There is no right or wrong tool to use in design. The importance is what tool can best communicate your design. Some people can effectively communicate their design through hand drawings, but I am finding that the number of people who can do that are very few. I think that using the computer has opened a door to a new breed of designers. Many people who in the past would not have succeeded in the profession can now express there ideas to others. I personally use 3D Studio Max and I think that I have an even stronger connection between “..mind,body and medium” however you want to say it. A pencil and paper can be a very limiting medium with a very definable universe. Inside a computer, I can model exactly what it is I am thinking. And to top it off, I can immediately see how that design looks at night, underwater, in the winter, etc…
