Re: Resources for the graphically challenged

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Most of the books I've seen on illustrations seem to me to be heavily 
weighted toward creating illustrations that support text.

My first project as an "official" technical writer was for a US/Japanese 
joint venture, and the approach we took to documentation was more of the 
Japanese approach: illustrations supported by text.

Here are some examples of similar instructions:

http://www.mugenseiki.co.jp/mugen/download/manual/manual_h2001_102910.pdf

http://www.tama.com/world/manual/HH905XP.pdf

I would suggest that you look at existing examples of the kind of 
instructions you want to create and use them as your guide.

I never had any luck learning how to illustrate from a book. I needed an 
illustrator to teach me. YMMV.

Gene Kim-Eng

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