ABSTRACT
We’re all familiar with the arguments on both sides of the debate about using computers in the design studio. Some designers lament the mechanical look of pictures created with computers. Why, they ask, should I spend thousands of dollars on computer hardware and software and spend countless hours learning to do something that I can already do quite well using simple, inexpensive tools like paper, charcoal, pencil and watercolors? Other designers argue that drawing and painting software is very sophisticated these days and capable of producing renderings every bit as expressive as hand-painted ones. I am one of the growing number of designers who use computers in almost every aspect of their work. Of course, a hand-drawn, freehand sketch can never be duplicated by a machine, and I really do miss the physical sensation of a pencil biting into a fresh sheet of paper, but working in the digital realm gives me some capabilities that I never had before.
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