Sketchnote Handbook, The: the illustrated guide to visual note taking

Presents a guide to creating illustrated meeting notes which diagram important ideas and people, with tips on drawing techniques.
This totally visual, hands-on guide actually encourages students and others to doodle in class and lectures. Author Rohde, a visual designer for mobile and web applications, shows how to combine words and simple drawings to activate the verbal and visual areas of the mind and translate complex ideas into easily recalled bits of information. No artistic talent is necessary; the author devotes one section to basic drawing elements and shapes for sketching people, letters, and visual metaphors. Two-page examples from 15 real-life sketchnoters illustrate different types of sketchnoting patterns. The entire book is presented in a two-color layout in the style of sketchnotes, with tips, checklists, and try-it exercises. Readers are invited to share their work on a Flickr group. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This gorgeous, fully illustrated handbook tells the story of sketchnotes--why and how you can use them to capture your thinking visually, remember key information more clearly, and share what you've captured with others. Author Mike Rohde shows you how to incorporate sketchnoting techniques into your note-taking process--regardless of your artistic abilities--to help you better process the information that you are hearing and seeing through drawing, and to actually have fun taking notes.The Sketchnote Handbook explains and illustrates practical sketchnote techniques for taking visual notes at your own pace as well as in real time during meetings and events. Rohde also addresses most people's fear of drawing by showing, step-by-step, how to quickly draw people, faces, type, and simple objects for effective and fast sketchnoting. The book looks like a peek into the author's private sketchnote journal, but it functions like a beginner's guide to sketchnoting with easy-to-follow instructions for drawing out your notes that will leave you itching to attend a meeting just so you can draw about it.