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Posted by dougdude3339 3 days ago

I spent 50 hours drawing a line graph(www.dougmacdowell.com)
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hardlianotion 4 hours ago|
This reminds me of the great pleasure I got from technical drawing at school.
pickleballcourt 5 hours ago||
Reminds me of the movie the great arch where the main lead who was an architect refused to use computer simulations.
Daub 8 hours ago||
I teach digital art and am also a painter. When I was a student I loved filling sketchbooks with drawings - like a collection of ideas. To a large degree my web bookmarks and screen grab library have taken over this function. That being said, if I want to quickly communicate visual ideas to students or craftsmen I much prefer a paper and pencil. It feels so much more nuanced, comfortable and expressive.
dougdude3339 4 hours ago|
I've taught digital art classes too. I was pleasantly surprised at a writing assignment where most students (un-prompted) turned in a hand-written response.
malshe 7 hours ago||
Fantastic article! Reminded me of my favorite engineering drawing class from the undergrad days.
georgeburdell 7 hours ago|
I ended up dropping my drawing class because I kept getting docked points for my handwriting no matter how much I practiced. I think I was on track for a B or C.
satisfice 10 hours ago||
It’s nice to see something on HN that isn’t about writing a prompt so that you can pretend to work.
dnnddidiej 9 hours ago|
Username checks out
apitman 6 hours ago||
Reminds me of https://www.dear-data.com/theproject
dougdude3339 4 hours ago|
Classic.
estetlinus 8 hours ago||
Love it. Are any of your viz up for sale?
flir 8 hours ago||
Heh. Which if y'all borrowed the Tufte book?

It's ok, I can wait...

bluejay2387 7 hours ago||
Great article, enjoyed reading it.
bobek 7 hours ago|
Graph paper FWT :)
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