Friday, April 27, 2012

X is for . . .



X-Acto® knife.

http://flic.kr/p/mJpjY
Before computer layout software, this was one tool graphic artists couldn’t do without. It's probably safe to say that very few art students back then graduated without slicing into a finger or other misplaced body part with an X-Acto. I did. Graduate, I mean. 

It’s been said that art is at least as much about learning to see as learning to draw or paint or sculpt. It’s true of language arts also, because you can’t write about something you don’t perceive. 

How to sharpen perception? If only there were an X-Acto® tool for that.
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3 comments:

  1. Rosalind AdamApril 27, 2012 at 12:42 PM

    I'd not heard of this piece of equipment before but then I'm not an artist. As for perception, I do remember going to art class and being told to look out for the darks in everything. Does that count?

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  2. JenApril 27, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    I do remember tying to con my way thru many a paper in school, I guess that's why it never worked huh?

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  3. Leslie S. RoseApril 29, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    I had a whole set of x-acto knives for model making and putting together my design portfolio. There weren't all the fancy scrapbooking supplies that there are now back when I was in college.

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