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pelicanbaby t1_ixqtp3f wrote

What the hell makes this scientific?

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Daneinthemembrane t1_ixr89o6 wrote

Back before photography, naturalists drew their finds. I'll allow it.

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Alex_Sisyphus OP t1_ixqzf9n wrote

Its a loose use of the word I suppose. A scientific drawing is meant to visually represent ideas. I can start giving out apple facts if you'd like.

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MaKoZerEUW t1_ixr30wm wrote

"lets use scientific or science literally everywhere to sound cool" is just fcking annoying ...

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f4bj4n t1_ixu7jno wrote

”Meant to visually represent ideas”

So… A drawing?

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22sev t1_ixqybhj wrote

what is a scientific drawing?

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Alex_Sisyphus OP t1_ixqz6yy wrote

It's a drawing to help represent scientific ideas in a visual way basically. Botanical illustrations are commonly found in science books when learning about plants/how they reproduce/the segments of the plant.

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22sev t1_ixqzl8f wrote

Interesting.. I'm searching online and don't see anything similar to this

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Alex_Sisyphus OP t1_ixr185k wrote

The table itself or the art? I use a Sisyphus table to draw on : ) I was referencing some of Pierre-Joseph Redouté artwork when I was creating this piece.

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22sev t1_ixr32pm wrote

Ah I see. Well it's beautiful!

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OtterApocalypse t1_ixt1yoy wrote

I've been thinking about one of those tables. I have a weird question. In the videos and descriptions I've read, everything says that the ball is rolling across/through the sand. And I can't tell if that's really true or not from any of the videos.

So, is the ball actually rolling? Or is it just being dragged through the sand without doing any rotation of its own? Can you tell the difference when watching it draw?

I suppose I was just wondering if one side of the ball ends up showing appreciable wear from the friction over time if it's being dragged, or if you're supposed to manually change the ball's Y-axis every now and again (flip it or anything). Not that that would be a big deal, of course.

Just curious about your experience with that.

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Alex_Sisyphus OP t1_iy3sby1 wrote

Interesting question! I've always thought it was doing a rotation, but upon a closer look at my own table, it looks like it's more of a drag. It's hard to tell haha! I really had to look. My marble doesn't have any wear from the constant abuse I put it through when testing my artwork or just having it play my many playlists.

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OtterApocalypse t1_iy43u0t wrote

Yeah, I assumed it was more of a drag thing, since I can't really conceptualize the physics required to make it actually rotate/roll.

Though to be fair, there's a shitload of physics that are way beyond my grasp, hence my question.

Personally, I think I'd stick a little googly eye on top of it for a bit just to see what happens. And to amuse myself a bit.

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Jaytim t1_ixuaakg wrote

What "scientific idea" does this represent?

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notenoughroomtofitmy t1_ixy9qx0 wrote

Nice work man, sorry you’re getting so much downvotes for using “scientific” unnecessarily. While I agree it is unnecessary, people do be unnecessarily pedantic here sometimes.

It’s art, it’s nice, have a nice day!

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Alex_Sisyphus OP t1_ixqd88d wrote

The last post got a lot of love! It was amazing to see, and this time I thought I'd share my personal art : ) This is a single line art based off a scientific drawing of an apple tree! It's my personal favorite to date

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freerangetacos t1_ixqlktl wrote

What program did you use?

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Alex_Sisyphus OP t1_ixqmdm9 wrote

I draw in adobe illustrator :) I export this as a SVG for my table to read. Everything has to be one line, so it was definitely a learning curve lol

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