Communication.

[Chadwick]

I wanna know how to..
( hmm..)
Hey look, I drew you a picture.

Does it read well enough?
Is there enough info to teach the basics?

Did this ages ago, someone asked how to make underbases...
I used it as an excercise in layout while trying to explain something.
Pretty damn hard to explain something over the internet/phone without pictures.
I'd say the basics were covered, but I also assume the reader knows a fair bit..

Anyways, diggin around in old files, found this.
Re-jpegged it.

Thoughts?

[blue moon]

I think that is a nice piece of work there. It gets the point across and clearly explains what needs to be done.

Obviously, the amount of information included will depend on the level of knowledge the reader has. In this case, as you stated, you assumed the reader knows a fair bit. Including more info, makes the description usable by a wider number of readers. At some point though (as you expand your audience), this turns into a book about screenprinting (if you have to start at zero).

Another very important tidbit. . . The reader and writer have to be on the same page with regards to the vocabulary. Definitions might have to be brought up if there is any uncertainty or possibility of not knowing/misunderstanding. Ability to communicate effectively is predicated on having the same vocabulary and same meaning for the same words! Any new terminology or concepts have to be explained with the preexisting, already clear, vocabulary and concepts.

pierre

[Command-Z]

Yes, very helpful tool. Only suggestion I'd have (if you were to make this part of your site or a standard "handout") would be about layout design... making the 1-2-3 more apparent with grid delineation and snappy looks, colors, etc... but I understand this was a quickie and it does what it's supposed to!

A question about the technique itself, though... rather than convert to a bitmap, couldn't you just convert the vector art to grayscale and invert that? You wouldn't need to make a black background that way.

[Chadwick]

Yes, as long as your background was transparent, otherwise you'd have a black box.
Simplicity was the idea.

Damndest thing.
I haven't used paint until today on this latest install, I always use photoshop.
Stupid thing won't invert a bitmap for me.. I know this worked before...
Someone check my math, it seems I forgot something.