Tha Baron
11-05-2010, 02:04 PM
Too big or KNOT too big??? That is the question!
Fellas-
I got bored at work this afternoon (while currently waiting out traffic) and a question crossed my mind. "How much larger or smaller is a brush in relative terms for each mm of knot you add or subtract?" For instance, the size difference between a 20mm and 22mm is less drastic than a 22mm and a 24mm (although slightly). As the area of a circle increases and decreases exponentially (i.e. Pi x r^2), the size of a brush would act in this manner.
More often than knot, I constantly struggled visualizing how various brush sizes would be compared to one another in actual life. Sure the knot width and prior experience is a good gauge of how big or small a brush would be, but I wanted to come up with something more "relative" and useful for those new to brush selection.
I figured out the "area" of each knot size and created a relative % that it would be larger or smaller than a 22mm knot (i.e. the base). I input these numbers into a couple of charts to see for yourself. Have a look!
Note: Brush density and maker both would cause these to vary. I thought about making the area chart comparison life size, but that would depend on everybody's screen resolution.
Note: Base size per chart is 22mm - not the 20mm that is in the data label below.
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/bladebaron/chartsize.jpg
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/bladebaron/chartbubble.jpg
Fellas-
I got bored at work this afternoon (while currently waiting out traffic) and a question crossed my mind. "How much larger or smaller is a brush in relative terms for each mm of knot you add or subtract?" For instance, the size difference between a 20mm and 22mm is less drastic than a 22mm and a 24mm (although slightly). As the area of a circle increases and decreases exponentially (i.e. Pi x r^2), the size of a brush would act in this manner.
More often than knot, I constantly struggled visualizing how various brush sizes would be compared to one another in actual life. Sure the knot width and prior experience is a good gauge of how big or small a brush would be, but I wanted to come up with something more "relative" and useful for those new to brush selection.
I figured out the "area" of each knot size and created a relative % that it would be larger or smaller than a 22mm knot (i.e. the base). I input these numbers into a couple of charts to see for yourself. Have a look!
Note: Brush density and maker both would cause these to vary. I thought about making the area chart comparison life size, but that would depend on everybody's screen resolution.
Note: Base size per chart is 22mm - not the 20mm that is in the data label below.
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/bladebaron/chartsize.jpg
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/bladebaron/chartbubble.jpg