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Clients old sketch changed how I think about my own work
Last month a guy pulled out a hand-drawn plan from 1987 and asked me to match it in CAD. I spent 3 hours getting the line weights right and he said it was the first time anyone actually listened to what he wanted. Anybody else ever get a weird old drawing that made you rethink your process?
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cole_flores441mo ago
That first time anyone actually listened" really sticks with me. I read a piece recently about how older drawings have a human touch that gets lost in all our perfect digital files.
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the_sam1mo ago
Man, that hits close to home. I once had a client hand me a napkin with a roof detail sketched in ballpoint pen from 1993, and I spent a whole afternoon making the CAD lines look like they were drawn by a human hand instead of a laser. I think my digital lines are too perfect sometimes, like they're screaming "I was made by a robot" when all the client wanted was a roof that felt like it had some character. I ended up keeping the napkin and framing it in my office because it reminded me that people actually want their projects to feel lived in, not just mathematically correct.
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