My old man
was a draughtsman. I used to go to his office sometimes to see the awesome hand drawn multi elevation drawings he produced of massive turbines and induction motors.The detail and accuracy was spell binding. I still enjoy getting the kit out now and again for a bit of design work but i will never be a patch on him. Clicks :)
(boarders You won't catch me with my trousers, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 13:40, 2 replies)

^ Agreed.
At the agency, we were often sent these huge hard-backed catalogues, containing various portfolios of many different artists - kind of like a commission agency for potential blue-chip clients.

I spent many a lunch break browsing through these, and a lot of the artists featured were draftsmen, technical illustrators, and as you mention, the detail, and accuracy of the work really was amazing.

I like a lot of the photorealism work too, often created in acrylics (just type in 'photorealism' in Deviantart.com) - but the engineered drawings are in a completely different league.

You don't see many illustrations rendered using markers any more either, I was often fascinated by the techniques used to blend the colours, and give the illusion of transparency too, something which I could never get to grips with.
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 13:52, closed)

mine was a binman
so going to work with him wasn't as exciting.

He did wear cor blimey trousers though!
('tin'tintin, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 15:27, closed)

^
*chuckles*
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 16:12, closed)