The Verbal To Visual Classroom

Hi Colin,

That is awesome! How did you do that? Because I could do with some time-saving as well… Looking forward to reading your fully digital workflow. I’m contemplating an experiment of going 100% digital for a month to really learn to use the tools I have.

Then again, I also have 41 bespoke images for bol.com (largest Dutch online retailer) that need to be created ASAP……Read More

Thanks Melanie,

Very helpful. I immediately created my own versions of some of the templates Rob mentions.

Kind regards,
Laurens

Hi Colin,

I think you’re on to something. I’ll try out Procreate in similar situations. My workflow is pretty simple. I draft a sketchnote in my Leuchtturm notebook after preparing the page with a 16:9 aspect-ratio outline. I take a photo of the resulting sketch and add it as a layer set to 20% opacity in Illustrator. Then, I trace the image with a 2-point basic brush, sometimes varying…Read More

Hi Colin,

That looks pretty good! Interesting, I did not even know Procreate could do that. Personally, I prefer the result I get in VideoScribe. Mostly because of the ability to zoom in and out of the canvas. But a VideoScribe like that DOES take 4 hours to create (on a good day)… So I’ll be checking that feature in Procreate out soon!

Kind regards,
Laurens

Hi Tam,

I love Colin’s example and will be trying Concepts as a starting point for drawing as well (my 5-year old son already loves the app, now its my turn). Meanwhile, a little example of the drawings I create using pencil, pen, and paper; hand-traced in Adobe Illustrator; then animated using VideoScribe: https://vimeo.com/laurensbonnema/sketchnotesunday-sarahwilliams

Kind regards,
Laurens

Hi Tam,

You won’t regret the investment in an iPad Pro! I bought one a few weeks ago, and it really is very, very good. Drawing with the Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro made me fall in love with the device instantly. I did have a severe case of sticker-shock though, as the price was a little out of my comfort zone. That said, combined with Astropad, it is a very capable alternative to a…Read More