Sketchnotes-SF Meetup :: Round 15 [Mon Feb 09, 2015]

SKETCHNOTES-SF : MEETUP | FEB 09, 2015
Sketchnotes-SF
Welcome!
@sketchnotesSF

thanks to our hosts
http://www.neo.com/
@neoinnovate

• Intro to sketchnoting
• warm-up
• rapid-rounds
• practice session
• gallery & critique
what we’ll do

What will you get out of this?
•!be conﬁdent with sketchnoting
•!use your skills as much as possible
•!grow & reﬁne your skills

intro
Sketchnote
basics

why sketchnotes?
•!externalize and clarify ideas
•!communicate with others
•!highlight emotional content
•!share & celebrate

Doug Neill
http://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/2013/08/12/
sketchnotes-of-austin-kleons-creative-mornings-talk-
on-showing-your-work/

Doug Neill
http://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/2013/02/20/sketchnotes-
of-the-sketchnote-handbook-video-series/

Timothy Reynolds
https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/turnislefthome/8201382664/

Maria Mariano
https://medium.com/@mbfmariano/7e847855b27b

MIke Rhode

Carolyn Sewell
https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pedestriantype/5604234976/

Gray marker or pencil
Gel pens (.3 / .5 / .7) Unlined Moleskine
Common materials

Good-enough
materials

Everyone got
materials?

warm-ups
quick activity to
get your hands
moving.

30 seconds

rapid rounds
lettering
things & ideas
people & faces

basic • serif • double • bubble • block
lettering
5 from 1
Via @katerutter

Note to regulars...
Try a new basic style!

basic
serif
double
bubble
block
Via @katerutter

basic
tall
wide
30 seconds Via @katerutter

moodwords
lettering

20 seconds

frothy

sleek

rugged

slippery

blasted

whiplash

things

Via @rohdesign

boom box

picnic

ﬂipﬂops

crowd

acorn

dancer

ideas

learning

participate

lonely

help

join

leadership

tooth people
sketch-a-long
people

Via @mollyclare

speed-
sketch 50
toothpeople!
1 minute

star people
sketch-a-long
people

Via @davidsibbet

in context

speed-
sketch 10
starpeople!
1 minute

http://bit.ly/sketchingpeople
More examples in this
set of videos...

people
expressions
sketch-a-long

smile frown
up brows
neutral
down
brows
no brows
add a mouth...
add eyebrows...
Expressions matrix

people
faces
sketch-a-long

basic face
shape; no hair
eyes are dots
in the middle
a nose is a
little tic mark
mouths have
small check tics
and an under
lip line
heads step-by-step
Via @mollyclare

heads step-by-step
adding hair
sets the
personality
necks and
necklines
complete the
picture
Via @mollyclare

speed-
sketch a
partner!
1 min

sketchnote
practice

linear & vertical
radial & path
modular
popcorn
layouts

linear
vertical
Jessica Eldredge
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jessabean/8705360625

radial
Jason Alderman
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jalderman/10039867503

Alexis Finch
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/agentﬁn/10986121516/in/
set-72157637923005334
path

Scott Torrence
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/100566070@N06/9727471316
modular

Timothy Reynolds
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/turnislefthome/
8525651030/in/faves-11769275@N00/
popcorn

http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement
• title of talk
• speaker name
(& portrait)
• event
• date
• your name +
contact
TED Talk 3 minutes
How to start a movement
Derek Sivers at TED 2010, February 2010

TED Talk 3 minutes
Add: emphasis, type styles,
connectors, frames, depth,
color....
Again!
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement
• title of talk
• speaker name
(& portrait)
• event
• date
• your name +
contact
How to start a movement
Derek Sivers at TED 2010, February 2010

More visual note-taking resources
the Back of the Napkin
by Dan Roam
Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook
by Saul Greenberg,Sheelagh Carpendale,
Nicolai Marquardt, Bill Buxton
sketchnotearmy.com/
whiteboardwarrior.org

...and more resources

People to follow
Sketchnote Army
http://sketchnotearmy.com/
Mike Rohde
http://rohdesign.com
@rhodesign
Sunni Brown
http://sunnibrown.com
@sunnibrown
David Sibbet @ the Grove
http://grove.com
Dave Gray
http://www.davegrayinfo.com
@davegray
Sacha Chua
http://sachachua.com
@sachachua
Alexis Finch
http://graphitemind.com
@agentﬁn
Austin Kleon
http://austinkleon.com
@austinkleon
Eva Lotta-Lamm
http://www.evalotta.net
@evalottchen

Special Offer
Thanks, Mike!

collaborative
critique

Sketchnotes-SF Meetup
Mon Feb 09, 2015
Kate Rutter | @katerutter
may the sketch
be with you!

Sketchnotes-SF Meetup :: Round 15 [Mon Feb 09, 2015]

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