On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 5:41 PM, John DeCarlo <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't know if you realize it, but you are arguing for a large set of
> stylus/styli, just as an artist would have a large set of brushed for
> different purposes.

  Not at all.  A fine tipped stylus can draw heavy lines by
manipulating the software settings.  I'd rather use a drawing
implement, finger or stylus, that is shaped more like a pencil than to
use one that is shaped more like a hotdog wiener.  That way, you can
draw lines, heavy or light, while being able to see exactly what you
are doing while the weiner sized device will obscure your vision for
all except lines that are nearly as bold as the wiener is wide.  Why
is this so hard to visualize?


> What others are arguing, is that the physical nature of painting with a
> brush, or drawing with a range of pens and pencils, can be duplicated using
> a computer to change the characteristics of the single drawing implement you
> use.

  I fully comprehend that.  But why choose a larger, blunt instrument
for drawing that obscures portions of the drawing as it is being
worked upon?  Why is that being perceived as superior to being able to
clearly see where you are working?

  Steve


*************************************************************************
**  List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy  **
**  policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/  **
*************************************************************************

Reply via email to