Serious question, who actually drafts by hand anymore?

I had a chat with an old-timer last week at a supply shop in Portland who swore his hand-drawn sketches catch details CAD misses every time, but I can't see giving up the speed of digital for anything anyone else run into this split?

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spencer_chen625d ago

My buddy at a print shop in Denver still does all his concept sketches on yellow tracing paper with a 2H pencil. He says the friction of the paper helps him think. I watched him work once and he drew like six versions of a chair leg before he got it right. Took him 45 minutes. I could have modeled that leg in 10 minutes on a tablet. But his final version had this weird curve that looked better than anything I've ever seen come out of CAD. I still won't switch though. Too used to undo buttons.

skyler_adams25d ago

Ngl that "friction of the paper helps him think" thing is real, I sketch on napkins all the time for the same reason.