In this episode, I talk with Berlin-based sketchnoter, author, illustrator Nadine Rossa. Hear how she got into visualization, how she wrote her books, and the excitement she has around online teaching and some of the opportunities and challenges it presents.

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is Nadine
• Nadine’s origin story
• Her experience writing books
• Nadine’s path to iteaching
• What makes online training different
• Strengths and weaknesses go online vs. in-person
• What Nadine is most excited about in the future
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

LINKS

• Nadine’s Website
• Nadine on Instagram
• Nadine on LinkedIn
• Nadine on Twitter
• Nadine’s Books
• Scriberia
• Google Translate
• Google Translate App

TOOLS

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
• Procreate
• Leuchtturm Notebooks
• Sakura Micron Pigma Fineliner Pens
• Neuland Fine One Pens
• Neuland Outliners
• Tombow Brush Pens

3 TIPS

1. Lower your expectations, nobody is perfect
2. Practice a lot — do it daily to get better
3. Look for inspiration, copy to learn, then make it your own

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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