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Sketchplanations makes complex ideas simple with clear, insightful sketches. Explore topics from science, creativity, psychology, and beyond explained in pictures.

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How to make a portemanteau - by smashing words together inluding Oxbridge, brunch, and sketchplanations

Make a portemanteau

Portemanteau: the delightful word for taking two words, and smushing them together to create a new one. Also see, food portmanteau…
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Give good feedback

Most of what I learned about feedback I learned at Jump Associates and from Sarah Singer Nourie…
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Create a sketchplanation

By now I have learned a thing or two. Massive thanks for following along.…
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Anatomy of a wave illustration showing the key features of crest, amplitude, trough, wavelength and when it starts to break on a beach

Anatomy of a wave

The anatomy of a wave showing the key features of a wave: the crest, amplitude, trough, wavelength and when and how it starts to break on a beach. Common in experience. Less commonly understood. With assistance from surfing-waves.com…
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