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Had a guy at the blueprint shop lecture me for 10 minutes about how I hold my pencil
He said I grip it wrong and that's why my lines come out shaky, but I've been drafting for 12 years and never had a complaint, so do any of you actually care about pencil grip or is this guy just bored?
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theagibson3d ago
Whoa, TEN minutes on pencil grip?! That's wild.
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julia5493d ago
Ten minutes felt like a lot to me too until I had a kid who literally could not hold a pencil properly. We tried different grips, different pencils, even those silly little rubber things. Nothing worked until we just let her use broken crayons for a while. The small size forced her to pinch instead of fist grip. Now she writes fine, but I still remember those long afternoons trying to fix it. Sometimes the simple fixes are the ones that actually stick.
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Especially if you've been at it for 12 years, a 10 minute lecture on how you hold a pencil is definitely about the guy being bored. I mean, look, poor grip can cause hand cramps and fatigue over time, sure, but shaky lines? That's more about your hand speed and confidence than how your thumb sits. Honestly, most of those "correct" grip evangelists are just trying to justify their own wasted hours in drafting school. Your work speaks for itself after 12 years, not some random shop guy's opinion. Ten minutes is just him wanting to feel important, not actually help you.
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