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Strange title. It's equivalent to "pencil drawings" but trying to take the long way around to evoking a CAD model render, but not using the relevant parts of th
by lupire 2y ago
Strange title. It's equivalent to "pencil drawings" but trying to take the long way around to evoking a CAD model render, but not using the relevant parts of that term.
"Photorealistic pencil drawings" is more clear description of the art.
- metadat 2y agoThe term "render" is common vernacular in the art domain, and is in no way exclusive to "computational number crunching to produce an image". Also, as per HN guidelines, OP simply submitted the title directly copy-pasted from the article, so complaining about it seems a bit misguided.
- xcv123 2y agoThe computing definition of the term came centuries after it was commonly used to describe what you are seeing in the article. "An artistic depiction of something."
- lmpdev 2y agoThe term rendering in design/art predates computers by many decades, peaked around the turn of the 19th/20th century Still used frequently today and I think the original title is more apt