Howto: Intro to Technical Sketching - Straight Lines

The third video in a series that presents the basics of technical sketching. In this segment we discuss tips and techniques for drawing straight lines without a ruler.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• tutorial
• sketching
• pencil
• eraser
• technical
• drawing
• ivytech

[stevencombs]

You are not crazy. Something has happened to the video sync. They were fine for the past four years. Will need to send in a trouble ticket to YouTube.

[stevencombs]

Glad you found my tips valuable. I am a Professor and Program Chair for Manufacturing and Industrial Technology.

[ronnysoeberg]

@LanceDH You might do what I do, draw from the elbow. That will give a curve every time. At least it does for me. Seems you have to draw with your entire arm without pivoting the elbow joint at all. So freakishly hard..

[LanceDH]

I have a habit of drawing a curved line when trying to draw a straight one. Not like your first one of course, but the line as a while is in a curve, which as anything but useful for what I need it for. Yet I can't seems to get myself to get and actual straight one, or at least closer to it. Guess I need more practice

[mkduff2]

Visual and audio are not synched correctly, or am I crazy?

[AlistairScooterMan]

.....or u could just use a ruler?!!! LOL:P

[AlistairScooterMan]

.....or u could just use a ruler?!!! LOL:P

[Crazynerdfilms1]

Is there anything a developing commercial artist can learn anything from technical drawing?

[wdelafuente]

Thanks, looking at the second marker helped a lot and avoiding looking at the pencil tip, I was pretty sure my production sketching instructor didn't mention those.

[mandowarrior123]

@negativethoughts Hahaha thats true. or maybe everyone else is doing the childs drawing ;D yeah they are good, although my father showed me alot of it these give all methods and what not