Sketchnote Mini Workshop - Interaction South America 2017
Summary
TLDRDans cet atelier, l'orateur partage son parcours passionnant avec les notes de croquis, expliquant comment il a transformé une mauvaise expérience de prise de notes en une opportunité créative. Il enseigne les bases du dessin pour les non-artistes et met en avant la combinaison de textes et d'images pour capturer des idées de manière efficace. Des techniques de dessin de base, des exemples de notes de croquis et des astuces pour améliorer sa prise de notes sont présentés pour aider les participants à créer leurs propres notes de croquis.
Takeaways
- 🎨 L'importance de l'écoute dans le sketchnoting est soulignée, considérée comme plus importante que le dessin lui-même.
- 📝 Le sketchnoting est une technique de prise de notes combinant textes et images pour mieux comprendre et retenir des informations.
- 🚀 Le changement de support de prise de notes (de grands cahiers à papier A4 aux petits carnets) a permis au narrateur de se concentrer sur les idées principales.
- ✍️ L'utilisation d'un stylo à la place d'un crayon permet de se concentrer et de s'engager plus profondément dans les informations notées.
- 🌟 Le narrateur a transformé son expérience personnelle en un moyen de créer et de partager le sketchnoting avec d'autres.
- 📚 La publication de livres sur le sketchnoting et la création d'un workbook en ont fait une figure reconnue dans le domaine.
- 🎨 Sketchnotes sont des notes plus que des notes traditionnelles, elles ajoutent des éléments visuels pour organiser et mettre en valeur les informations.
- 👀 L'écoute active permet de repérer les mots-clés et les phrases importantes, aidant ainsi à la compréhension globale du sujet.
- 📈 L'interprétation des informations auditionnées est préférable au simple enregistrement verbatim, car elle implique une compréhension plus profonde.
- 💡 Le sketchnoting est comparé à une camionnette plutôt qu'à une voiture de sport, soulignant son utilité et sa simplicité.
- 🌳 L'exercice du 'Treehouse' est présenté comme une activité pratique pour mettre en pratique les compétences de sketchnoting apprises.
Q & A
Quel est le point principal de ce workshop de croquis ?
-Le point principal de ce workshop est d'apprendre les compétences de base du croquis pour les aider, en particulier ceux qui se considèrent comme n'étant pas des artistes, à faire des notes de croquis et à améliorer leur prise de notes.
Pourquoi l'orateur a-t-il commencé son parcours de croquis ?
-L'orateur a commencé son parcours de croquis parce qu'il éprouvait beaucoup de douleur avec son approche de prise de notes, il prenait des notes très détaillées mais ne les révisait jamais, ce qui le stressait sans vraiment améliorer sa compréhension ou son retention des informations.
Comment l'orateur a-t-il résolu son problème de prise de notes ?
-L'orateur a résolu son problème en se limitant à un cahier plus petit et en utilisant un stylo au lieu d'un crayon, ce qui l'a aidé à se concentrer sur les grandes idées et à écrire moins de détails, améliorant ainsi sa prise de notes et sa compréhension.
Quels sont les éléments de base du croquis selon l'orateur ?
-Les éléments de base du croquis selon l'orateur sont le carré, le cercle, le triangle, la ligne et le point. Ces éléments servent de base pour construire des dessins simples et représentatifs.
Comment les notes de croquis sont-elles différentes des notes traditionnelles ?
-Les notes de croquis sont différentes des notes traditionnelles en ce qu'elles combinent des textes et des images pour capturer les idées clés et les informations importantes, plutôt que de simplement transcrire verbatim tout ce qui est dit ou présenté.
Quelle est la valeur des notes de croquis selon l'orateur ?
-Selon l'orateur, la valeur des notes de croquis est qu'elles permettent de capturer et de communiquer les idées de manière visuelle et mémorable, en se concentrant sur les grandes idées et en utilisant des illustrations pour renforcer la compréhension et la mémorisation des informations.
Comment l'orateur a-t-il utilisé ses compétences en notes de croquis pour améliorer sa carrière ?
-L'orateur a utilisé ses compétences en notes de croquis pour devenir un conférencier et un auteur de livres sur le sujet, ainsi que pour travailler avec des équipes de développement de logiciels en tant que designer UX, aidant ainsi à améliorer leur processus de conception et de prise de décision.
Quels sont les avantages de la création d'une visual library selon l'orateur ?
-La création d'une visual library permet de mémoriser et de repérer rapidement les formes et les icônes fréquemment utilisées dans les notes de croquis, ce qui facilite la prise de notes rapide et la reconstruction des idées principales à partir de ses notes plus tard.
Comment l'orateur recommande-t-il de dessiner des personnes dans les notes de croquis ?
-L'orateur recommande deux méthodes pour dessiner des personnes : la méthode Dave Gra qui consiste à dessiner le corps et les jambes en premier, et la méthode 'star person' qui consiste à dessiner la tête en premier suivie du corps en formant un étoile. Ces méthodes permettent de dessiner rapidement des personnages avec une certaine personnalité et de les utiliser pour capturer des idées ou des actions dans les notes de croquis.
Quelle est la méthode recommandée par l'orateur pour dessiner des lettres grasses rapidement ?
-L'orateur recommande la méthode de la double ligne pour dessiner des lettres grasses rapidement. Il s'agit de dessiner une lettre, puis de tracer une autre ligne parallèle à côté, en reculant les extrémités. Ensuite, on rempli la forme créée par les deux lignes, ce qui donne un aspect de lettre grasse tout en étant rapide et facile à faire.
Quel est l'exercice proposé par l'orateur pour pratiquer les compétences de croquis ?
-L'orateur propose un exercice appelé 'Treehouse exercise' où les participants doivent dessiner une maison d'arbre de leur choix en deux sessions de 5 minutes, en se concentrant sur les éléments clés et en utilisant les compétences de croquis apprises lors du workshop.
Outlines
🎨 Introduction to Sketchnoting
The speaker introduces the concept of sketchnoting, a method of note-taking that combines drawing and writing to enhance understanding and retention. They share their personal journey with sketchnoting, which began 10 years ago as a solution to their pain with traditional note-taking. The speaker emphasizes that sketchnoting is accessible to everyone, regardless of artistic ability, and encourages the audience to follow along with paper and pen to learn basic drawing skills.
🖌️ Sketchnoting Techniques and Elements
The speaker delves into the techniques of sketchnoting, explaining that it involves using simple shapes like squares, circles, triangles, lines, and dots to create visual representations of ideas. They demonstrate how these basic elements can be combined to form more complex drawings, such as a house or a book, and how these drawings can be enhanced with additional details. The speaker also introduces the concept of a visual library, where one can store and reuse drawings of common objects.
🐟 Drawing Simple Objects and Icons
The speaker provides examples of how to draw simple objects and icons, such as a fish, bird, camera, pizza, and submarine, using basic shapes. They emphasize the importance of simplicity and speed in sketchnoting, as the goal is to capture ideas quickly and efficiently. The speaker also shares some icons they use in their own note-taking, such as a clock for deadlines, stars for hierarchy, and a light bulb for ideas, to help organize and prioritize information.
✍️ Lettering and People Drawing
The speaker teaches methods for drawing bold letters and people in sketchnotes. For letters, they introduce the two-line and three-line methods, which involve creating a template for the letter and then filling it in. For drawing people, they present two techniques: the 'Dave Gra method' which starts with the body and legs, and the 'star person' method which starts with the head and uses a star shape for the body. These methods are designed to be quick and easy, allowing even those who don't consider themselves artists to effectively capture people in their sketchnotes.
👂 The Importance of Listening in Sketchnoting
The speaker stresses that listening is the key to effective sketchnoting, even more so than drawing. They suggest listening for keyword words and phrases, interpreting the information rather than simply writing it down verbatim, and reading between the lines to understand the bigger picture. By focusing on listening, one can capture the essence of the content and create sketchnotes that are valuable and meaningful.
🌳 The Treehouse Exercise for Idea Mapping
The speaker introduces a practical exercise called the Treehouse exercise, which involves drawing a treehouse using the sketchnoting techniques learned. The exercise is designed to be done in two five-minute sessions, allowing participants to either refine their initial drawing or explore a new idea. The speaker encourages participants to share their treehouse sketches online using a specific hashtag for further interaction and feedback.
🙌 Conclusion and Call to Action
The speaker concludes the workshop by encouraging participants to apply the sketchnoting tips they've learned to enhance their note-taking at future events. They invite participants to share their treehouse sketches and interact on social media platforms, offering to provide feedback and answer questions. The speaker expresses gratitude for the opportunity to share sketchnoting concepts and hopes that the skills learned will be beneficial to the participants.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Sketch noting
💡Limitations
💡Big Ideas
💡Visual Library
💡Icons
💡Lettering
💡Listening
💡Idea Maps
💡Treehouse exercise
💡Personalization
💡Feedback
Highlights
The speaker shares their journey into sketch noting, starting 10 years ago due to dissatisfaction with their note-taking approach.
The transformation from detailed note-taking to focusing on key ideas and sketch noting led to a reduction in stress and an increase in enjoyment of the process.
Sketch noting is described as 'notes plus', combining textual information with visual elements to enhance understanding and retention.
The speaker's switch to a smaller notebook and a pen limited their space and commitment to each note, leading to a focus on the most valuable information.
Sketch noting not only improved the speaker's personal note-taking but also opened opportunities for them to write books, speak at conferences, and encourage others.
The concept of sketch noting is explained as a practical tool for capturing and communicating ideas, rather than focusing on the artistic aspect.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of listening in sketch noting, arguing that it is more crucial than the drawing itself for effective note-taking.
The 'Treehouse exercise' is introduced as a practical activity for participants to apply the sketch noting techniques learned during the workshop.
The speaker encourages participants to share their treehouse sketches online using a specific hashtag for further interaction and feedback.
The five elements of drawing (square, circle, triangle, line, and dot) are presented as the basic building blocks for creating any sketch.
The speaker demonstrates how to create a visual library by repeatedly drawing objects, which becomes a handy resource for future sketch noting.
Icons and symbols are used in the speaker's work to represent actions and ideas, such as a clock for deadlines or a light bulb for ideas.
The speaker provides techniques for drawing letters quickly and boldly, such as the two-line method and the three-line method.
Two methods for drawing people are introduced: the 'Dave Gra method' starting with the body and the 'star person' method starting with the head.
The speaker concludes by encouraging participants to use the sketch noting tips shared to improve their note-taking at future sessions.
Transcripts
thanks for joining me on the sketch note
mini Workshop I hope you uh follow along
with me if you've got paper and Pen
please uh take a moment and uh pause the
video If You' like get the paper and pen
so you can follow along we're going to
be doing some drawing and it's very
important because um this is an
opportunity for you to learn some really
basic drawing skills that may help you
especially those of you who feel like
you're not artists and because of this
you're not able to do sketch noting I
think that's not true at all and I think
you should be able to do sketch noting
wonderfully so follow along so first I
have to start with the backstory 10
years ago I started this sketch noting
journey I started it because I was in so
much pain with my note-taking uh
approach I was very good at note-taking
and I hated taking notes it was a really
terrible combination uh the problem that
I faced was I'd come to this place in my
life where I was taking notes of
everything that I heard I felt that I
needed to take notes of every detail and
in order to do that I had to have large
A4 size notebooks uh with lined pages uh
and then I used a pencil because I was
concerned that if I made a mistake I
should have the opportunity to go back
and fix that mistake well the reality of
this was that I didn't actually um
review the notes that I took I I wrote
all these detailed notes and it was very
stressful but I never went back and
looked at them so the solution for me
was how do I change this situation uh my
choice was as a designer to put
limitations on myself to see if I could
find a way out of this problem and what
I did was I switched over to a smaller
notebook partly because I thought that
if I could limit the pages that I could
write on I wouldn't write so much uh and
then I switched to a pen so that
anything that I wrote I would have to
commit to I'd have to be very careful
about it and the combination of limited
space and committing to a pen combined
to refocus my thinking towards listening
for key information Big Ideas so instead
of writing everything down in this case
I actually just wrote down the things
that were valuable to me the things that
I felt I could make use of in in a
conference I would just go and listen
for those key ideas and it worked so
well uh that it freed me up not having
to write everything down to actually
start drawing things doing lettering uh
enjoying the process of noing again to
really listen to what the speaker was
saying and then capturing it a fun way
next thing you know I was doing it
regularly I was invited to come to
conferences eventually hired to go to
conferences this led to an opportunity
to write one book the book uh the sketch
note handbook so really well it's in
many languages uh and then I was able to
write a second uh book called the sketch
note workbook so both are out and doing
well both bestsellers and that it's
given me opportunities to speak to
people like you and encourage you to do
sketch noting that it's definitely
possible and that you can do it too
so as you can imagine sketch noting
really changed my life uh not only from
improving my note taking but then seeing
other people having their note taking
improved as well and having a door open
for them just like it was for me so you
may be asking if you've not heard what
sketch notes are what are these things
that I'm talking about well I I like to
call them notes plus I call them notes
plus because you're not really throwing
away the notes you take now you're still
writing notes with text in the same way
you did before now you may be uh writing
a little bit fewer notes because you're
listening more intently at the
information but you're simply writing
and then you're adding lettering so
you're emphasizing some words making
them bigger uh and then you're using
drawings could be drawings of the
speaker drawings of the concepts you're
hearing or you may have a selection of
icons that you use regularly that you
build over time that help you organize
your information so that you can scan
back through it and draw value from it
at a future time and then finally
because because you're not writing as
much and you're focusing on the Big
Ideas you're really capturing you're
listening very carefully and you're
applying in the moment and making
choices about what to Remember by
writing it down and what to let go so
many of these conferences we attend have
their sessions recorded So in some ways
it doesn't even make sense to record
every word it's much more important to
find the things that are valuable to you
and this is a way to do it by taking
notes Plus or sketch
notes so here are some samples just a
few samples to show you what sketch
notes can look like these are uh sketch
notes from sermon notes that I take so I
attend a church every Sunday and I look
at it as an opportunity to practice
every week and try out new ideas so you
can see that I've got a sketch note of a
sermon here talking about uh the The
Book of Mark and sort of capturing these
Concepts that I was hearing uh in real
time while I was listening drawing
pictures of people and concepts of the
layout of a page and other information
that was really interesting to me as
well as text so you'll see that there's
a fair amount of writing here as well as
drawing so I don't throw away the
writing I simply add visuals to it and
make them work
together another sample is of idea
mapping so this is what I do at work
very much as a ux designer working with
software teams uh on whiteboards or uh
with large screens that I can write on
and what we do is we take Concepts
requirements for software and we map
them out on the board and we work
together to imagine what a solution to
these problems could be in this case I
just uh picked up an iPad Pro and a
pencil and I was observing the things
that I felt like could be improved like
a screw on cap so you wouldn't so easily
lose it or maybe the charger actually
inverted so I can use any lightning
cable to charge it and maybe that the
length is a little bit shorter so it's
easier to put in my pocket so that's an
example of what idea mapping can look
like this is an example of capturing
documentation uh in the in the moment
this was a latte art Throwdown that I
attended and was a judge for and what I
did is I captured the criteria for
judging the coffees as well as uh the
action that was happening during the
event the making of the coffee as well
as the the bracket of the people
competing against each other for the
best latte artwork finally resulting in
one winner at the very end so again even
unusual things can provide opportunities
to do sketch noting and capture
information that's valuable to you in a
way that maybe you couldn't have
imagined if you uh didn't give it a
try travel experiences are also a
valuable thing that you can do I I did
this many years ago and I traveled with
my family to Washington DC and what we
did is we went around the city and just
experienced the city together um it
wasn't practical to sketch note in my
book in the moment because it was just
too busy with children and and travel
and so forth so what I did was I took
notes during the day of the things that
really stood out took photos with my
camera on my phone and then at the end
of the night when the kids were in bed I
sat at the hotel desk and with my
notebook I reconstructed the day using
my notes and the images putting them
together in sketch notes so this is
definitely something you can do as well
to document an experience of almost any
kind it doesn't have to be
travel and to prove that another way
that you can capture experiences is uh
the food that you're eating so I really
enjoy when I go to memorable dinners or
dinners that I hope are memorable to
sketch note them this in this one I
happen to have my uh daily diary along I
made use of uh two pages to capture um
some Thai food that I had in New York
City with my wife so again it's just an
opportunity to remember the moment with
drawings and writing and in this case
you'll notice the quality of the
drawings isn't very detailed it's very
much uh impressionistic and loose and
really all it's doing is capturing that
moment in time in my Impressions so when
I look at this image I remember the
moment I remember what it was like in
the restaurant and the food we had and
the experience it's a sort of of a
marker that brings that memory back to
life and that's the value of sketch
notes of
experiences so ultimately sketch notes
are designed to capture your thinking
it's a way of capturing your thinking in
a physical way whether it's pen and
paper or even a digital way if you're
using some kind of a digital tool to
capture those ideas doesn't really
matter it's still the same principles
applied in different
ways so I like to think of sketch notes
as much more like a pickup truck than a
Corvette a Corvette I see is like um you
know fancy art things you see in a in a
in a museum of course they're very
important I love artwork I think art is
important for our lives but I think
there's a place for something practical
like a pickup truck something you can
throw you know dirty boots in and put
your dog in or go camping in climbing in
the mountains with it or something that
you wouldn't take Corvette and or a
sports car in that kind of a situation
so think of it that way so ultimately if
there's one thing you take away from the
session it's that ideas not art so we're
focusing on capturing and communicating
ideas if you're not a great artist
that's okay it's not required for sketch
noting if you are a good artist and you
can do visual drawing very well that's
just an advantage that you have but
ultimately you have to focus on
capturing those
ideas so let's get started now this is
where I want you to take your pen and
paper or your your computer tablet and
Pen whatever it is that you're capturing
and follow along with me so the first
thing I had to decide was how would I
communicate the idea of sketch noting
unless people had some comfort in
drawing and what I discovered after
years in the visual thinking uh
community that many people had different
ways of expressing a visual um way of
taking taking down drawings uh some use
many objects I boiled it down to five uh
elements of drawing and these elements I
see as a square a circle a triangle a
line and a DOT and the concept was these
basic building blocks allow me to build
almost anything I can imagine by just
putting them together almost like Lego
blocks and what that does is it makes it
easier for me to imagine drawing things
when it's not so much uh a concern about
perfect proportion or making details
ideal or you know exactly what I see
it's more an approximation it's a
representational way to take down image
uh ideas and make them into drawings so
why don't you follow along as I draw and
you'll see what I
mean so first of all uh if you imagine a
house you could probably get away with
simply drawing a
square and putting a triangle on top
that would certainly be enough that you
would be able to do and somebody would
understand what you're meaning now of
course having the word house underneath
the drawing of the house certainly helps
and that is the key idea of sketch
noting you're combining the power of
words and images together but what's
kind of cool about this is you don't
have to be limited to just the those
simple objects what if I drew another
rectangle and a line across and maybe a
little dot for a door knob now I have a
door on my
house I can certainly put a square in
the in the upstairs and make a a window
finally I can use a rectangle on the
roof to make a smoke stack and even have
a squiggly straight squiggly line single
line to make
smoke now the same goes for a book so if
I wanted to draw a book I would simply
draw a rectangle like this and then
maybe a line down the middle and that
would probably be enough to communicate
that idea however again we can add more
detail so I can put another line below
like so connect it to the upper part now
I've got a little bit of
depth and now I can do things like I can
put lines down the left Page to suggest
writing or text on the right I can use a
rectangular Square to indicate an image
maybe it's an image of a mountain so I
use a triangle and then maybe another
line below so you're representing the
idea of a book with writing and images
on it it just adds a little bit more
detail the next one I'm going to show
you is coffee so it might be very
tempting to in this case Draw Something
in three dimensions using circles and
things like that but I recommend if you
can get away with drawing something in
two dimensional two-dimensional space
like from the side that you do that
because it just makes your life easier
so in this
case I'm drawing just two rectangles one
a little bit smaller underneath and the
idea about these is the the coffee cups
you see that Stack Up in say a
cafeteria and then you simply add a
handle on the side and then on top you
can do something like again our our
Vapor coming off and that can suggest
that it's hot coffee what's really
interesting about this approach is of
course the word coffee supports the
image I can cross that out and simply
write
te and now it's a teacup so again this
combination of images and drawing
together make it get very flexible
finally I have a little dog named Rufus
and if I draw this for my children they
immediately know who I'm drawing and who
I'm talking
about is just the simple circle triangle
and then some shapes around and that's
Rufus for me so that's a really quick
way to draw a dog and finally a
hamburger imagine again instead of
worrying about making circles and
proportions and getting lost in that
think about this in a three-dimensional
in a two dimensional way instead of
threedimensional so if you look at the
side of a burger it would start with a
rectangle at the
bottom another rectangle maybe you fill
that in there's your Patty for some
reason I tend to draw Big Mac so I put
the bread in the
middle and then another burger here
maybe some squiggly lines that's my
lettuce and then finally then the top
would be a half circle bun for the very
top and then maybe if it's fancy there's
a sesame SE seeds and then a little
toothpick with a flag to sort of finish
it off so again how simply can you draw
something is very valuable when you're
trying to move fast and you're taking
notes this is an interesting way to
think about using these very simple
shapes to
draw so what really interesting as you
start doing this work you end up with
something called a visual library and
that's that as you draw more and more
objects and you start to do them again
and again they get memorized or you can
put them in the back of your notebook so
that if you need to refer to them you
can find them again a really handy
resource that you may may may or may not
know about is called the noun project so
if you're interested in ideas for ways
to express things as icons that's a
really helpful resource where you can
take ideas and use those to draw images
but in this case just follow along with
me and we're going to do some more
drawing so a fish can be as simple as
this this simple shape that you may have
seen two intersecting curves what's
interesting is you can continue you can
close off the end and now you've got a
tail I can put an eye smiley face I can
put fins on
him and now I've got a little fish maybe
there's one other curve uh for his gills
so a really simple way to draw a fish
this is a simple way that I've learned
to draw a bird I start with a an oval
and a line in another oval or Circle so
that's his head and his body off the
body I put uh bird feet just like that I
put a triangle on his head for his beak
and a little dot for his eye and then a
curve like this for his wing finally a
little triangle for his tail so again
I'm trying to find what's the most
optimal way that I can draw this image
that gets the idea across but is quick
to draw that's really the ultimate goal
with this approach a camera so if we
draw again the most simple thing I can
do is a rectangle and a circle I
probably could stop there maybe I would
add another rectangle up on top top that
would be the minimum for a camera but
you can again add more detail so I can
close off the top here and the bottom
maybe I'm I'm imagining this could be a
1970 style camera so I've got the
leather and then in the middle maybe I
draw another Circle and then finally I
can put a smaller Circle here and when I
fill in this lens it almost looks like a
shine on the lens it gives a little bit
of
three-dimensionality
pizza you might be tempted to simply
draw a rectang or a triangle but I think
in this case using a little bit of a
curve suggests that this piece of pizza
comes from a circle right so it's going
to fill out if you put all the pieces
side by side another way to reinforce
that imagery is if you're drawing let's
say pepperoni pizza maybe the pepperonis
actually are cut off from the side of it
like this and then finally a submarine
you can draw sort of a rounded Edge tube
almost like a cigar something like that
on the top there's something called the
conning Tower which is where the the
sailors climb up and down you can have a
a little Periscope so they can see
what's happening on the back a square
and then some a couple of ovals for
the propellers and then a little line to
suggest that they're going through the
water then uh you can also do a little
thing like a torpedo tube and maybe some
lines and show a little
torpedo coming to hit the pizza so you
can have a little fun with that again
notice how we're using really simple
objects to draw here we're not doing
anything to Super complex so if you
start thinking in this way it's kind of
a fun game to see how simply you can
draw things with these basic
shapes so icons this I'm I wanted to
share with you some icons that I like to
use in my note taking uh at work so
sometimes um when I'm at work I'm taking
notes uh from a meeting that I'm in and
I use these images within my notes
within my text to help me scan through
and find actions CU ultimately the notes
that I'm taking need to be turned into
actions so that I can do work work for
my clients and my colleagues the first
one I like is is uh the clock and that
is basically a circle like this and then
the hands of the clock now a lot of
times um I use this for deadlines so a
lot of times I'll put the actual time of
the due date in there so if it's due at
3:00 I might write that in there as just
a reminder but you could certainly add
you know 3 p.m. to that note uh with
that image I like using two stars I keep
my hierarchy really simple so it's a
regular star and then an asterisk
sometimes I'll fill it in I sort of look
at this as level one and this is level
two and it it keeps my structures
somewhat uh flat so I only have two
levels that I typically use if I need to
go to a third level maybe I would use a
circle or something but it helps me not
to get too deep in my structure when I
take notes so that I focus on the
content and not get too worried about
organizing it in the
moment I like using to-dos in my note
taking and meetings and what I'll do is
I'll do a square like this if it's a
project that I've already begun I might
put a dot in the middle and what's nice
about the little dot is you can do
things like this let's say you started a
project and you complete it well you can
check it off right on top of the dot or
if you started the project and you
decide I'm not going to do that you can
cancel it and finally if you've got a
dot in the middle to suggest you've
started it you can draw an arrow like
this and then delegate that to someone
else a lot of times I'm meetings and I
hear uh ideas based on discussions we're
having or ideas that pop up in my head
and I like to use the light bulb icons
so I can scan through and find those
ideas quickly after the meeting and then
turn those into action and then finally
if I'm seeing scope creep or some
problem that I'm worried about I might
use an alert symbol just as a way to
indicate that and then when I need to
deal with that I can scan through again
the notes take action and move
forward so drawing letters I think this
is really help helpful for those of you
who want to get bold letters but maybe
you're worried about the time there's a
couple of reasons why this these methods
are beneficial is they're one they're
very fast and they're also easy so in
this in this case let's
do
I
a and what I do is I I teach the two
line method which is basically you take
the line the words that you've drawn and
you draw a line on the on the parallel
right next to it just like this and then
you cap the
ends basically what you're doing is
you're creating a template for yourself
to fill in the beauty of this is when
you fill it in no one's going to know
like where the template was and let's
say in this case I fill in the S I can
see already that there's some issues
with that which is okay I'll I'll
continue filling it
in and now is the time when I can come
in and fix things like if I want to make
this a little bit thicker I can do that
and clean up the edges a little bit and
now I've got a nice bold letter but it's
really quick the beauty of this approach
is you can use the single line if you're
in a hurry and don't worry about making
it double and come back after the talk
or whatever the notes are you're taking
and fill in that letter and make it bold
again or you can even do it a week later
or a month later or a year later once
the letter is in place you can double it
really easily so it's a convenient way
to do that work the second one I'll
teach you is called the three line
method for this one
I'm simply going to draw an H because it
demonstrates the concept so I would
start with the H like
this like on the other one I would draw
a line on one side but the beauty of the
three line method is you can get very
bold letters by drawing a line on the
other side again you cap the ends right
just like this and what I'm going to do
is I'm going to copy
this move one over and then you'll see
now I can fill it in and you'll see what
the filled in one looks like compared to
the template and again what you're doing
here is you're building a template for
yourself and if it's imperfect you just
tune it up no one's going to know
because you're filling in the template
and it's covered up so all your your
secret is hidden that way so it's just a
very quick way to do lettering that um
that helps you capture things and
emphasize words that you think are very
important so drawing people there's two
different ways I like to show drawing
people one is called the Dave Gra method
and Dave suggests that if you start with
uh the body first and then the legs you
can get a lot of expression so in this
case we'll do a body as a rectangle and
two legs and then the feet as just
ovals now what you can do then is you
can make the arms lines as well you can
curve
them I like to do almost like Lego hands
on there really simple and then finally
a neck and a head now here of course you
can add more detail you can can have you
know a face on there or something you
can add more detail to the body if you
like what I really like about this is
how quickly I can draw people
standing so if I want to do a crowd it's
not too hard and you'll notice that
sometimes I'll do a straight line for
feet that's fine too and you can do all
kinds of different you know positions if
you like somebody rowing a boat right so
there's somebody rowing a boat so again
you can do all kinds of different shapes
the other person I like to share is
called the star person this is a little
bit different so you start with the head
first and then you do a the Four Points
of a star as a body like so you just
connect it back to the circle and then
you can do things like give pants you
know again you can give that
personality you can also make really
tall thin people by simply stretching
the star out like
so sometimes I'll draw the head second
and then my favorite of all my friend
Michael Clayton taught me the this way
of drawing a star person so you make a
really big guy like
this put a little thing on here and now
he's star person Sumo person so we got a
sumo wrestler that quickly so again use
these really simple ways to drop people
to capture people in your imagery uh if
you're not an artist this gives you a
way to express people and it's got a
little bit more personality and it's a
little bit more um body than a thin
stick person might be when you compare
that all right now listening Concepts
these are things I think that listening
is actually the secret weapon of sketch
noting I think listening is more
important than drawing in many ways now
drawing is of course important to
capture the ideas but I think you can
have bad drawings but good listening and
have great sketch notes or I don't think
it works the other way if you have great
drawings but there's no listening
there's not a lot of meat to that sketch
note so the first thing that I suggest
is you need to listen for keyword words
and phrases so there's certain things
that you'll hear sometimes they're
repeated so they're repeated many times
you start getting a feeling this thing
must be important if it's being said
again and again but you start getting a
picture by scanning through and
listening for key words and the things
that are being said you start making an
image in your head and you start
analyzing when you listen and you hear
these things coming
through the second thing I would say is
um verbatim is okay but I think
interpretation is better because I think
when you interpret things you internally
Anze it in your mind and you start to
understand and sort of turn it around in
your head even very briefly and
understand what that concept is when you
simply write for btim you don't really
buy into the idea you're just simply
writing down what you hear um and it
doesn't have as much meaning so you're
not fully understanding that concept so
I think it's really important that you
interpret things in this case the
example is I can simply write down what
an iPhone 5S is but it's much more
impactful if I draw the different parts
you know the body of the 5S and the
brains of the success or whatever it is
these
days I love it when you add opinion or
analysis of course the facts are
important they're a starting point but
opinion is very important because it
lets me see what it is that you're
thinking about it or it reminds you when
you look at your own notes what you're
thinking about in that moment so you can
reconstruct those Concepts put yourself
in the same place and hopefully get that
same information and value from the
notes as when you were taking them
months or years
later and finally listen between the
lines not everything is is told to you
directly you have to listen and sort of
put things together and start seeing the
way things fit together and then you
read between the lines so you know it's
not you it's me actually it's
you so now we're going to make
stuff and what we're going to make our
sketch note idea Maps we made a mention
of these earlier in the in the session
and uh we talked about how important
they are for me as a ux designer when
when I work with developers to map out
ideas I think this is probably one of
the most valuable tools that I could
share with you as designers is this way
to sketch note idea maps on paper on an
iPad and with a pencil or on a
whiteboard it doesn't really matter what
the what the surface or the materials
are it's more about this communication
style and in this case I'm going to
challenge you to do a personal idea map
to sort of experience what this feels
like so why would you create IDM Maps
well it's very important that to get a
mental overview of what what it is that
you're trying to understand it really is
a way of processing the information and
then you can look at the the information
at different levels so you can look in F
detail at one or two things or you can
look at the whole thing from a super
high level from 50,000 ft up and then
you can start looking at how things fit
together when you map things on paper or
whiteboard or chalkboard whatever it is
you can start to see how pieces fit
together in a different way than when
it's just inside your head or in a
computer program I think it's really
valuable and a good skill to
have so what we're going to do is one of
my favorite exercises to do in the
sketch note mini Workshop is the
Treehouse exercise and what we're going
to do is uh we're going to have two
sessions uh for you where you draw a
treehouse now I'm going to have to trust
that you'll time yourself I keep it time
boxed simply because it forces you to
keep moving if I didn't have a time box
on this activity you know you might
wander off often and not really do a
whole lot you might spend too much time
on one thing the limited time actually
forces you to process information and
work quickly so what I want you to do is
find some kind of a timer it can be on
your phone it can be a kitchen timer
whatever it is uh to alarm you when 5
minutes are up and what I want you to do
is keep it rough and loose what I would
like you to do is draw a treehouse uh
Imagine The Treehouse that you always
wanted as a child or maybe you've never
imagined having a tree house maybe now
is the first time you thought of it this
is your opportunity to explore tree
houses it doesn't have to be beautiful
uh but I think it's really helpful if
you can process through this activity
and we're going to have two time box
Windows each of five minutes uh the
reason I do this is uh after the first 5
minutes you may have had some other
ideas come into your head as you were
drawing and you may want to decide to go
in a different direction for your second
5 minutes what this does is it allows
you to make a shift if you want now of
course it's just fine if you were
working on your treehouse for the first
5 minutes and you want to spend the
second 5 minutes to improve that house
that's just fine what this does though
is it gives you options so if there was
some great idea that You Came Upon as
you were exploring and you want to shift
gears now you can do that so one final
note before we get started um I want to
see more tree house and less tree when I
first ran these exercises uh some people
came up and they had beautifully drawn
trees and no how houses because they
were so focused again on the tree before
they even got to the house so if you
like you can
even operate with the idea that the tree
is implied you can simply draw the house
and we'll understand that there's a tree
supporting it in some way or another
unless of course that's critical to the
design so what I want you to do now is
stop this recording pause it and then
record uh turn on your timer for 5
minutes and start drawing your treehouse
you can use all the symbols and the
lettering and the drawing skills that I
taught you in the session Square Circle
lines triangles and dots you can use
people you can use icons you can use any
of these objects to build your treehouse
and then after 5 minutes I want you to
stop drawing sort of look at what you've
done and make a decision would I like to
continue with another Treehouse or would
I like to continue making this treeh
house even more detailed and better
that's your opportunity so after the
first 5 minutes are done and you make
this reflection start your timer again
and record five more minutes and at the
end of the 10 minutes total what I'd
love love for you to do is to take a
photo of your treehouse and put it
online and and post it for me so that I
can see it and and react to you and give
you feedback about the Treehouse that
you've done I think it would be really
valuable for me to see that and to start
to interact with you and also to answer
any
questions and what I'm going to have you
do is show your work on this keynote uh
this uh this hashtag
Isa 17 sketch note so if you if you tag
it with Isa 17 sketch note I'll be
watching that that hashtag and looking
for your sketch notes of tree houses and
we can interact further so um please at
the end of the session go ahead and do
your work and post it online and I look
forward to interacting with you so
finally Q&A again you can reach out to
me at R design on Twitter or Instagram
I'm on both of those happy to uh
interact with you in questions that you
may have or tree houses that you'd like
to share and then finally thank you so
much for this opportunity uh to present
this concept to you and I hope that it's
really helpful for you especially as you
listen to some great sessions at uh
interaction South America that you can
use these sketch noting tips to take
better notes and remember more so you
can share it with your colleagues and
remember it for yourself thanks so
much
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