The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow your Passion by Elle Luna caught my eye on a recent visit to the bookstore and it came home with me. This book began as a blog post posted on Medium in 2014 that later evolved into a beautifully crafted book. The message is told through wonderful imagery, quotes, and text which inspired me to create the following sketchnote summary. I am grateful for this book as I try to clarify and navigate shoulds and musts moving forward. I am also grateful that it inspired me to return to my original sources and inspiration for visual notetaking by sketching books. What book is next? Hmm...
Digital Directed Draw: Thanksgiving Turkey
Monday, November 20, 2017
In celebration of Thanksgiving, here's another digital directed draw that culminates with a Turkey and students learning different tips and tricks with Google Drawing along the way.
Here's how to create a turkey:
Here's how to create a turkey:
- Go to drive.google.com > New > More > Google Drawings
- Change Canvas Size (Optional): File > Page Set-up > Choose your desired size.
- Change Back Ground Color (Optional): Right Click on canvas > Background > Choose desired background color. The default background color is transparent with the checkerboard pattern. I prefer a white background while I'm creating within Google Drawing and then may change to a different color or make transparent when complete.
Google Drawing: Digitize Original Art
Friday, November 10, 2017
Recently, I was working on a CreativeBug class on using Photoshop and Illustrator to Digitize Art and create patterns. It occurred to me how Google Drawing could be used to do something similar by creating a vector image of original artwork.
I opened a blank Google Drawing, inserted an image of a lily watercolor I did over the summer.
Then, I began using the polyline tool to create a vector drawing of the flower. I used the Color Pick Eyedropper Extension to match the colors. The colors could be further enhanced if I paid more attention to lighting when taking the original picture.
I opened a blank Google Drawing, inserted an image of a lily watercolor I did over the summer.
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