personal site of author, artist, and designer pat lynch
this is a relatively static site for longer-term projects and publications. follow me on twitter for daily thoughts and observations. @patrlynch
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it's out! my new book, A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico now shipping from Amazon and Yale University Press.
other things
Millennium Park in fog, Chicago
three humpback whales feeding off Cape Cod.
recent bird photography, Florida
illustrations from the southeastern guide, Photoshop, December 2010.
Canada Geese, Photoshop, December 2010.
Video of a recent talk I gave at the Interactive Media Program at Quinnipiac University, on "The Image of the Site." The talk is on eyetracking, our fast, intuitive, and emotional reactions to images, and how what we see influences our perceptions of visual rhetoric of all kinds.
A new batch of anti-phishing posters I designed for Yale. University and non-profit IT people are welcome to download the layered Photoshop files from here and customize them for local use. (421 MB zip file).
Giant sequoia roots, Sequoia National Park.
Mono Lake, just east of Yosemite.
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recent books
A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico
December 2011.
“I recommend this guide to anyone who spends time on the southeast coast. This excellent book will help you identify and understand virtually ever living thing you encounter.”
David Sibley
Web Style Guide, 3rd ed.
January 2009.
Over 200,000 in print over three editions.
“A style guide for the interface
with real long-run value.”
Edward Tufte
An ‘Elements of Style’ for Webmasters.
New York Times, Circuits
A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife,
April 2005.
