Sketching Tutorials
For additional resources see the 2.744 website.
Basic sketching skills
freehand
arcs (.mov, 5.7 Mb)
freehand
lines (.mov, 2.5 Mb)
freehand
circles (.mov, 2.7 Mb)
freehand
ellipses (.mov, 2.6 Mb)
One-point perspective
1
point perspective cubes (.mov, 18.3 Mb)
1
point perspective aqueduct (.mov, 5.8 Mb)
1 point perspective room (.mov, 8.1 Mb)
Two-point perspective
2 point perspective cube (.mov, 17.5 Mb)
2 point cubes in space (.mov, 33.9 Mb)
Cube on cube, in different orientations (.mov,
13.6 Mb)
Circles on a cube (.mov, 3.3 Mb)
2 point cylinder (.mov, 2.1 Mb)
2 point cylinders in space (.mov, 24 Mb)
Work sheets:
placing circles
(ellipses) on cubes (pdf)
Basic shading and tone
filling in an area with markers (.mov, 4.6 Mb)
shading cubes (.mov, 9.7 Mb)
shading cylinders (.mov, 9 Mb)
shading spheres (.mov, 3.3 Mb)
Worksheets:
filling in an area
with markers (pdf)
shading cubes (pdf)
shading cylinders (pdf)
shading spheres (pdf)
More sketching techniques by Scott Stropkay, Essential
design
Spy museum-like example sketches (.mov, 2.5 Mb)
Exhibit sketch example (.mov, 0.6 Mb)
Relative scale in 1 point (.mov, 3.5 Mb)
Refrigerator in 1 point (.mov, 3.5 Mb)
2 point perspective (.mov, 3 Mb)
Refrigerator and door in 2 point (.mov, 3.4
Mb)
People in 2 point (.mov, 1.6 Mb)
Dividing space in 2 point (.mov, 5.7 Mb)
Safe: initial layout (.mov, 6.3 Mb)
Safe: adding details and context (.mov, 4 Mb)
Safe: door open (.mov, 4 Mb)
Safe: shading with pencil (.mov, 4 Mb)
Exploded views in 2 pt (.mov, 3.2 Mb)
More Rendering with Mark Evans
Shiny and soft shapes (75 MB, .mov)
Calculator rendering (filling base tones) (64 MB, .mov)
Calculator rendering (adding highlights) (95 MB, .mov)
