if you indicated a similarly abstract Mondrian like interface on the screen to complete the object. I’ve done a lot of phone projects and we almost always sketched the back, not the front… since the back is where most of the ID is.
So a stab at a minute-a-sketch exercise, coffee themed again!! I think I need a random ‘thing’ generator for the next sketch!
I thought I usually sketched pretty quickly with a Sharpie, but have never really timed it, I tend to fill the page with one concept, and a couple of views / storyboard visuals, so this was more different than I was expecting! A minute really isn’t very long at all…! I’m not sure the Bic biro was the best choice of tool?
Some very scrappy sketches… a little embarrassed to post them!
They look great to me, no need to be embarrassed! These remind me of the sketches I used to do in fine arts to practice forms and shading. It was the same idea— 20 seconds to 1 minute each. It is difficult but really helps me develop forms very quickly without over thinking it.
I really enjoy this thread, and I’ll keep following along. Since you have a lot of cool coffee-inspired ideas, maybe you could try your take on a pour over system?