Drawing Shortcuts (PDF)

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.