THE VIDEO SHELF · hand-drawn book illustration
Illustrating Crafting Interpreters
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Shared in Crafting Interpreters threads because it shows the care behind the book and is satisfying to watch.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Bob Nystrom
- Topic
- hand-drawn book illustration
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
> 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 …
airstrike on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Crafting “Crafting Interpreters”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]
vishnugupta on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Crafting Interpreters – Web Version
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