This document outlines a workshop on leveling up sketchnoting skills. It includes an introduction and outlines of the agenda which includes warmups, practicing basics like lettering and drawing people and objects, using different layouts, and putting the skills to use. Resources for continuing practice are provided at the end.

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Level up your
Sketchnoting
Jan 31, 2020 | Kate Rutter | @katerutter

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Let’s get to
know each other!
name
sketchnote experience (if any)
1 thing you want to go home with.
2 minutes!

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• Sketchnote examples
• rapid-rounds
• practice from video
• gallery & critique
What we’ll do…

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I want to become a better
sketcher, listener and
documenter.
I want to remember information
and have something to review
after class.
I'm a visual learner & I want to
remember things more easily.
I want to tell a story
very quickly.
I want to use visuals to
communicate effectively.
I want to make hard
concepts easier.

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a sketchnote is...
Using images, text, diagrams
and layout to capture information
in order to improve
understanding and recall.

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See Understand Share
Can you see it?
Can you understand it?
sketch via @glaves
It’s not about being “bad” or “good”, it’s about...

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“
We humans often need to see something to clearly
understand it, and so those of us with the ability to
effectively convey an experience in a visual way
possess a special and
important skill indeed.
~ Julie Zhuo

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

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

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Timothy Reynolds
https://www.flickr.com/photos/
turnislefthome/8201382664/
Visual Notetaking } Sketchnoting

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Eva-Lotta Lamm
Visual Notetaking } Sketchnoting

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

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Tools } Good-enough materials

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Everyone got materials?

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WARM-UPS

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30
seconds

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Lettering
Things & Ideas
People & faces
BASICS

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Basics } Lettering

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• Legibility
• Hierarchy
• Speed!
3 Key things
Basics } Lettering

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Doug Neil
http://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/2013/01/25/sketchnotes-of-on-being-interview-with-seth-godin/
Basics } Lettering

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basic
serif
double
bubble
block
Basics } Lettering } 5 from 1

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basic
tall
wide
Basics } Lettering } Tall & Wide

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Overhead gallery!

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Basics } Lettering } Moodwords
20
seconds
Rapid Rounds!

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bouncy

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surprise!

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rough

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complicated

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smash

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unique

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Overhead gallery!

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Basics } Things & Ideas

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Via Mike Rhode
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/sets/72157651742277291

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Basics } Things
20
seconds
Rapid Rounds
THINGS!

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smart phone

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airplane

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laptop

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anchor

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paper airplane

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toolbox

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Basics } Ideas
30
seconds
Rapid Rounds
IDEAS!

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challenge

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collaborate

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adapt

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interaction

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engagement

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success

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3 minutes!
quick-share!
table harvest!
&

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Basics } bullets, lines &arrows

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Basics } Bullets, lines & arrows
Sunni Brown
http://sunnibrown.com/wp-content/themes/sunni/images/managing-conflict11x17.jpg
Use to
structure
content.
(Even basic lists.)

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lines arrowsbullets
Draw-along!
Basics } Bullets, lines & arrows

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frames & banners
Draw-along!
Basics } Bullets, lines & arrows

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Faces
Block People
Movement
People

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People } Expressions Matrix

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smile frown
up brows
neutral
down
brows
no brows
add a mouth...
add eyebrows...
Draw-along!
People } Expressions Matrix

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People } Block people

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People } Block People
Draw-along!

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30
seconds
Rapid Rounds!
People & Products } Block People

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People } movement

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People } movement

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People } movement

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Agitrons • Blurgits • boozex • Briffits •
crottles • digitrons • Dites • doozex •
Emanata • farkles • Grawlixes • Hites
• Indotherm • jarns • Lucaflect •
maledicta balloons • nittles • oculama •
Plewds • Quimps • Solrads •
sphericasia • spurls • Squeans •
staggeration • swalloops • that-a-tron •
Vites • waftaroms • whiteope •
People } Indicia
action,
emotion,
animations &
atmosphere

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People } Movement
Draw-20 block
people in action!
Lines and clouds
show direction &
action
Symbols, shapes &
lines combine to make
expressive sketches.

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3 minutes!
pair-share!
Offer feedback or ask questions.

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Layouts
Linear
Vertical
Radial
Path
Modular
Popcorn

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linear
vertical
Jessica Eldredge
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessabean/8705360625
Visual Notetaking } Layouts

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radial
Jason Alderman
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jalderman/10039867503
Visual Notetaking } Layouts

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

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Scott Torrence
http://www.flickr.com/photos/100566070@N06/9727471316
modular
Visual Notetaking } Layouts

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

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Put into practice

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Interaction Design Questions
Bill Verplank, 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rxCLhzmXY
Label or Title
• Title of talk
• speaker name
• speaker portrait
• event
• date
• your name +
contact

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How can you use
these tools in your
coursework?

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What’s next?
For the next 2 weeks, carry your sketchbook everywhere.
When you want to reach for your phone to fill time, try
reaching for your sketchbook instead.
When you do a crappy sketch, try drawing it 3 more times
until you like it.

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Resources } Sketchnoting

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Resources } General Visual Practice

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Resources } Lettering

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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
Doug Neil
http://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/
http://www.verbaltovisual.com/
@douglaspneill
Christina Wodtke
http://eleganthack.com @cwodke
Kate Rutter
http://intelleto.com @katerutter
People to follow

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Kate Rutter
@katerutter
http://intelleto.com
Thanks!

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‣ @adaptivepath: Adaptive Path [http://adaptivepath.com]
‣ @austinkleon: Austin Kleon [http://tumblr.austinkleon.com]
‣ @glaves: Rachel Glaves [http://about.me/rachelglaves]
‣ @katerutter: Kate Rutter [http://intelleto.com]
‣ @ladylexy: Alexa Andrzejewski [http://flavors.me/ladylexy]
‣ @luxrco: Luxr [http://luxr.co]
‣ @ugleah: Leah Buley [http://ugleah.tumblr.com/]
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