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Overheard a junior drafter call AutoCAD 'old school' and it hit me different
I was at a coffee shop near my shop and heard two younger guys talking about how they only use Revit and BIM now, calling AutoCAD a dinosaur tool. Made me think back to when I started drafting in 2008 and how I learned everything on a physical board before even touching a computer. Not saying one is better, but there's something to be said for knowing the fundamentals that got us here. Has anyone else noticed the newer guys skipping the basics and jumping straight into the advanced software?
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the_laura2mo ago
Did their actual drawings look better though?
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anderson.david2mo ago
Honestly, when you say "their actual drawings," do you mean like the rough sketches or the finished pieces they posted online? Tbh, I've seen some Instagram artists who do these insane polished digital pieces but their sketchbooks look like chicken scratch, and vice versa. Ngl, it's a good question because sometimes having a polished final version actually hides mistakes. Were you thinking of a specific style or artist when you asked that?
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irismartinez1mo ago
Wait, are you saying there are people out there whose rough sketches actually look BETTER than their finished work? That's wild to me because my sketchbooks are a disaster zone of weirdly proportioned hands and faces that look like melted candle wax. @the_laura, your question really hits home - I've been that person who posts a polished thing online but my actual drawings look like a toddler got into the art supplies and I'm just better at covering up mistakes than actually drawing. Does anyone else ever feel like they're just good at Photoshop but bad at drawing, or is that just my impostor syndrome showing?
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