<p>The drawing in your link is a <strong>sketch</strong> with <strong>contour lines</strong> (<em>the circles that define the 3D quality of the drawing.</em>)</p>

<p>This style is often used in Product Design - so I suggest searching for "<strong>Product Design sketching</strong>" or "<strong>Industrial Design sketching</strong>"; There is a wealth of information in that field on this way of drawing. Good luck!</p>

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2016-11-26T16:54:03.113Z
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DSD
<p>A book that gives great instructions for planning out guidelines and mannequins for drawings is <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1560100842" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Preston Blair's book "Cartoon Animation".</a>  Here's <a href="http://desgraff.com/downloads/prestonblair.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a pdf</a> of the whole book.</p>

<p>His book is centered more around drawing in a traditional Disney 2D cartoonish style, but his ideas apply to all styles of figure drawing, really.  Here are some images to give you a sense of the frames instructed in that book.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Eli5k.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Eli5k.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/pRZ5O.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pRZ5Om.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/GsEKU.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/GsEKUm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a> </p>

<p>Hope that helps.</p>

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margalo
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vKaH2m.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vKaH2m.jpg" alt="Wireframe plant drawing"></a></p>

<p><sup>Image of pitcher plant from <a href="http://drawabox.com/lesson/3" rel="noreferrer">drawbox.com</a></sup></p>

<p>I wish to learn how to visualize and draw wireframes like that for any object.<br>
I searched Google with term <em>"drawing wireframes"</em> but didn't get what I was looking for.</p>

<p>What term should I search in Google to learn how to visualize and draw the kind of wireframe shown in that link?</p>

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What is the term for drawing wireframes which are drawn before drawing the actual object?
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# What is the term for drawing wireframes which are drawn before drawing the actual object?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-25)

[![Wireframe plant drawing](https://i.sstatic.net/vKaH2m.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/vKaH2m.jpg)

Image of pitcher plant from [drawbox.com](http://drawabox.com/lesson/3)

I wish to learn how to visualize and draw wireframes like that for any object.  
I searched Google with term *"drawing wireframes"* but didn't get what I was looking for.

What term should I search in Google to learn how to visualize and draw the kind of wireframe shown in that link?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-26. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

The drawing in your link is a **sketch** with **contour lines** (*the circles that define the 3D quality of the drawing.*)

This style is often used in Product Design - so I suggest searching for "**Product Design sketching**" or "**Industrial Design sketching**"; There is a wealth of information in that field on this way of drawing. Good luck!


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-11-25. Score: 3

A book that gives great instructions for planning out guidelines and mannequins for drawings is [Preston Blair's book "Cartoon Animation".](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1560100842) Here's [a pdf](http://desgraff.com/downloads/prestonblair.pdf) of the whole book.

His book is centered more around drawing in a traditional Disney 2D cartoonish style, but his ideas apply to all styles of figure drawing, really. Here are some images to give you a sense of the frames instructed in that book.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Eli5k.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Eli5k.jpg) [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/pRZ5Om.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/pRZ5O.jpg)
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/GsEKUm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/GsEKU.jpg)

Hope that helps.


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