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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Illustrated Journaling @ work
Illustrated journaling at work.The best way to convey ideas is to illustrate or sketch them.
Use an 8.5 x 11 blank book for your sketches. Daily try to illustrate your ideas.
Copy other simple illustrations you see on the Net or other doodles you like. Don't be bashful about coping other work. This is how great artists learned their craft. Eventually you'll develop your unique style.
These "doodles" or illustrations of ideas you see here started as simple boxes. Sometimes I leave the side, top, or bottom open and draw another box or other type of shape. Othertimes I draw the main idea or word first, then the box around it. Then I draw the supporting ideas/shapes underneath.
After drawing the shape, start filling them in with simple concepts. Or draw the concept first, then the box or shape around it.
The overlap of the shapes show connected ideas, screens, concepts, etc.
Next use a light grey marker to "highlight" the bottom and right sides of the shapes. This makes them "pop" from the page.
You can also use this technique in class for your notes. Write what the speaker/professor says first. If it's important, draw a box around the word(s). During the review or your notes after the class, "pop" your notes using the great marker technique as explained above. It's highlighting on steroids.
...dave
I am NOT lazy. I'm just reducing my carbon footprint. -dave terry
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The Sketchbook Project 2011
The Sketchbook Project 2011 was a fun experience.It's simple really. You give them $25 and they give you a sketchbook and a subject. You sketch in the sketchbook, mail it in, and they take it on the road. The road trip travels around America to 11 major cities along with another 30,000 sketchbooks.
Finally, it is scanned and placed online for all to see. Or if they want to they can personally visit the Brooklyn Library in New York for a close-up-and-personal view.
I participated this year and you can see my 2011 Sketchbook in person. Just ask for call number 026.6-5 when you visit Brooklyn. Not going there anytime soon? Well, you can see it here on line.
It's not too late to signup for the 2012 Sketchbook Project. Get your sketch journals on the road!
...dave
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. -Oscar Wilde
Saturday, July 2, 2011
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