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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is Manuel and what he does
• Creating little booklets for his first keynote
• Talking about developing your own style
• How Manuel got into visual thinking
• Visual thinking and sketchnoting in education
• Illustrating a children’s book
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

LINKS

• Manuel’s Website
• Manuel on Instagram
• Manuel on Twitter
• Connected Learning is the non-profit Manuel works for.
• How Manuel draws people
• Manuel’s hand-made journals

TOOLS

• Ticonderoga Pencils
• Faber-Castell Pencils
• Sakura Micron Pens
• Tombow Dual Brush Pens
• iPad Pro & Apple Pencil
• Procreate
• Procreate Technical Pencil
• Procreate Narinder Pencil
• Procreate Shale Brush
• Procreate 6B Pencil
• Adobe Fresco

3 TIPS

• Draw things in the room around you
• Draw people as box figures so you can add details inside
• Keep a small journal in your back pocket

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Show Notes: Chris Wilson
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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