Register C · Graphite

§07 · Tutorials, field notes, lecture visuals for children. A pencil sketch on graph paper with blue pencil for what matters. Source: 8f · 10b · 11b · 12b.

Graphite version of the cast, construction kept
FIG 10BGraphite version of the cast, construction kept
Pencil conventions: lines, guides, paths, shading, marks, lettering, frames
SPEC C.1Pencil conventions: lines, guides, paths, shading, marks, lettering, frames

Tutorial steps

11b step
TUT-111b step
11b step
TUT-211b step
11b step
TUT-311b step
11b step
TUT-411b step
12b step
MTUT-312b step
12b step
MTUT-212b step

Palette

Graphite#3A3F4BAll pencil linework, titles
Blue pencil#1F3FD6The answer, the path, the action
Frost wash#E6EBFDHighlight fill
Haze#C6D1FBSoft blue fills, rarely
Berry marks#D63C84Remove or wrong. The only accent besides blue

Specification

Drawing spec
LineGraphite 1.6px drawn twice: second pass offset (0.9, −0.7) at 45% opacity
Pencil grainfractalNoise 2.0 alpha mask, then displace 3 (noise .03) on the whole drawing
ShadingHatch 40°, 6px, .8px @45–50% for mid tones. Cross-hatch −40°, 4px @60–75% for darks
AccentBlue pencil #1F3FD6, 2.2–3.2px. Only on the answer, path or action. Frost wash fills for highlights
GuidesInk .8px, dashed 6 4, at 40%. Dashed circles (subject radius + 10–20px) with a crosshair through the subject center, plus horizontal baselines for ground and horizon. Draw them first, under the subject
PathsRoute or flight path: blue 2.2px, dashed 6 5. Straight horizontal and vertical segments through cell centers, with an r2.5 solid dot at each stop
Motion arrow1.6px quadratic curve with an open 8px chevron head. Blue when it shows the action, graphite when it is only explanation
MarksSuccess: three 1.6px blue ticks plus a Frost-filled star. Remove or wrong: two crossed 2px Berry #D63C84 strokes. Berry is the only accent allowed besides blue
FramesStep figures are 280×200 in a 1.5px graphite frame, r6, rotated −0.8° / 0.6° / −0.4° / 0.9° in step order. Tip icons are 120×100, shown at 72×60
FilterApply the pencil filter once to the whole drawing group with filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse", sized to the canvas. On an object-bounding-box filter, thin horizontal lines have zero height and disappear
LetteringMono in drawings (“SNIP!”, “01:30”) in blue
Page layout
HeaderKicker mono 13 ink “TICK-TOCK RESCUE · FIELD NOTES” → serif 52 title. A stamp chip on the right: mono 12 muted, 1px dashed ink, padding 8/12, rotate 2°
Steps4 equal columns, gap 20. Figure frame 1.5px graphite, r6, rotations −0.8° / 0.6° / −0.4° / 0.9°. Figures 280×200
Step textMono 28 ink number + serif 24 title (baseline) → serif 17 body
Tips row1.5px dashed graphite top border, padding-top 28. 3 tips (icon 72×60 + mono 13 head + serif 16 body) + CTA
CTAInk pill 56h r28, white mono 15, e.g. “START MISSION →”, links to the game
VoiceImperative, friendly, one idea per step: “Watch the clock”, “Snip!”
Do
  • Keep construction lines in
  • Use blue only for the answer
  • Match tutorial copy to the real game controls
Don't
  • Color fills other than Frost
  • Collage textures in notes
  • More than 4 steps per page