"Wally" wrote in message
Usually. :-) I've done artwork masters for a guy that makes things in
wax -
I start by importing a raster image (scans of hand-drawn stuff) and
tracing
polylines around all the important bits to establish a base before working
up the final thing. (The masters are then photographed as negatives,
reduced, and used to make etched metal bucks, from which rubber moulds are
cast...)

Excellent! Yeah like I said... you input coordinates and AutoCAD will
render it... it's just to meticulous and specific a program to be utilized
for general graphics applications. I do a lot of digitizing of hand drawn
work myself..... the most intense was a drawing in which I had to digitize
individual hairs on a Muskox. It was about 40 hours of work to complete.

CM