March 08, 2017

Christina Wodtke - SE03 / EP08

47 minutes

In this interview with Christina Wodtke, we talk about the meaning of sketchnoting, drawing, and how they relate to language, interpretation and improvisation.

Christina also shares her thoughts on the importance of creating lots of bad drawings to get to good ideas, her tools and 3 tips for sketchnoters. Listen in!

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SHOW NOTES

Christina on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cwodtke

Christina’s Website - http://eleganthack.com

Christina on Medium - https://medium.com/@cwodtke

California College of the Arts - https://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/cwodtke

Stanford Continuous Education Department - http://continuingstudies.stanford.edu

Radical Focus - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0996006028/therohdesignwebs

Dan Roam - https://twitter.com/dan_roam

Kate Rutter - https://twitter.com/katerutter

Alex Osterwalder - https://twitter.com/AlexOsterwalder

Ed Emberly - http://edemberleydrawingpages.blogspot.com

Mayan Script - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mayan.htm

Pareidolia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

Alphabets and Ideographs - https://medium.com/@cwodtke/alphabets-and-ideographs-486d59d1dc01#.v4vg2rq2b

In defense of the visual alphabet - https://medium.com/the-xplane-collection/in-defense-of-the-visual-alphabet-a8dcca7cf151#.uqvwpw53p

The Choreography of Sketching - https://medium.com/@evalottchen/the-choreography-of-sketching-b21f8ba644e#.d114j86so

Paper by 53 -

Autodesk SketchBook - http://www.autodesk.com/products/sketchbook-pro/overview

Muji Notebooks - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I6Y0MH8/therohdesignwebs

Micron Pigment Liners - https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-Archival-pigment-line-width-technical/dp/B01N0UC0VM/therohdesignwebs

Tombow Gray Dual Brush Markers - https://www.amazon.com/Tombow-Brush-Markers-Grayscale-6-Pack/dp/B0044JOPZY/therohdesignwebs

Linea for iPad - http://linea-app.com

iA Writer - https://ia.net/writer/

Procreate - http://procreate.si

Brushes Redux - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brushes-redux/id932089074?mt=8

Microsoft Surface Pro - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface

CHRISTINA’S 3 TIPS

Make as many bad drawings as you can, They do the job. Quantity!

Sketchnote books and chapters. Write what you want to keep for yourself.

Copy everything you like, because it’s wonderful!

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March 08, 2017

Christina Wodtke - SE03 / EP08

47 minutes

In this interview with Christina Wodtke, we talk about the meaning of sketchnoting, drawing, and how they relate to language, interpretation and improvisation.

Christina also shares her thoughts on the importance of creating lots of bad drawings to get to good ideas, her tools and 3 tips for sketchnoters. Listen in!