Kickstarter is this amazing website that allows people to pitch in and help fund grassroots artists, businesses, and projects that might otherwise have a tough time getting sponsors. While I was sifting one day on their site, I came across Reading with Pictures, a not-for-profit that is looking to get comics into the hands of school…Read more
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Creating Text Boxes for your comic Illustrations Using Adobe Illustrator
Since my illustrated text is being created in Adobe Illustrator in “comic” format, I am going to be using text and thought bubbles a lot. There are some pretty easy tutorials on Youtube that helped me out and I thought that I would write a post that showed my process to make one. Once I…Read more
Inspiration: Nick Sousanis
The best place to get inspired is to see who is the best in the business. I am inspired by the possibilities of writing a textbook for my students in illustrated format. Daunting, I know. But what better type of textbook to write one for than a geography course? My husband has two art degrees…Read more
Reasons I Choose to Monetize
If you are a new or in the middle of your career, writing your own textbook may soon become your reality. Those at the end of their career may be just hoping to hold on and make sure that water doesn’t get into their boat. Whether your sails are up or if you are patching…Read more
My First Book-Making the Leap
Another teacher in my department has already done so, it is a collection of worksheets, lecture notes, and primary sources for teaching American History. Word on the street is, it was the most stressful year of his life, and he never even really published it. By publish, I mean attain an ISBN number. He simply did it…Read more
Sketchnote Formats
I recently read Mike Rohde’s, The Sketchnote Handbook and his Sketchnote Workbook. I’m always looking for ways to inspire my creativity and also tune-up my workflow. Since I am a logistics person, I really appreciated his pages dedicated to design layout with consideration for the reader. Since I am creating a textbook, it only makes sense…Read more
About
I am a Social Sciences teacher at a large high school in the suburbs of the Midwest. These days, my primary focuses are teaching Geography and World History to teenagers, and sharpening my skills for my courses. One of the ways that I am doing this is by writing my own “textbook”. I am creating an illustrated…Read more
