Nice nerd.

Many thanks, Gisela

Great image :)

Thank you, kelchris3

:)) Der braucht kein Papierflieger. Er schwebt schon in höheren Sphären.

Das ist wohl richtig. Aber was soll er machen? Er kann das Ding zeichnen, die Aerodynamik berechnen, jeden Faktor mathematisch ausdrücken nur so ein Ding zu falten und einfach mal fliegen zu lassen - DAS hat ihm nie einer gezeigt :D

I still remember being in high school and having to memorize that Periodic Table of Elements before the big test on Friday...just viewing this image brought back some great memories of high school my friend. I guess you can say our past school systems here in America used to make smarter students once upon a time...unfortunately in the present, not all schools adhere to this philosophy, as too much knowledge may seem threatening to those in power today. :)

Yeah, unfortunately, that’s not just the case in America. I also feel like I learned more—and in a more targeted way—back in my day than kids do now... and we didn't even have the internet lol

Nicely done!

Many thanks, MagikUnicorn

Even if he (she ?) doesn't look bright, I'm sure he (she ?) is !

It’s definitely the one—only, unfortunately, a bit far removed from how things work in practice :D

Like Johnny, my memory of schooldays also awakens by the sight of that table of elements;-)

And it also grew in size as the decades passed! Have we discovered adamantium yet?

Forgot to mention: Is that nerd attempting to design a paper airplane capable of hyper-light speeds, or what?

laughs Well, we might have actually found some adamantium, but only in tiny amounts—and those were bonded to the skeleton of a certain Logan. So... yes and no? :)

And nope, this particular nerd has simply never folded a paper airplane in their life and definitely wants to get everything right before even picking up the paper. :D

LOL! This is delightful.

Thanks a lot, starship64

Unfortunately I'm old enough to have joined a Technical Department where 2/3 of the designers were doing manual drawings. And I always hated the ammonia smell of the the blue prints - the copies of the master drawings. When done by hand all the old designers drew with pencils on mylar film and then the design was traced with black ink by someone who only traced the lines the whole day long. I was the one doing the calculations by hand, and largely still do. We introduced computers to do some of the calculations, but they are no use for much of what the company still does, specific knowledge is needed and general finite element or fluid dynamics software doesn't have that. Yet. However CAD, yes, a real advance.

I see that the complexities of creating an exact blueprint for a paper airplane wouldn't be foreign to you either :D

Wonderful

Thank you, anitalee

lotta talk about the Periodic Table: When we studied it, I yelled out "these things aren't in ORDER!!!" (That didn't make a great impression. But come on---some things are in order, and then---bang! It just gets all messed up. I know, there are reasons...but as an artist, they gotta clean that thing up!)

This is a real drafting studio. These technical artists had to have the patience of a snail. The detail...omg...and a computer on the floor, and ---is that a paper airplane??? It would be great if it was! All that analysis and cad-like detail, for a paper airplane! Well whatever it is, this is really well done, once again. The studio is crowded, the artist is bewildered, and there's a big complicated drawing ready to go. The architect-turned-artist, Saul Steinberg, said he stopped designing architecture when he realized that people would actually live in those things. I understand. Another delightful image from you.

Thanks so much. Yeah, I figured there are those little nerds who turn even the simple task of making a paper airplane into a massive project—wanting to calculate everything because simply giving it a try would be too easy for them.

omg---i missed that! THAT explains your title! I thought the paper airplane was an "incidental"...

Listen: Sometimes i'm reeeealllly slow! You have to speak to me like a 2d grader, and say, "now THIS, Mark, is what we call a (slowly) 'Pa---per---air---plane'. Can you say 'pa---per---air---plane'??? That's your lesson for today! Tomorrow we'll discuss 'draw---ing'..." (It's a terrific depiction of your title, ok? I apologize for my brain...)

(and I should've looked at the software for the Daz piece! Yikes!)

laughs Okay, then nice and slow—eeeverything is fiiine! laughs

This ties verynicely with the old man's dream. And a pudgy Norbert is a good character variation.

laughs Thanks, FirstBastion.