There was a recent board posting on coroflot that asked the question, "is it important for a designer to know how to sketch". My answer to this is a resounding yes!
No matter what dicipline of design you are involved in sketching is the most important thing that you should know how to do. Even in the age where everything is translated onto the computer.
*Sketching gets your mind thinking in the correct direction. Sketching to me is like in the sixth or seventh grade when you first started writing short stories. The teacher always had you write a free thinking story before you began the big story. So without sketching you may actually get lost in your own thoughts.
*Sketching makes you to think in 4 dimensions. When you only work on the computer you are limited to the constraints of the program. I know there are people that say, "I know Illustrator (for example) so well that I can make it do whatever I want. But if you could really make Illustrator do everything then why do companies bother making other programs like Photoshop, AutoCAD and SolidWorks. They all do something different and your mind has to be focused only on that program you are using or how you are going to make it work with the other programs. Sketching the only thing you have to worry about is if you are going to need to use another piece of paper to finish you thought.
*Even cavemen sketched. Need I say more?
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