The Mad 50 of Sketchnoting

Presenter: Gary Barber@tuna

I ask stupid questions.I find and solve complex problems.Problems involving people.I design for experiences.I just design.

I also sketchnote, a little.

Sketchnotes are just Visual Maps

Holistic approach to note taking

AKA: Visual notesVisual MeetingsVisual Mind Maps Visual Facilitation

They are created in realtime while listening to a presentation, talk, workshop, meeting, movie, TV program or after the event

dealing with a book, meal, night out, holiday, week at work….

Creating Sketchnotes

It’s About Ideas NOT ART

Creating Sketchnotes

Mike Rohde - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/4921071691/

Examples

dessinauteur - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dessinauteur/14512609888

Examples

Gary Barber - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cannedtuna/18041772676

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Lucy Spence - https://www.flickr.com/photos/49415654@N07/8032538672

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Anna Lena Schiller - https://www.flickr.com/photos/frauleinschiller/16586537988

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Laura Ward - https://www.flickr.com/photos/frauleinschiller/16586537988

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Paul Downey - https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/4323672510

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Mark Congiusta - https://www.flickr.com/photos/interactivemark/6804131935/

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Tools of the trade - Pen and Paper

What do I use.

Yes it’s about drawing.

Creating Sketchnotes

Yes everyone can draw.

It you can draw a square, a circle and a triangle - you can draw!

Getting in the Flow

Sketchnoting is great for concentration

Also good talks are easy to sketchnote

You will get completely engaged, and in some cases

get in the flow.

How it works!

You already have an associate Library of images to word.

Sketchnoting just uses them to synthesise concepts to draw

Technically

Listen

Synthesise

Visualise

Draw the picture

Mistakes are good.

Own your mistakes, life is not perfect, neither should be your sketchnotes.

Basic Elements

Let’s Draw

<Basic shapes>

Basic Elements

Next steps

Some of My Basic LibraryHouse Car Book Clock Laptop Coffee Boat / Ship Truck

Cat Dog Train Tractor Light bulb Globe (Earth) Horse Tree

Hammer Spanner Fish Eye Bug Robot Torch Camera

MobilePhone Desk Phone Headphones Battery TV Set DVD/CD Key Cap

Tablet Chair Table Skyscraper Satellite Moon Saturn Helicoper

Shoes Rubbish Bin Hamburger Pen Pencil Bucket Spider web Fire

Man Woman Hardhat Cliff face Toaster Bike Library of Books Lots of Money

Grave Beer Bottle Drink Can Glass Sign Cake Case Flower

Some of My Basic Library

Basic Elements

Let’s Draw

Fish, Horse,

Car, Spanner,

Book

Basic Elements

Let’s Draw

There was a basic disconnect with the overall Ethics of the

research division, electrocuting students was just wrong.

Basic Elements

Let’s Draw

Left to its own devices the market isn’t capable of ensuring

we don’t stuff up the environment

Basic Elements

Let’s Draw

Offering anonymous interchangeable housecleaners on demand was more than just

a business.

But this is too hard

What’s the secret

Cheat - Practice

Cheat - Look up pics - copy /steal

But this is too hardCheat - preload the sketchnote with

the Titles and Speaker details

Active Listening

Relearn how to listen

FOCUS on speakerELIMINATE distractions

IMMERSE in presentationCACHE ideas FIND Patterns

Sketchnote Anatomy

Sketchnote AnatomyTitles

Sketchnote AnatomyDiagrams

Sketchnote AnatomyArrows

Sketchnote AnatomyDividers, Icons, Bullets

Sketchnote AnatomyTypography

Sketchnote AnatomyTypography

Carolyn Sewell - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedestriantype/4008021833

Layout Patterns

Layout PatternsLinear

Layout PatternsRadial

Layout PatternsSkyscraper

Rebecca Jackson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/_rebeccajackson/9054783505

Layout PatternsPath Based

Layout PatternsModular

Hans Gerhard Meier - https://www.flickr.com/photos/fontourist/8466649244/

Layout PatternsPopcorn

Layout PatternsVertical

Mike Rohde - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/6044065863

RememberThere are no Rules! - just have a

GOOD STRUCTURE

Remember

Start small

Remember

Arrive Early - get a good seat

Remember

Watch the clock

Remember

Have fun with it

Your Turn

Let’s Sketchnote!

Take a few minutes

Every city needs healthy honey bees

- Noah Wilson-Rich (12 Minutes)

Let’s draw up the title and Pic

More Reading

http://sketchnotearmy.com/http://www.sketchnotesbook.com/resources/

Sketchnoting - Kevin Mears (five simple steps)

Sketchnote Workbook - Mike Rohde (Peachpit)

Sketchnote Handbook - Mike Rohde (Peachpit)

http://uxmastery.com/sketchnoting-101-how-to-create-awesome-visual-notes/

Sketchnote Workbook for Beginners: - Dale Blake (Speedy Publications)

Visual Meetings - David Sibbet

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