Yes, I draw them. With the little pre-shaped shapes you can drag out, and the straight and curved lines you can make with MS Paint. I find that 400 by 400 pixels is a good size; I can hide it inside other (work) application windows, and the curves are so approximated it helps me see how things are shaped. I can erase and pencil in individual pixels when necessary to correct complicated areas.
The first stage in illustration, even fine oil painting, is to flesh things out with geometric shapes. I do that part in MS Paint, and then just stop there.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio
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