graphic design – Cannonball Read 17

Taking the Font category literally for a Bingo!

Just My Type, A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield

October 1, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR 14 BINGO: Font, because this book is literally about typefaces, which consist of fonts BINGO: Shadow, Adapt, Funky, Scandal, Font Before reading this book, I considered myself a bit of a typography geek, because I take pleasure in selecting the most perfect typeface for any situation, and also because I have seen the documentary Helvetica. I realize now, though, that I do not deserve that title, because I clearly do not know enough about typefaces to be able to distinguish Times New Roman from Georgia […]

Get my rocker, Gert….I’m officially old

Warm Blood by Josh Tierney

November 4, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Looking for a new graphic novel? Skip Warm Blood by Josh Tierney. What I thought was going to be a murder mystery with a main character that was less Nancy Drew and more an everyday girl trying to make it through high school algebra turned into an odd collection of stories connected by a girl called Penny. Every single page has some bizarre events. Even if it is just a normal thing like trying on clothes at the mall. But the most bizarre event? The […]

For those who can’t stop doodling

December 30, 2017 by tillie Leave a Comment

This is a hard book to review as I have been sketchnoting for years. I picked this book up because I was teaching the technique and I wanted to give some more tangible resources to my students without going through the trouble of making too much of my own stuff. The book is beautifully constructed with lots of lovely sketchnotes and some exercises. He covers techniques, materials, supplies, rudimentary layouts and encourages you to get on sketchnoting. Reading this book took me a year, on/off […]

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