> I liked the hand-drawn look. It furthered my meta-goal of making the material more approachable, more human. But I wanted to up the quality. I wanted them to be more intricate and contain more information. I wanted the drawings to be more detailed. Less margin doodles and more, well, illustrations. Maybe even some lowercase letters.
This is one of the most unusual aspects of the book, and something that immediately drew me to it. I'm curious how Nystrom hit on that idea, whether he experimented with vector graphics alternatives, and if so, what did he take away from those experiments.
The method described in the video looks extremely laborious. That said, the quality of the result speaks for itself.
I poured a lot of effort into creating something similar for my book, but could never get it quite right. So, I backed away to diagrams in Inkscape using squares and curves. The result has been well received, but I've always slightly regretted not being able to create something as elegant as what Crafting Interpreters has been able to achieve.
At some stage in the future, I'll try again I'm sure!
I "hand-draw" graphics for technical articles, but on an iPad, which works well for me. Here's how I came to my current style, by experiment and reverse engineering: https://philipkiely.com/essays/useful_charts.html
> I liked the hand-drawn look. It furthered my meta-goal of making the material more approachable, more human. But I wanted to up the quality. I wanted them to be more intricate and contain more information. I wanted the drawings to be more detailed. Less margin doodles and more, well, illustrations. Maybe even some lowercase letters.
This is one of the most unusual aspects of the book, and something that immediately drew me to it. I'm curious how Nystrom hit on that idea, whether he experimented with vector graphics alternatives, and if so, what did he take away from those experiments.
The method described in the video looks extremely laborious. That said, the quality of the result speaks for itself.