Creating art for engineers

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Post by cyriacthomas » Thu, May 28, 2015, 2:37 PM UTC

Re: Creating art for engineers

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Post by techaddict009 » Thu, May 28, 2015, 3:35 PM UTC

Some pics really awesome. I feel like I should paint something similar on my wall. But problem is I am not an artist and my drawings are worst.

Re: Creating art for engineers

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Post by inetsee » Thu, May 28, 2015, 3:56 PM UTC

I liked the concept but I was a little bit disappointed by the last photo. When I think of a wall mural, I think of something BIG! Had I been doing it I would probably tried to cover more of the wall space.

Re: Creating art for engineers

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Post by at_ » Thu, May 28, 2015, 4:02 PM UTC

Ironically 'getting a list of things people like and then drawing those things' seems like the exact approach an engineer would take

Re: Creating art for engineers

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Post by zachrose » Thu, May 28, 2015, 4:14 PM UTC

at_ wrote: post #4

Ironically 'getting a list of things people like and then drawing those things' seems like the exact approach an engineer would take

Komar and Melamid is an art group that took surveys of art preferences in different countries and then made the logical favorite and least favorite paintings.

America's most wanted painting: http://awp.diaart.org/km/usa/most.html

Survey results: http://awp.diaart.org/km/surveyresults.html

Re: Creating art for engineers

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Post by mhurron » Thu, May 28, 2015, 4:14 PM UTC

at_ wrote: post #4

Ironically 'getting a list of things people like and then drawing those things' seems like the exact approach an engineer would take

Dilbert did it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0560459/

Re: Creating art for engineers

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Post by zokier » Thu, May 28, 2015, 5:06 PM UTC

Maybe I'm just grumpy engineer, but I feel like the design got progressively worse. The initial "ENIAC" sketch would have been pretty nice as is, but I can't say that I like the final result. Sometimes just less is more.

Re: Creating art for engineers

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Post by kleer001 » Thu, May 28, 2015, 7:00 PM UTC

inetsee wrote: post #3

I liked the concept but I was a little bit disappointed by the last photo. When I think of a wall mural, I think of something BIG! Had I been doing it I would probably tried to cover more of the wall space.

Yup, seems like 1/3 the size of what would be maximally pleasing. And that way the clock could be integrated into the image instead of just hanging there, the way clocks do, so smug like they're always right, like they're smarter than us.