how to draw a shoe box

 

This article will go through numerous ways to draw a shoe box step by step.

 

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If you are someone who enjoys drawing but is tired of being stuck with the same old boring shapes and colors, this is the article for you! This post will break down how to draw a shoe box in many different techniques, from realistic pencil drawings to cartoonish digital color palettes. Even if you're not interested in drawing (willing or otherwise), take note that these methods can still help inspire your own designs. We may use a "shoe box" to refer to any of these different types.

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Files/Resources you will need:

- access to Adobe Illustrator program (pencil, ink and/or color)

- access to Adobe Photoshop program (pencil, ink and/or color)[/list]

Shoe Boxes in Real Life: Shoe boxes come in so many different shapes and sizes. Some are brilliant abstract designs, while others are just plain boring. Below is a fairly generic shoe box that I happened across recently.

On the left: Shoe box with a nice combination of shapes. On the right: Shoe box with simplistic gaps and edges.

Shoe Boxes in Illustration: A popular way to draw a shoe box is to use a series of simple squares (or rectangles) and connect them together by means of straight lines or curves. This may take a bit of practice, but is fairly simple once you've got it down.

Below, I'll show you how to get started with this technique in Adobe Illustrator. (Don't worry about getting every line exactly smooth for this first example–I'll show you how below).

Step 1: To start, draw a shape using the rectangle tool. I'm using a pretty big box for this example.

Step 2: Create another rectangle to fill in the gaps on the opposite side. (If you're having difficulty drawing out that shape, try working your way around its perimeter with a line of rectangles.)

Step 3: Continue building lines of rectangles until you have filled up all sides of your shoe box.

The image below will show how to create free-hand curves after you have finished filling in all four corners with rectangles.

Below are some examples of shoe boxes drawn according to this type (and they were created by varying sizes and shapes of rectangles).

Shoe Boxes in Comics: Another technique used to draw shoe boxes is to use a combination of rectangles, curves, or both to create a comic-like look. Below is an example of this technique from my comic book, "The Puppy Chronicles."

Here's how I drew the above artwork:

Step 1: Draw a rectangle across the top.

Step 2: Draw another rectangle in the center of it. (Easier said than done!)

Step 3: Draw a single tall rectangle on top of that. Then draw two more rectangles on top of those two, one on each side.

Step 4: Fill in the gaps using squares.

Step 5: You can do a lot with this shape! Use the pen tool or your mouse to create a curved outline, sketch on some details, or color it in.

Below are some examples of different artwork done with this same technique. Pretty cool stuff!

Photoshopped Shoe Boxes: If you're interested in digitally painting your own shoe box artwork, you might start off by doing something simple like the first example below. This is just a quick and dirty method for creating an abstract shoe box that you can use for backgrounds or banners for your webpage design portfolio.