How we Draw

Fascinating piece on how different cultures draw, using the circle as an example.   A piece of metadata to understand and classify people and cultures?   Note Google's recent drawing system experiment: AutoDraw, linked to below.  Also their online game:  Quick Draw.  In Quartz:

How do you draw a circle? We analyzed 100,000 drawings to show how culture shapes our instincts Written by:   Thu-Huong Ha,  Nikhil Sonnad   @thuhuongha  ... " 

Drawing for Everyone

This is always something I wanted, something that turned me into a graphic artist.   A Clever AI experiment by Google:

Fast Drawing for Everyone
Dan Motzenbecker,  Creative Technolohist, Google Creative Lab

 ... Drawing on your phone or computer can be slow and difficult—so we created AutoDraw, a new web-based tool that pairs machine learning with drawings created by talented artists to help you draw. ... It works on your phone, computer, or tablet (and it’s free!). So the next time you want to make a birthday card, party invite or just doodle on your phone, it’ll be as easy and fast as everything else on the web. ....   "