In this episode, I talk with compulsive sketchnoter and designer, Rasagy Sharma from India.

Learn how Rasagy came into design and sketchnoting from computer science, coding and engineering. Hear Rasagy talk about the hard work of improving his handwriting and how that led to his sketchnoting practice.

I think you’re going to enjoy this interview!

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Running Order

• Intro: Who is Rasagy?
• Rasagy’s origin story
• How handwriting and need for focus moved Rasagy to sketchnoting
• How engineering impacts structuring of sketchnotes
• Importance of typography awareness in sketchnotes
• The importance of simplification
• Sketchnoting in India
• Rasagy developing a sketchnoting scholarship program
• How sparks can influence others to visualization
• Rasagy’s teaching experience
• Rasagy’s interest in data visualization and cartography
• The importance if visualization in business
• The sketchnoting engine applies to other areas
• Rasagy’s Pandemic Positives:
  1. Building iPad Pro and Procreate experimentation
  2. Exploring how he can better archive sketchnotes
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

Links

• Rasagy’s website
• Rasagy’s sketchnotes
• Rasagy on LinkedIn
• Rasagy on Instagram
• Rasagy on Twitter
• Eva-Lotta Lamm’s Flickr
• Swiss Style
• Basic rules of typography
• Graphic Facilitation India Community
• Ben Crothers
• Piyuesh Modi

Tools

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Muji 0.7 Liner in Blue-Black
• Sakura Micron Fineliners
• Kuretaki Brush Pen
• iPad Pro
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate
• Roam Research
• Obsidian

Tips

1. Be kind to yourself.
2. Sketchnote for yourself, not others.
3. Find your tribe!

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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