Author Archives: dylantorraville

One of the final sketchbooks I completed in my final year studying Industrial Design in Toronto. This book was used for developing the aesthetics for my thesis project, as well as an industry sponsored project and a collaboration with the UX Design students at my college. This sketchbook jumps all over the place in termsContinue reading “FOURTH_YEAR_SKETCHBOOK_”

This sketchbook…kind of got lost, between moving from Australia and heading back to Toronto. Now (thankfully) it’s safely placed in my desk drawer, waiting for me to finish my current book. Alas, it only got a few loose doodles in it but I quite like the energy of these sketches.

Here is one of the sketchbooks that survived my 4 month summer trip to Australia, filled up in Aussie cafes, airports and hostels around the country.

I picked up a sketchbook from a local art store for an absolute steal, just a few bucks. It was one of those cheap, flimsy ones with paper covers. I decided to take some Muji pens to it and see what kind of shoe concepts I could come up with, practicing with form and proportionsContinue reading “SHOE_SKETCHBOOK_”

These sketchbooks mark the rise in my skill development as an industrial designer and a design sketcher. In a weird way, I felt more comfortable filling up the pages in these books and also felt less scared of producing a bad sketch. I made the effort to challenge myself, sketching products which I wasn’t usedContinue reading “THIRD_YEAR_SKETCHBOOKS_”

This marks the second year of my industrial design studies, where I start to feel more comfortable with the industrial design method of sketching. I started using Copic markers more in my sketches, focusing heavily on technical accuracy with my line work.