On Sun, 2016-11-20 at 17:41 +0000, C R wrote:
My point exactly. Design covers everything from drawing, to composition, to typesetting, to layout of raster graphics like photos, etc, etc. This is why it seems more of a design program than a drawing program to me.
Super broad definition of design and super thin definition of draw. 😉
When I think of design, I think of "intentional, introspective, calculated creation of structure". Am I designing code or am I writing code? One is more expectant that the result /will/ do something exactly and the other is experimental, more 'freehand' as if I'm not exactly sure, but maybe if I do this it'll work.
That's pretty much where I see drawing. The visual version of writing. When you ink, you may not know for sure why a line that's shaped like that works as a nose. So I can't claim to have designed the nose shape, I just don't know enough about nose shapes to explain the outcome.
But I can draw the nose shape, maybe even iterate over it, until some unknown internal process says "yep, that looks like a nose" and I can move on to those funny ear shapes next.
Inkscape is very good as iteration and re-use. But that's not what the core of design is to me. (and I might be wrong)
Best Regards, Martin Owens