A new method for producing drawings of archaeological artefacts, etc. Illustrations of archaeological finds often turn out to be a significant obstacle in the completion of publication projects.
Work involving manual drawing is particularly prone to cause delays and expense.
In an age when it is possible to put men on the moon it may seem rather strange to see graphic artists setting to work with slide-gauges, pens, crayons and drawing paper when a drawing of an object is required. First the object has to be carefully measured up, then a pencil sketch is made, and then comes the most time-consuming, boring phase, during which the drawing is built up of thousands of dots laboriously positioned with pen and Indian ink. Why not use photos instead, then, one might well ask. In this respect technology has to be said to be trailing behind. But help is on the way.