Anyone else do this: Math on graphpaper?

[DiSiLLUSiON]

Plus when you're working on a webdesign project, it helps to scratch out a rough idea of placement and sizes, plus keep hex-codes neat and clean for easy reference.

What does webdesign have to do with graph paper? When I was still in webdesign school (for lack of a better word), graph paper didn't factor into it.

For that matter, what do hex-codes have to do with graph paper? They're nothing more then simple base-16 numbers; no real equations there. Plus the fact that you can't do math with hex-numbers intended as colors on a webpage -- every color is perceived differently by the colors surrounding it; there's more intuition then calculus going on there.

 

[Mr Awe]

I don't think it's odd. It's just a habit. No big deal. Keep doing it if that's your preference. I don't think it's better to do that way, just something that works for you. Which is all the counts, really.

Mr Awe

 

[Neeka Keet]

Sure. All through school I even bough squared notebooks specifically for math class. It made it easier to draw graphs, make angles, and geometric objects.

 

[B.J.]

Back in college, I pretty much used graph paper exclusively for all subjects. Of course, since this was an engineering school, most people did the same. It wasn't uncommon for the few liberal arts professors to get their papers turned in on graph paper too!
Even now, I have a pad of graph paper sitting right next to me as a scratch pad for writing or sketching things out.

 

[SeerSGB]

Plus when you're working on a webdesign project, it helps to scratch out a rough idea of placement and sizes, plus keep hex-codes neat and clean for easy reference.

What does webdesign have to do with graph paper? When I was still in webdesign school (for lack of a better word), graph paper didn't factor into it.

For that matter, what do hex-codes have to do with graph paper? They're nothing more then simple base-16 numbers; no real equations there. Plus the fact that you can't do math with hex-numbers intended as colors on a webpage -- every color is perceived differently by the colors surrounding it; there's more intuition then calculus going on there.

Keeps things neat and clean-- especially if you have shittacular hand writing. And it helps give an idea of roughly how elements will layout on a page.

I don't think it's odd. It's just a habit. No big deal. Keep doing it if that's your preference. I don't think it's better to do that way, just something that works for you. Which is all the counts, really.

Mr Awe

I never even noticed I did it till someone remarked on it recently. I was like "And, your point?" Then again I still get odd looks that I prefer to balance my checkbook by long hand than calculator.

 

[SmoothieX]

I use engineering paper all the time because, well, I'm an engineer. It's got a grid for graphing on the back, and the gridlines show through faintly on the front so you can draw something to scale if you want.

I never leave home without it!

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

And it helps give an idea of roughly how elements will layout on a page.

In that aspect, I can see it could be useful. Personally, I don't bother -- sketches are enough in the concept phase. Designing the real layout comes after, and for me it's faster in Illustrator then by hand. But to each their own, of course.

 

[SeerSGB]

And it helps give an idea of roughly how elements will layout on a page.

In that aspect, I can see it could be useful. Personally, I don't bother -- sketches are enough in the concept phase. Designing the real layout comes after, and for me it's faster in Illustrator then by hand. But to each their own, of course.

I was brought up learning how to sketch rough floor plans and layout print papers, and layout store displays, so for me it's a lot more...natural (to use a word) to sketch out some on paper before hand. I've used Illustrator, but frankly I've found it makes it too easy to exceed the limits of the space I have to work with.

 

[Mr Awe]

I never even noticed I did it till someone remarked on it recently. I was like "And, your point?" Then again I still get odd looks that I prefer to balance my checkbook by long hand than calculator.

I actually don't even balance ours either way. I just keep it in my head. Of course, I couldn't tell you down to the penny what was in the account but I know close enough.

Mr Awe

 

[Daedalus12]

Back in college, I pretty much used graph paper exclusively for all subjects. Of course, since this was an engineering school, most people did the same. It wasn't uncommon for the few liberal arts professors to get their papers turned in on graph paper too!
Even now, I have a pad of graph paper sitting right next to me as a scratch pad for writing or sketching things out.

I've never gotten the obsession the people in our school have with graph paper. I just use the paper out of the printers in the library.....

 

[B.J.]

Back in college, I pretty much used graph paper exclusively for all subjects. Of course, since this was an engineering school, most people did the same. It wasn't uncommon for the few liberal arts professors to get their papers turned in on graph paper too!
Even now, I have a pad of graph paper sitting right next to me as a scratch pad for writing or sketching things out.

I've never gotten the obsession the people in our school have with graph paper. I just use the paper out of the printers in the library.....

Well, I dunno about you since you came along a few years after me, but a lot of my classes required it. Might as well buy one type of paper rather than several different ones.