Drawing Shortcuts

The updated edition of a contemporary approach to merging traditional hand drawing methods with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional digital visualization tools. Jim Leggitt?s Drawing Shortcuts shows how communicating with hand drawings combined with digital technology can be ingeniously simple, and this new edition makes an already popular technique even better. Completely expanded with new chapters and a wealth of supporting images, this Second Edition presents practical techniques for improving drawing efficiency and effectiveness by combining traditional hand drawing methods with the latest digital technology, including 3-D modeling with SketchUp. This book?s step-by-step approach will sharpen and streamline your techniques whether you draw for pleasure, school or your design profession. Easy-to-follow instructions cover every aspect from the basics of drawing?such as composition, color, shading, hatching, and perspective?up to the most current technologies Incorporates Google SketchUp, Google Earth, computer generated renderings, digital scanners and printers Features new visuals from accomplished drawing experts Special new ?Gallery? section highlights the creative process with step-by-step examples of drawings Complete coverage of the ?Overlay and Trace Method,? ?Simple Composite Method,? ?Advanced Composite Method,? and ?Digital Hybrid Drawings? New matrices show alternative drawing techniques for specific visual effects such as Linework and Shading, Selecting the Right Views, Perspectives and Paraline Drawings, Drawing Detail, Camera Lenses, and Drawing Tools Generously enriched with detailed process drawings, examples, and more than 500 full-color images, Drawing Shortcuts, Second Edition will have you creating top-quality drawings faster and more effectively.

Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Traditional Drawing Types 12 Observation Drawings 16 Imagination Drawings 20 Thumbnail Drawings 26 Concept Drawings 32 Presentation Drawings 45 Chapter 2 Drawing Composition 48 Drawing Composition 49 Perspective Drawings 56 Paraline Drawings 72 Chapter 3 Traditional Drawing Tools 76 Drawing Media 77 Drawing with Pencils 80 Drawing with Pens 86 Hatching Techniques 92 Showing Detail 96 Creating Shadows 100 Correcting Mistakes 102 Drawing Safety 103 Chapter 4 Traditional Coloring Tools 104 How to Color with Pencils 110 How to Color with Markers 116 Mixed-Media Drawings 124 Chapter 5 Traditional Entourage Drawing 130 Drawing Sources 131 How to Draw People 134 How to Draw Cars 140 How to Draw Vegetation 142 Drawing Furniture 150 Drawing Building Materials 154 Chapter 6 Digital Drawing Tools 158 3-D Modeling 160 Digital Editing 172 Digital Photography 176 Chapter 7 Tradigital Drawing 184 Traditional + Digital 185 Tradigital Variations 186 Overlay and Trace 188 Simple Composite Method 196 Advanced Composite Method 204 Digital Hybrids 210 Chapter 8 Drawing Gallery 212 Kirk Fromm 214 Jennifer Mahoney 218 Paul Stevenson Oles, FAIA 222 Terry J. Leonard, AIA 226 Michael P. O’Beirne 230 Seth Harry, AIA 234 Stanley Doctor 238 Conclusion 242 Contributors 243 Project Credits 244 Index 247 Jim Leggitt 251