Sketching and Rendering Students of Product Design Episode 3

Episode 3 of Students of Product Design is all about sketching, rendering and creating presentation sheets of your design ideas. In this episode I look at simple hand rendering techniques to improve your presentation sheets using a variety of artists materials including pens, pencils and markers. The main message of the video is that it doesn t matter what materials you use to create your concept design presentations, it s about communication, about how easily and clearly you can tell a story and about how well you have answered the brief. There are various techniques I use to improve the quality of my finished sketches. Drawing slowly improves the quality of your lines and outlining with a thicker black pen will help make your design ideas stand out. Adding drop shadows, a background square and some targeted notes also makes your presentation sheets look more professional. I use a variety of materials but some industrial design students have contacted me to say they can t af