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Imo, industries slated for early on “AI” replacement were only sold software, Silicon Death Valley never reached out to them like they did game dev, weapons tech, and entertainment, med, finance, etc.

So what in the heck does that have to do with industries which are political puppets? That is what they are used for in the meantime. After the…[Read more]

And, I totally understand that “autoCAD” is where the LA profession has been for many years. But, I’ve seen way too many “autoCAD” drawings where maybe only (1 or 2) line weights were used…very difficult to read & understand those drawings. A variety of “line weights” makes a huge different, whether it’s “autoCAD” or “Hand Drawn”. What’s…

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Most of the AutoCAD stuff I have been tasked with, line-weights and parameters are preset by the firm and I, as a designer, have no say in them. It does what it is told and is happy to do so. I believe you are correct that the quality of drawings is no longer a priority, especially when most renderings are done in Photoshop. I am not saying it…[Read more]

Procreate or Morpholio for IPad for sketching and process work. (trace layers)
Sketchup for 3D mapping that can be drawn over later
Photoshop for Entourage and collaging
Illustrator for finalizing drawings, lettering and to produce vectors
InDesign or PowerPoint for product assembly
AutoCAD w/LandFX for CD Sets

I am liking the IPad. It allows for…[Read more]

“Whether drawings are created using “autoCAD” or “Drawn by Hand”……both the Design and the quality of the drawings need to be “outstanding”! Creativity, Strong Graphics, Good Line Weights, etc…High Quality Design & Graphics, regardless of the method/s you use should be a high priority, IMO.”

I’m not sure why it is. Maybe it is the computer age.…[Read more]

Autocad Civil 3D and LandFX. Plan renderings in either LandFX or Photoshop.