 | The eyeballing gameOctober 25th, 2008 |
The eyeballing game is neat. I got a 1.08 on my first column, then finished with an overall of 2.87.
One presumes that doing this over and over again would improve your “eye” for angles. And in fact, I noticed that when I overthought stuff, I was more likely to be off, whereas when I just winged it, I did better.
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OK that is cool! It’s I think a pretty good example of a minigame oriented towards actually an educational topic (math) that’s not inherently sucky in an “ugh, math test” way.
What I learned as a graphic designer was that absolute measures pale in comparison to relative measures. An object, for example, placed in the exact center of another object can actually appear off-center whereas deliberately placing an object off-center can actually appear to be an exact-center placement. Regardless, I still use grids to design, but only so I can find the exact imperfections that make sense to the human eye.
What I learned as a graphic designer was that absolute measures pale in comparison to relative measures.
I have noticed this, and it’s always bothered me a bit. I always just assumed either the grid was imperfect or my eye was. Kinda cool to hear it semi-confirmed.
Similar to when you matte a photograph, where more dead space on the bottom will make it appear centered when it is on the wall. If you do a search for optical center matting, there are mathematical methods for calculating where a photo will look centered; but I wonder if it is, in reality, different for different people.
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