Illustrating Crafting Interpreters

Bob Nystrom2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
12K views · demo · evergreen · Uploaded 2018-03-25

Bob Nystrom shows his process for hand-drawing the diagrams in his book Crafting Interpreters, from pencil sketches to tracing and inking. It is a time-lapse of the whole illustration workflow.

Shared in Crafting Interpreters threads because it shows the care behind the book and is satisfying to watch.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@airstrike2020 · in “Crafting “Crafting Interpreters””

> I used to do graphic design, and I have this weird tic where any time I see something that looks handwritten, I look for multiple instances of the same letter to see if they are different or if the design just used a handwriting font. It’s almost always a handwriting font and I die a little inside to see the illusion evaporate. Not a graphic designer, but I do the exact same thing and feel the exact same way... Happy to see I'm not crazy alone And his look like really neat hand-drawn diagrams! I certainly appreciate the degree of craftsmanship and care displayed throughout both books As a someone put it on YouTube, the time-lapse video of the entire process is like ASMR for geeks [VIDEO]

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@munificent2021 · in “Crafting Interpreters is available in print”

Literally hand drawn with my hands. Here's a video of me making one: [VIDEO] It's, like, comically time consuming. But also pretty satisfying.

@vishnugupta2022 · in “Crafting Interpreters – Web Version”

Related. The author's love for their craft oozes through their work. If I'm not wrong every single illustration in the book is hand-drawn ; like literally. Take a look: [VIDEO]

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@munificent2024 · in “Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Memory and Learning”

You're welcome! People always assume I drew them digitally somehow, but nope, literally on paper with pencil and pen. Here's a video I put together showing the process: [VIDEO]