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Draw an iceberg and see how it will float

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    bloup
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    This is really neat! I discovered that if you draw an iceberg in the shape of a right side up U, it's extremely stable, and will almost always float how it's placed no matter how crudely it's drawn.

    This is really neat! I discovered that if you draw an iceberg in the shape of a right side up U, it's extremely stable, and will almost always float how it's placed no matter how crudely it's drawn.

    8 votes
    1. [2]
      Diff
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      That makes sense, you've basically built a 2d cross section of a boat.

      That makes sense, you've basically built a 2d cross section of a boat.

      5 votes
      1. bloup
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        So I did think that it resembled a cross section of a ship hull, but I was still impressed by just how stable it is.

        So I did think that it resembled a cross section of a ship hull, but I was still impressed by just how stable it is.

        4 votes
  2. ruspaceni
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    Took me a minute to figure out how to get the iceberg flipping to happen because i kept drawing them horizontal already... If you want some rotation then you'll wanna draw something vertical, like...

    Took me a minute to figure out how to get the iceberg flipping to happen because i kept drawing them horizontal already... If you want some rotation then you'll wanna draw something vertical, like a teardrop or really anything long and thin for exagerated effects

    5 votes