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Ode to Crayola

Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under On Ideation

I was reading a post on Nish’s site that lauded pencil crayons. Well, I am putting my stake in the ground. Pencil crayons are no match for regular crayons. You know the ones. Some good old fashioned Crayolas. You never really knew what they were made of, you might have eaten one, and one is lodged in Homer’s brain.

Top 3 Reasons Why Crayons Rule:

  1. They’re blunter. They’re not as precise. You can’t draw specific detail with them. This restriction forces you think think/draw the big picture. It allows you to focus on the composition of the overall idea and prevents you from getting hung up on minor details.
  2. You can’t erase crayons. You have to live with the mistakes and imperfection of your work. Again, this allows you to focus on having a solid idea that you are trying to communicate. Of course if the mistakes are too big, you have to throw out your work and start again. And everyone’s ideas can benefit from a second chance at a completely blank page.
  3. You don’t need a pencil sharpener. You just need to peel back the paper. Boo yah.

So skip your art supply store and head down Toys R Us to pick up some quality crayons.

- Christian

Comments

4 Responses to “Ode to Crayola”

  1. lillian the great on March 7th, 2008 12:13 am

    CRAYONS????? im all for markers. do you know how hard it is to do anything remotely intellectual when grasping a crayola in your grubby hand? yeah too hard. markers allow for the preciseness of pencil crayons and for the permanency of crayons. who wins? me.

  2. Hamid on March 7th, 2008 2:25 pm

    Crayons are awesome and I’m glad you referenced the crayola-oblongata from the Simpsons.

    I like pencils because when you eventually screw something up you can turn around and say:

    “That’s why pencils have erasers.”

    Then brace yourself in the anticipation of being pummeled.

  3. jho on March 13th, 2008 2:51 pm

    I’d have to side with nish and pencil crayons. And i’ve SEEN your crayon drawings, dude – “the big picture”?!? LOL.

  4. Christian on March 13th, 2008 4:17 pm

    Jho,

    Are you kidding? I draw a unicorn like nobody’s business!

    Maybe I just like to hide behind Crayons because you can’t do detail … and see how bad I am at drawing.

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