Digital Sketching Tutorials

A video demo showing how to turn a hand drawn pencil sketch into a polished render in Photoshop.

A two-part video tutorial by Mark Kokavec from Render Demo explaining in detail how to create a realistic design render of a basketball shoe, including textures and stitches, using Autodesk SketchBook Pro.

A video demo showing the creation process of a futuristic concept bike using Photoshop.

  A visual walkthrough of a Ferrari SUV design sketch, created by Boson, Ruo-Xiang Huang, currently Design Manager at Infiniti Design Beijing.

In this video tutorial Marouane Bembli from TheSketchMonkey show his technique for quickly creating a dynamic car sketch in perspective.

In this class from Autodesk University 2012, industrial designer Michal Jelinek speaks about how to improve the design process, and increase creative freedom, going through the entire process of creating a new product.

A 1 hour workshop presented by Thomas Parel and Adam Weitzner from Wacom, on how to work fast in a digital environment and create a sense of flow while using Photoshop and Solidworks. From a presentation to the IDSA Kansas City Chapter.

A free car rendering tutorial by SketchMonkeys, a new website that offers design sketching tutorials, for both traditional and digital media. Offers premium tutorials to paid subscribers via patreon.com.

In this article reknown automotive designer Peter Steven gives some advice on how to approach car design sketching, underlining the importance of developing a personal sketching style.

A detailed video tutorial on how to render forms using pastels, from Scott Robertson‘s latest book “How to Render”.

A sketchover tutorial by Aurel Francois from Local Motors, who shows how to create an effective front view sketch using Autodesk SketchBook Pro.

A visual tutorial by designer and instructor Bernie Walsh, who shows how to use the new Perspective Tool of SketchBook Pro 7 to quickly create a design sketch. Done as a class demo on a Wacom Companion.

In this visual walkthrough designer Chris Schuttera shows a quick technique for rendering a steering wheel in Adobe Photoshop.

A quick line drawing sketch of a sportscar, done in Autodesk SketchBook Pro.

A video that shows the design sketching process of some plane concepts. Done in Photoshop.

In this video tutorial Marouane Bembli shows two different methods for drawing cars in perspective.  

A video tutorial by Scott Robertson, who gives an overview of a space ship rendering layer setup in Photoshop. From the book “Blast”.

A Wacom one hour webinar with Spencer Nugent, who demonstrates and discusses his workflow and design philosophy.