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draftsmanship - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun art or craft of a draftsman noun skill of drawing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
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draftsman + -ship
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His high degree of technical skill & draftsmanship is obvious.
Most Expensive Living Artist - Lucian Freud 2008
Her draftsmanship is remarkable; she captures architectural interiors with the panache of a set designer.
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Her draftsmanship is remarkable; she captures architectural interiors with the panache of a set designer.
Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers 2007
Caniff drew "Terry & the Pirates" and "Steve Canyon" every day for 54 years, and his draftsmanship was the envy of his peers.
Boing Boing 2007
On the maps, it's a skull or a corroded face in profile, facing southwest: a small marshy lake for the eye-socket, nose-and-mouth cavity cutting in at the entrance to the Peene, just below the power station ... the draftsmanship is a little like a Wilhelm Busch cartoon face, some old fool for mischievous boys to play tricks on.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
I had the Passat, with the 17-inch wheels, in front of my house for a week and each time I walked out to it I grew more appreciative of the brisk draftsmanship .
Cost-Cutting Done (a Little More) Right Dan Neil 2011
What more, I appreciated Tatsumi's little details that reveal a good bit about Hiroshi and his milieu, like how his ne'er do-well father immediately tries on his son's new suit jacket, declaring he'll "borrow" it "whenever he needs to look smart," or the sequence where Hiroshi attempts to hire a female model to pose nude for him and his friends in order to improve their draftsmanship .
Robot reviews: A Drifting Life | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
The draftsmanship of the time was designed around the limits of the coloring method.
Neal Adams and the New Fall Colors 2009
Powell's florid story and Makinen's elegant draftsmanship create a vision of Dracula more satisfyingly cinematic than many of the movies, and they give both him and Holmes a super-villain and - hero look, which seems appropriate.
3 books about Dracula Post 2010
Powell's florid story and Makinen's elegant draftsmanship create a vision of Dracula more satisfyingly cinematic than many of the movies, and they give both him and Holmes a super-villain and - hero look, which seems appropriate.
3 books about Dracula Post 2010
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