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I really enjoyed reading this. I wonder where the master copies ended up. Storage? Landfill? I hope some are preserved and hung on the wall. The pen plotter sounds phenomenal. I've…

I used one of these bizarre pouches as a gentle final pass to clean up drawings. The graphite "smear" from the t-square happened with every drawing - thanks for sharing this top. B…

I try to “think with a pencil” every single day - I’m excited to browse this book. When digging into hand drawn data viz I did not have older software on my mind. It’s analogous to…

Certainly reminds me of the fonts produced by the vintage lettering kits. What if for digital fonts, there was a way to write the same letter 2 or more different ways? Adding sligh…

That seems like a valuable internship. I think the documentation in books about hand drafting techniques only contains so much information. How much knowledge was passed from profe…

I dream of stumbling across a book like this in the used book store... I'm striking out finding a digital copy or availability at libraries.

This is exactly what I hoped for when writing this article. The "Atlas de statistique graphique de la ville de Paris" from 1889 has stunning hand drafted data visuals I may have ne…

I've taught digital art classes too. I was pleasantly surprised at a writing assignment where most students (un-prompted) turned in a hand-written response.

Classic.

I found myself using the Prismacolor Artgum eraser the most. It had a nice way of shedding the used parts and staying clean. I like the kneaded erasers too but I tend to dirty them…

Learning about something like TikZ is exactly what I hoped for from writing this article. Thank you for sharing.

The kerning deserves the criticism - I'm glad someone said it :)

This will be an excellent addition to the list. Curve lines are a challenge I have yet to tackle in depth.

Never heard of Decker - I can tell I'm gonna have fun with it. Thanks for sharing.

Finding tools that clicked was a nice process to discover. I also tried harder leads and like them for the reasons you mention - but for whatever reason, kept coming back to a basi…

What's been more interesting to me lately than using software to design data visualizations is learning to draw data by hand. It's a time consuming process but incredibly rewarding…

Incredible - thank you for sharing this.

Excellent find I have never heard of - thank you for sharing

Excellent find - I haven't heard of this one. The marketing gag approach reminds me of the Zotac Mekspresso build by Ali “THE CRE8OR” Abbas. https://thecre8or.de/mekspresso.htm

Glad you like the project. I might have special taste in coffee, this stuff is pretty good, but honestly I like instant too...

Means a lot - thank you :)

Damn that's a good idea... orienting the graphics card horizontally would've made a little frying pan.

The tubing and pumps are food safe, however, the radiators and cooling block are not. It's a special tasting cup of coffee best consumed in moderation.