Darrin Caddes (@unclewillard) is a father and vice president of corporate design for Plantronics, so his days were already pretty full when he decided at the start of 2013 to take on a personal creative challenge - to create a drawing every day for a year.
His sketches are funny, sad, inventive, and great and three years in (and still going strong!) his "Daily Doodle" project illustrates the power of a regular creative habit.
A few years ago, Adrian Hogan went to Aomori, Japan and taught English for one year. During that time, he developed a habit of drawing his students. Here he shows us his work and how it has evolved over the years. Now he works as a freelance illustrator in Tokyo.
"Presentation of the Day" on November 22, 2013.
Talented illustrator Jake Lockett takes us through his life in drawing through a chronological romp through his stetch books, from year 2 to year 24. See some of the incredible sketches Jake has done throughout the years and how far he has come since his toddler days.
“Research has illustrated that 90% of us will do almost all of the drawings we will make in our lifetime before the age of 10. That’s the threshold we pass when someone tells us that we aren't good at art or math or science.”
In The Importance of Drawing [on Your Child’s School Lunch Bag] from PechaKucha Night Batavia’s first volume, Speaker Peter Exley discusses the importance of thoughtful and deliberate sketches. We all spent time in our youth expressing ourselves through drawing. At some point, many of us turned our attentions to things less creative. Peter did not. Here’s why.
This was "PechaKucha of the Day" on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016.
Joy Kissow shares bout daring to dream, also about the more silly things. She is a graphic designer who started her career by doing doodles.
How to enjoy drawing? How to learn drawing and do we really need to learn? Dmitry Boiko will tell how to make drawing an integral part of your life.
Meenakshi Mathur argues that winning is nothing but a habit that can be inculcated.
"Krusty" Overman shares her experience as a seasonal worker in Alaska and how that has helped to shape her life as an artist, snowboarder and all around enthusiast of everything awesome.
Ar William Khoo is the director of Design Network Architects Sdn Bhd (DNA).DNA has been privileged to be involved in a variety of building projects over the years, both in Kuching and abroad with an emphasis on design.
William believes that critical to that process of design are the tools of drawing being utilized.He will be sharing about the value of hand drawing and sketches in the development of the firms' work.
My journey as a creative individual and how my tiny doodles can transform into the final artwork.