Design software weakens classic drawing skills

As computer graphics take priority over traditional drawing for art students in U.S., their work seems uninspired.

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[Bob_Barker]

It's True

When I was younger I was always told I was a phenomenal artist for my age. In high school I got into computer graphics and I can tell I've gotten worse if not horridly bad (I think) with traditional media. Time to get back to basics.

[Bob Brinkman]

maybe

But I'm sure the quality of cave paintings was in sharp decline after the introduction of clay tablets.

[tiago.cardoso]

Doodling, drafting and drawing Online

There's a new webapp that enables this.

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.mainada.net/comics/index" target="_newWindow">http://www.mainada.net/comics/index</a>

Users can draw directly online, creating comic strips. These kind of apps can be valueable for theses students.

[omuppi1]

Drawing tutor!

I made this drawing tutor sometime back..

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.muppirala.com/drawing_tutor/drawing.html" target="_newWindow">http://www.muppirala.com/drawing_tutor/drawing.html</a>

This would be a nice time to start working on it again :-)

[Pop4]

Aspiring to greatness aint no big thing; buying into webpasting certainly :

Ditto: How can we build a better webpage. Good site managers are allocated in the office not in the lobby. But, there is always room for another application. Work hard!