Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back in 1984 I did the floor plans and elevations for the building I now live in. (essentially built within and on top of a concrete block garage, built in 1922, used for tractors and trucks on an old farm) After having the original 6 sheet draft bid and finding plans coming in at twice what I could afford I drove to Artist and Display and purchased my first $30 electric eraser. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jun 5, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > A lot of that was fun, but some wasn't. When you had to change a > drawing, whether on vellum or mylar for the 10th time, and you > erased a hole right through the vellum or took the tooth off the > mylar, then it stopped being fun. When you erased sepias and the > fumes nearly made you throw up (and probably develope lung cancer) > then it stopped being fun. When you had to use a specified pen and > lettering template or leroy and fill a 30"x42" drawing with > specifications, then it stopped being fun. > > Now I do sketches on paper, but drawings get done on the computer. > Notes get typed. More fun.