Pages from Topocomix
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Doodlebug joins us on a tour of topological surfaces, with drawings and paper and scissor exercises. Another project to complete! Videos of the physical exercises will appear sometime — they do not seem to be well-known. A sample of the less-rough draft pages:
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These are old-fashioned paste ups, which look great on an old-fashioned copier. (A copier, especially an older model, will wash out all of the midtones, and shine bright light in the cracks, producing a clean reproduction.)
Tags: drawing, graphic work, handdrawn, mathematical illustration, mathfun, paper and scissor, topology