I'm coloring perspectives and plans for a conceptual design presentation, and I've always referred to this process as "rendering". The other day someone asked me, "what does that mean, you're rendering a drawing?" Thinking to myself, I've heard people talking about rendered lard for making soaps and such. So, naturally I second guessed myself, "am I using the term incorrectly?"I looked up the definition and was surprised to find (from www.freedictionary.com) :
RENDER (as a verb) means:
1. to present or submit (accounts, etc.) for payment, approval, or action
2. to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc.)
3. to show (obedience), as due or expected
4. to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital to render blow for blow
5. to cause to become grief had rendered him simple-minded
6. to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally
7. to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting
8. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid
9. to translate (something) into another language or form
10. (sometimes foll by up) to yield or give the tomb rendered up its secret
11. (often foll by back) to return (something); give back
12. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc.) with a coat of plaster
13. (Cookery) (often foll by down) to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting
So, although I've used the term consistently since college, I never really knew the full extent of it's meaning until now. And thankfully, I am using the term correctly when referring to coloring in and shading my drawings.
I always say to young people when they ask me how I work, I always say to them, the only time you're ever going to do something good is if you have a good client. And by good I mean all kinds of things.~Lawrence Halprin
