In this episode, Kate Rutter talks about her path from user-centered design into visual thinking, sketchnotes, and during the pandemic — a call to get back into nature — to adopt nature journaling practice.

Presented by The Sketchnote Handbook’s 10th Birthday Giveaway

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Here are the prizes you could win:

• 1 coaching session with me for 30-minutes
• 3 signed 10th Birthday Edition Sketchnote Handbooks
• 3 Sketchnote Ideabooks and Airship Autoquill Fineliner 6-Pack Pens
• 3 Sketchnote Typeface full desktop licenses

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Running Order

• Intro
• Welcome
• Who is Kate?
• Origin Story
• Kate’s current work
• Sponsor: Concepts app
• Tips
• Tools
• Where to find Kate
• Outro

Links

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Kate Rutter’s site
• Kate’s Intelletto Podcast
• Sketchnotes - SF Meetup Group
• Kate on Twitter
• Kate on Intagram
• Kate on LinkedIn
• Kate on YouTube
• Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference
• John “Jack” Muir Laws on Sketchnote Army Podcast
• How to get started Nature Journaling video workshop
• Kate’s sketchnote of soil

Tools

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Uniball Vision Micro
• Tombow Fudinosuke
• Zebra Midliner in Gray
• Lamy Safari
• Art Toolkit Watercolor Paintboxes
• Water Brush
• Cutoff sock for nature journaling
• Acorn
• Write in the Rain Waterproof Notebook
• Tombow Water-Based Markers

Tips

1. Draw until the pen runs dry
2. 3 Times a Charm
3. Talk with someone about their work and share yours, asking “why”

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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