1000 Dot-to-Dot: Icons
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
1000 Dot-to-Dot: Icons Details
About the Author Thomas Pavitte, born in New Zealand, is a graphic designer and experimental artist who often uses simple techniques to create highly complex pieces, and whose dot-to-dot pieces have been enjoyed by people all over the world. He set an unofficial record for the most complex dot-to-dot drawing in 2011 with his version of the Mona Lisa, in 6,239 numbered dots, which took him weeks to prepare and nine hours to complete. He lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. Read more
Reviews
Well, this book looked like it would be a great dot-to-dot book with a more advanced level of detail than most but when I opened it up I was rather shocked at how small the dots and the numbers are. They are so small that the dots are about 1/4 the size of a .05mm pencil lead. And not only is the ink extremely light, the ink color changes with every 100 dots which I found very distracting. The designs in this book are of an abstract style which further adds to the confusion. The criss-crossing of the lines back and forth on top of each other are very confusing. I worked two of the puzzles and wasn't interested in doing any more because of my inability to see the dots/numbers. Not only did I have to have glasses, I had to have a magnifier as well to be able to see the numbers. I have included several photos demonstrating the size of the print and the two puzzles I completed to illustrate the confusing abstract design. All in all, this book wasn't really for me. Someone who is very near-sighted would probably enjoy this book more than I could.
