Drawing things on a smaller scale.

[Ziggler]

Hello, if I have, for example, a pen and I want to draw a part of it that can be pressed, for example, or other parts of it that are small, should I measure them, use the pencil measurement method, or should I draw them more by eye? How to draw small elements in general?

[JosephCow]

I don't really know the full context but the pencil measuring method really only works at a larger scale. Any length less than like an inch down the pencil is going to be really inaccurate in my experience. So I guess you'd have to be drawing a really big pen.

[Ziggler]

I don't really know the full context but the pencil measuring method really only works at a larger scale. Any length less than like an inch down the pencil is going to be really inaccurate in my experience. So I guess you'd have to be drawing a really big pen.

So it's better to draw such small things more by eye?

[JosephCow]

Yes you should. Or use another technique to judge how big/far it is. for example angle measurement with the pencil. But if it's literally that tiny, just draw it

[dallasmiles]

If you're aiming for a looser, more natural drawing, you can estimate proportions visually.

[Ziggler]

It would be a bit pointless if I had, for example, a fragment of an element 2-3 cm wide and I had to calculate exactly how many times it would fit in the basic unit, for example. It would not be possible to calculate such a size precisely anyway.

If you're aiming for a looser, more natural drawing, you can estimate proportions visually.