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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is James
• Jame’s origin story
• Andrew Park, Peter Durant and MGTaylor and their influence on James and his work
• Jame’s work at Scriberia, then independence
• The importance of practice to build expertise and skills
• Moving into digital scribing
• James’ teaching background and teaching future?
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

LINKS

• James’ Website
• James on Instagram
• James on LinkedIn
• James on Twitter
• ScotViz Meetup with James Baylay and Ben Felis

TOOLS

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Pinboard Paper Roll
• Tombow Brush Pens
• Staedtler HB Pencil
• iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
• Procreate

3 TIPS

1. Look at other people’s visual work for inspiration
2. Constantly practice drawing and lettering to build confidence
3. Find challenging scenarios for yourself to keep growing

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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