The Art of Visual Notetaking
An interactive guide to visual communication and sketchnoting
- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Art of Visual Notetaking
An interactive guide to visual communication and sketchnoting
About This Book
Improve your bullet journals, to-do lists, class notes, and everything in between with The Art of Visual Notetaking and its unique approach to takingnotes in the twenty-first century. Visual notetaking is the perfect skill forjournaling, class lectures, conferences, andany other time that retaining information is key. Also referred to as sketchnoting, visual notetaking is ideal for documenting processes, planning projects, outlining ideas, and capturing information. And as you'll learn in The Art of Visual Notetaking, this approachdoesn't require advanced drawing or hand-lettering skills; anyone can learn how to use simple lines, connectors, shapes, and text to take dynamic notes. In The Art of Visual Notetaking, aspiring sketchnoters and journalers will find helpful "Getting Started" pages of icons and badges for common note-taking purposes, with tips and encouragement for creating you own unique icons. You'll go on to discover instruction and how-to techniques, tips, and tutorials that focus on visual notetaking for different settings, from a business meeting, workshop, orconvention, to acollege lectureorsermon. Expert instruction from a professional sketchnote artist and educator demonstrates how to visually arrange and compile ideas, focal points, and key concepts.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Basics: What Are Visual Notes?
- Tools: The Visual Notetaking Arsenal of Skills
- Prep Work: Before you Begin
- Listening
- Writing
- Hierarchy & Composition
- Drawing
- Visual Direction
- Finding Information Fast
- Visualizing Information in Diagrams
- Your Visual Library
- Visual Metaphors
- Headers
- Layouts
- Refining
- What Makes Visual Notes âGood?â
- Sharing your Visual Notes
- Improving your Craft: Track your Trends
- Professional & Educational Visual Notetaking
- About the Author
- Copyright