Hi Tony,

This comes at an interesting time:
Who said/wrote:

"First learn to draw well for it is an accomplishment that will not  
prevent you becoming a genius"
  

Of course, I agree with this, and I did just that (the genius part is debatable).  I can draw as well as I can write...and I can do it with a pencil, or even a stick in the sand.  The timing of your posting is interesting because just last week I decided that I might like to color up a pencil sketch for a client, like I have so many times in the past but not lately.  So, I went looking for the proper colored markers in order to do a product rendering with the right shading, and guess what?  I couldn't find them!  I went to my normal art supply stores and they didn't even stock design markers any more!!!  When I asked they said nobody was using them any more and they were drying up in the rack...they said everybody just uses computers now.

I am kind of saddened by this development, and it made me feel really old (at only 42) like I was a dinosaur or relic of the past.  It is now possible to be a designer without knowing how to draw/sketch well by hand, I guess.  I wonder just how much time is even spent on free hand sketching any more?

I'll be doing it with my trusty Ticonderoga #2 until I eventually fall on my pencil one day...an honorable way to go in my opinion, at my drawing board :-)


Best,

Jim Tallman
www.artisanindustrials.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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