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One of the great things about Autodesk University is the extremely talented speakers and presenters they consistently attract. While we can't tease the entire lineup yet--we're still working out some clearance issues--we're pleased to kick off our AU 2011 interview series with Spencer Nugent, the industrial designer behind IDsketching.com, Sketch-a-Day.com and the design consultancy Studio Tminus.

Sketchmaster Nugent was on hand at the conference to provide classes in Design Sketching, as well as to man a Wacom in the AU Creative Studio space to field SketchBook Pro questions. Here he talks to Core77 about the conference, gives us the brief rundown on starting up the sketch sites, provides some sketching tips for our readers, and sounds off on Paper vs. Digital.