Do you every try sketchnoting? Do you want to know more and start to sketchnote your meeting? Well, have a look at this presentation to understand the basics.
Workshop for UX in Lux - December 2019
18. Tips
Pen
Notebook
Well seated
Start with the title
Finalise your note at home/office
When you’re familiar with sketchnoting, add colors and shadow!
How many of you would say, "I can draw?" Maybe a few of you can. But If you’re like me (and you've never attended your art classes at school), you can’t draw anything acceptable. But, what would you say, if I tell you "you can draw"?
When people say they can’t draw, it’s more about their belief and confidence rather than about their ablity!
So when you say you can’t draw, it’s juste an illusion, and we will find together that we can
For sure, we won’t be the new Da Vinci!
I draw a tree with apple and ask what is it?
You see, you can say what is it, so the message is sent, you understand the idea! The point is not to create a beautiful design/drawing, it’s to share an idea, a concept
Sketchnote is a visual notetaking technic. It’s a creative way to take note. You can use it for everything, from school to minute meeting.
Sketchnote is composed of illustrations, symbols, structures & texts to visualise a subject
Also named as the « One Page Method » because you should sketchnote on only 1 page
When sketchnoting, you need to keep focus on the fundamental element, the main subject, the talk itself
As you need to focus on the speech, you become a better listener
You need to keep your sketchnote to 1 page, so you improve your skills to syntethise concept and subject
As it’s visual, sketchnoting breaks the gap between culture and language interpretation.
Let’s start with basic shapes. You can draw almost everything with them!
Line
Square
Circle
Triangle
Point
Line 1 draw these shapes
Draw some exemple with a TV or a Computer and do the first line of the documen
After these basic shapes, we’ll start to draw people. I’ll talk about 3 methods:
Star shape:
Start with a circle for the head
Draw a star
Fill your character with hair, clothes…
Rectangle shape from Dave Gray, a Visual Thinker
Start with a rectangle
Add the neck with a line
Add a circle for the head
Draw legs & arms
Now smile!
Basic persona:
Draw the head with a circle & the body with a line
Then add arms with line
Smile and that’s it!
Let’s do it together! Line 3 together
Now you can draw people, you probably want to add some expressions: smile, angry, sad…
Only using lines you can draw expressions with eyebrow and mouth
Draw some expression line 4
Try to avoid handwritten letters and use capital letters or sans-serif letters.
Use these different type of typography to create a hierarchy in your sketchnote
Use line 5 to write some texts
To help you synthetise your note, you can use visual elements
Use some of them to create your note and some connections between them
Line 6 draw some visual elements
When you sketchnote, it’s better to have a structure for your note. Otherwise, people can’t read it. Here are some structured exemples
Tips for sketchnote
For the last one, I suggest a little exercice. Sketchnote your day, what you’ve done, what you’ve liked and maybe what you’ve disliked. Remember, it’s not a contest, and it’s yours, so nobody will judge it Be kind.
Laurence, Stéphanie and I will come to help you if you can’t draw your idea