Sunday, September 28, 2008

math book

its the project m working on with anagha ma'm. apart from the drawings, the way the mathematical concepts are introduced to the children is amazing. i get to know about a lot of new methods that are easy to teach and understand as compared to the ones we had. i wonder how i picked up math anyways!
ideas of shapes are so nicely explained. its wonderful. also its being published in marathi and english both. these books are aided by NGOs and are used for the rural and urban schools they have adopted. so these books never come up in the market. i'll be keeping a copy of each book for fun, my first book series! often when we see such illustrative books around, we can not imagine the amount of planning and brain storming that goes behind it. m learning the design process only, but from scratch. the layout, the elements, their orientation, then the drawing style, inking style and colouring style..its a beautiful thoughtful process and a blend of hand and digital work. even if the project occupies like 6 hours of my day, m happy m doing it for a good cause. getting to spend that much time with a dedicated creative person is also a great experience!

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