Marcelo Paiva

All illustrations

Three people, one seated in a wheelchair, lean together looking at an open laptop amid swirling clouds.

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Writing — read the piece

Meant to show
A researcher who uses a wheelchair, typing straight into the running product instead of waiting for a screenshot of it.
Asked for
A researcher in a wheelchair, its large wheels in full view, typing on an open laptop at a low table while two colleagues lean in beside her to read the screen
Drawn with (chosen, not hashed)
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They are the five colors of the Figma logo, for a post about leaving Figma.

Most drawings here take three hues derived from their piece’s slug. This one names its own, which is why there is no arithmetic to show. How the others are made.

A drawing

This is a museum label beside a picture. The drawing comes first, and everything about it comes after.

From top to bottom

  1. At the top, the site header: my name, which goes home, then links to Writing, Work, Signal, Tools and Resume, then Set for you, where you choose the drawings, theme and motion.
  2. A link back to all the illustrations.
  3. The drawing, large.
  4. Links to the previous and next drawing, and where this one falls among them. The left and right arrow keys go there too.
  5. The title of the piece the drawing belongs to, with a link to read it. On this page the heading comes after the drawing.
  6. What the drawing was meant to show, what was asked for, and its three colors.
  7. Why these three: how the colors were picked, with a color wheel and the steps.
  8. At the bottom, the footer: a note on how this site is built, links to Illustrations, Pens and Accessibility, this Describe this page button, then GitHub, LinkedIn and email.

What you can do here

Read about how this drawing was made, or step through the others.