Tile engines figured out draw order decades ago. Sort by the sum of the column and row, draw from the smallest sum to the largest, and most scenes just work. Tall objects that span several tiles need special care, but the simple rule covers floors, walls and small props, which is most of what a blog illustration needs.
Studio shelf, drawn and photographed
6 imagesJPG, 1200 × 1200
Accessibility for decorative art is mostly about getting out of the way. If an illustration adds no information, hide it from assistive technology with aria-hidden on its wrapper. If it does carry meaning, such as a chart, give it a text alternative that says what the picture shows, not how it was built.
Choosing the three face colours
Workshops taught us more than any tutorial. Watching people fold paper cubes and then rebuild them in CSS showed exactly where the mental model breaks: the order of rotations, the origin of each face, and the moment a block turns inside out. Most of our tutorials now start with the paper version for that reason.
Bea Kowalski
This finally made the order of rotations click for me. I had them the wrong way round for weeks.
Hana Sato
Fixed now, thanks for spotting it.
Kofi Mensah
Short and useful. More quick tips like this, please.
Soren Dahl
Any plans for a video version of this one?