Ornery Pencil Drawing.
In June I’ll be speaking in Chicago at HOW Design Live. In addition to the speaking session I’ll also be doing a three hour workshop based on my book Vector Basic Training.
For both events I’ll have some pretty cool give away items I’ve arranged with various vendors that a handful of lucky attenders will receive.
Since my Vector Basic Training workshop reinforces the importance of designers drawing, one of the items is a fun t-shirt design I created called “Shut Up & Draw!” And my friends at Zazzle.com are screen printing the design for the give away shirts.
“Shut Up & Draw!” Drawing.
Some designers cringe at the idea of drawing. But in reality I’d encourage every graphic designer to just doodle. Drawing doesn’t need to be full-blown illustration, if you doodle every day or a few times a week over time you’re drawing skills will improve and that improvement will help your design abilities. It’s that simple.
On this t-shirt design I forced myself to draw the entire design (type included) within a ten minute window. I than scanned the drawing in and composited it in Photoshop so it would work as a one color design printed on a black shirt. (After all nothing says designer than a black garment right?)
“Shut Up & Draw!” T-Shirt Design.
If you can’t make it to the HOW conference to win a FREE t-shirt, you can still gird your loins with this doodleriffic design now via Zazzle.com! If drawing still intimidates you, embrace the fear, stop whining, stop making excuses, grab a pencil or a pen and shut up & draw!
- Shut Up & Draw! T-Shirt • View / Purchase Here.
Keywords: Commentary, Illustration, Hand Lettering, Process
Fun design. Don’t think I’ll make it to your Chicago workshop (as much as I’d like to). I’ve been reading Vector Basic Training and applying my new knowledge to a project. I have a few questions for you. What’s the best way to pose my questions to you?
For VBT questions just post each one as a comment on the Facebook page at http://www.vectorbasictraining.com and I’ll answer each. That way others can see them too and it might help them out as well. Thanks Roger.
Man, that guy must be your best customer ever. He owns every shirt you make.
F**n’ A! SHUT UP & DRAW is right!!!
We all started out drawing before (somewhere along the line in grade or high school) that we couldn’t draw. Some say “I can’t draw a straight line” – Why the hell would anyone want to draw a friggin’ straight line anyway? Only Demons Think in Straight LInes!
Great tag, great drawing and great shirt. I’m going to shout that out non-stop today…at least until the cops arrive w/ Tasers drawn. Hey, those uptight bastards can draw…
LOL, he’s my own personal garment clone!