Rapid Viz: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas

by Kurt Hanks, Larry Belliston

Rapid Viz, Third Edition: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas provides hands-on instruction on quick sketching skills and techniques that allow you to picture your ideas mentally, and then quickly convert those thoughts into visual reality on a piece of paper. The method is not designed to help you become a master illustrator, but rather a visual thinker and communicator. Emphasizing speed and simplicity, the Rapid Viz method breaks down drawing to the essentials, teaching the fundamental techniques of graphic art and design using only the simplest of tools: felt-tip pens or pencils and paper. Using a minimum amount of time, trouble, and effort, Rapid Viz enables you to nail down your ideas onto paper, rapidly converting your thoughts while they are still fresh, and then polish them for clear visual communication with others.

Genres: Design, Art, Drawing, Reference, Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Interior Design

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Meg]

I read this book as part of a Design book-club we have at work, and at the time that I was reading it I was also taking a "drawing 101" class for fun on my own. There was so much in this book that resonated with and was similar to what we covered in my drawing class. The main lessons were: draw faster, draw bigger (gestural), draw the frame (contours), and worry about the details later. It reinforced the point that it is much better to start with a rough framing of the whole drawing than a very detailed small component of the drawing. I find that is true with any endeavor, whether it is writing a novel, to drawing a masterpiece, to designing a new product.... its much better to have a rough outline, sketch, or prototype of the whole thing than to have one perfect paragraph, one perfectly drawn blade of grass, or one perfect button. I'm glad I read this book.

[Zevtra]

Главы 1-3 представляют собой довольно заурядный самоучитель по рисованию (впрочем, не лишённый занимательных упражнений). В главах 4-6 встречаются интересные мысли о выражении идей графически, а также о творческом процессе в целом.

[Alice]

Comprehensive and full of interesting ideas. Just need to somehow buy a copy of this book to actually do the exercises.

[Doug]

I was hoping for a modeling and visualization book, but this is mainly about drawing. Tie-ins, of course, but probably better suited to someone who works with Real Things rather than Computer Things.

[Joy]

Clear instructions. I hadn't drawn since I was a child so this was exceedingly helpful for me to get back into design sketching

[Tricia Friedman]

A good support text for those interested in visual note taking. Ample exercises to challenge novice to advanced sketch artists.

[Robert]

As the author says on the very beginning of the book:
"...the learning to visualize of two inseparable images, one on a sheet of paper and the other on the back of your mind."