For as long as there have been humans, there have been stories. Books have the power to totally transform your world, teach you about amazing new ideas, spark your imagination, and stimulate creativity. Without further ado, let’s learn how to bring your important toolkit to life, and draw your very own book and pencil.
Tutorial Video
Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Take a brown pen and a ruler to add a straight, vertical line to the page, around an inch to the left of center.
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With the brown pen and ruler add a bump to the top and bottom and bring a horizontal line out to the top and bottom line. The end result will be an “E” without the center line.
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Add another line to the bottom line, parallel to the top line, creating a “C” in the bottom corner.
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Add another vertical line with the ruler, parallel to the left-hand line, to create the spine of your book.
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With the brown pen, add two sets of two rectangles to the top and bottom of the spine of the book.
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Fill in the spine with the brown pen, keeping the small rectangles blank.
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Now, use the brown pen and ruler to add a series of long, thin rectangles to the cover of the book. Then add another, shorter rectangle above these longer ones.
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With a pink pen, add a “forked tongue” shape, emerging from the bottom of the book – this will be your bookmark.
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Use a yellow pen to join the bottom line to the one above it, with a “C” shaped line.
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Use a black pen and a ruler to add a series of horizontal lines moving across from the spine to the edge of the book.
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Use the yellow pen to fill in the bottom of the book, helping the black lines to stand out.
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Use a brown pencil to fill in the cover of the book…
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Now it is time for your pencil! Use a black pen and a ruler to add a vertical line to the right-hand side, topping this with a bumpy line heading off to the right-hand side of the page.
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Bring a vertical line down from each of the points of the bump, creating three sections. Join the bottom with a straight line.
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Add a rectangle to the bottom of these lines, and extend the edges down slightly past the bottom, in line with the bottom of the book.
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Use a pink pen to fill in the bottom of the shape to create an eraser for your pencil.
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Use a gray pencil to fill in the space above the pink eraser…
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And add a point to the top of the bumpy lines.
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Now use a black pen to fill in the outside stripes and add a point to your pencil…
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And complete the body of the pencil with the yellow pen.
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Finally, use an orange pencil to fill in the head of the pencil and complete your design.
And just like that, you have successfully created two of the most important tools for any civilization – a book, and a pencil. The world is your oyster, and the only limit is that which you set for yourself.
As any reading fan will know, a good book has the potential to change your life. This certainly appeared to be the case for US president Theodore Roosevelt, who’s famously reported to have read one book every day both before and during his presidential reign – now that’s what we call a commitment.
Research has shown that aside from the risk of abibliophobia – the fear of running out of something to read – reading every day has the potential to offer you a number of health benefits, including reducing stress, improving memory, and reducing the chances of depression.
Despite these benefits, it remains a sad fact that 14% of adults across the world does not have the ability to read or write. It can be easy to overlook the incredible privilege of learning to read, and having ready access to books – unfortunately, in many parts of the world this simply isn’t the case, there a number of charities are working hard to attempt to rectify the situation and bring a love of reading and the skills required to countries across the globe.
Just because you can read, however, doesn’t mean that you will have unfettered access to literature – many countries have a list of so-called “banned books” – that is, those that the government deemed to be unsuitable for whatever reason.
It may come as a surprise to learn that the most banned books in America are the Harry Potter series, largely due to the perceived promotion of witchcraft, the “bad example” set by the main characters, and the “dark themes” which pervade the later books in particular. While we have never been able to make any of the spells work ourselves, this is sure to offer plenty of hope to Potter fans across the nation!
