On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 2:30 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is you can't *see* the detail you are drawing if you have a big > fat finger trying to do it.
Exactly, Mike. Seems like this aspect needs a lot of explaining to get across. This is, in part, why pencils were invented as opposed to using big chunks of sharpened charcoal to try and make fine detailed lines. It is already hard enough to do good drawing work in a small work area when said drawing needs to provide a lot of detail. This is where styli become almost necessary tools be they easily lost or not. Heck, good artist paint brushes are about the same price as many styli, can be about the same size and are lust as capable of becoming lost or misplaced. The likelihood of brushes to get lost has never been a reason not to make them or for artists not to use them. Steve Jobs is simply being unnecessarily obtuse in this matter. I do not think that anyone who uses a table for drawing would prefer their finger over a stylus if they are serious about drawing. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
