July 30, 2018

Ben Crothers - SE05 / EP04

1 hour 6 minutes

Mike is joined by Aussie Ben Crothers, who is the author of Presto Sketching and a design strategist at Atlassian Software. Ben and Mike discuss Ben’s book, the process of getting published, How sketchnoting is changing, plus tools and tips.

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RUNNING ORDER

Intro

Who Ben is and his origin story

The beauty of co-design

Teaching (and the struggle with YouTube)

The origins of Ben’s Book and writing on the train

How Sketchnoting is growing

Sketchnoting in education

Robots stealing Jobs

Instagram Sqaures

The value of pointless activities (and Steve Jobs)

Tools

3 Tips

LINKS

Ben’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bencrothers

Ben’s Website - http://bencrothers.com/

Presto Sketching Twitter - https://twitter.com/prestosketching

Presto Sketching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/prestosketching/

Presto Sketching Website - http://prestosketching.com/index.html

Atlasian - https://www.atlassian.com

Presto Sketching book - https://www.amazon.com/Presto-Sketching-Drawing-Brilliant-Thinking/

Co-design - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design

Agile method - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development

Jeff Patton - https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/4727

O’Reilly media - https://www.oreilly.com/

An example of Instagram squares - https://www.instagram.com/p/BlguxSYgE9h/?taken-by=prestosketching

Draw Me a Kraken - https://www.instagram.com/p/BewEjexHYS2/?taken-by=prestosketching

Mike’s Cards - https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9om5-FCmU/?taken-by=rohdesign

TOOLS

Whiteboard

MUJI Store - http://www.muji.com/

MUJI Markers - http://www.muji.us/store/stationery/pen-pencils/other-pens.html

Square notebooks from Tiger/Flying Tiger - https://flyingtiger.com

Copic markers - https://www.copicmarker.com/

Neuland Markers - https://us.neuland.com

iPad Pro 12.9 - https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro

Procreate - https://procreate.art/

Microsoft Office Lens Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens&hl=en

Microsoft Office Lens iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/office-lens/id975925059?mt=8

TIPS

Don’t be afraid to copy

Draw something you enjoy!

Set yourself challenges

CREDITS

Producer: Jon Schiedermayer

Show Notes: Chris Wilson

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Season 3 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se3

Season 4 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se4

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