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Quick questions on Freehand sketching techniques explained: O-Level Design and Technology
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What is crating?Show answer
Crating is a key technique for proportion. The designer starts by sketching a light box (a crate) in roughly the correct proportions of the object, then builds the detailed shape inside it. Because the box fixes the overall height, width and depth first, the shape drawn inside keeps the right proportions. Crating is especially useful for objects with a boxy or three-dimensional form, and it underlies pictorial drawing too.
What are uniform, timid lines?Show answer
Confident lines and some thick-thin variation make a sketch clearer than faint, hesitant, even-weight lines.
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