A quick guide to sketchnoting for the course INFO I300 Human-Computer Interaction Design. School of Informatics and Computing. Indiana University Bloomington. Version 1.0: Spring, 2015.

2. Why?

3. 1.To organize and synthesize
new information
2. To developmetaphorical
thinking
3.To review and remember

4. Organizing
and Synthesizing
New Information

5. 1. Get rid of the idea
that knowing how to
draw is necessary
Notes should make sense to you!

6. 2. Get good tools
• Size
• Paper
• Resistance
Notebook

7. 2. Get good tools
• Tip
• Needle point
• Brush tip
• Grip
• Color
Pen/Pencils/Markers

8. Pilot Precise
V5 RT
Faber Castell
PITT artist pen
big brush
Moleskine/
Handbook Journal/
Art Alternatives
Pilot Envelope
Address Writing
Gel Ink Pen

9. 3. Write down the key
concepts/data/ideas
• Date
• Title/Topic
• Word/Sentence

10. 3. Write down the key
concepts/data/ideas
Beconsistent!
• Place (e.g. date)
• Sizes/Hierarchies
• Date
• Title/Topic
• Word/Sentence

11. 3. Write down the key
concepts/data/ideas
Remember
• Writing everything
down is impossible
• Listen+Filter+Write
down+Code
• Date
• Title/Topic
• Word/Sentence

12. date
topic
date topic
anchorconcept
concept
anchorconcept
anchorconcepts
concepts

14. 4. Code Visually
• Boxes/Contours
• Icons
• Shadows

15. 4. Code Visually
• Boxes/Contours
• Icons
• Shadows
Beconsistent!
• Imagine that each
visual code is an
attribute of the
information being
written down

16. 4. Code Visually
Beconsistent!
• Put in the same or
similar box each of
the concepts that
you relate as similar
or equivalent
• Boxes/Contours
• Icons
• Shadows

17. 4. Code Visually
Beconsistent!
• Draw small, simple
icons to be fast
• Invent your own
icons or symbols
• Boxes/Contours
• Icons
• Shadows

18. 4. Code Visually
Beconsistent!
• Bring to the front
through shading
• Classify and
increase aesthetic
through shading
• Boxes/Contours
• Icons
• Shadows

19. 4. Code Visually
Remember
• Imitation
• Small sizes
• Light source
• Boxes/Contours
• Icons
• Shadows

20. visualreference
visualreferenceforthatresearcher
HCI/dresearcher
clusterofideas
person
theoriesofart
artwork

22. 5. Connect
• Arrows
• Dividers
• Negative space

23. 5. Connect
Beconsistent!
• Relation
• Meaning
• Arrows
• Dividers
• Negative space

24. 5. Connect
Beconsistent!
• Style (e.g. dashed vs.
complete arrows)
• Thickness
• Arrows
• Dividers
• Negative space

25. 5. Connect
Remember
• Gestalt Principles
• Visual hierarchies
and contrast
• Arrows
• Dividers
• Negative space

26. clusterofideas divisor
ideasto
remember/reflect
concept
sub-concept
idea

28. Complementary
Knowledge

29. Main concept
Concept 1
Concept 2
Concept m
Sub-concept 1,1
Sub-concept 1,n
...
Sub-concept n,1
Sub-concept m,n
...
Sub-concept 2,1
Sub-concept 2,n
...
Sub-concept 1,1,1
Sub-concept 1,1,r
...
Sub-concept n,1,1
Sub-concept n,1,s
...
CurlyBracketsDiagrams

30. MindMaps
http://mrsmpontian-genius.blogspot.com/2011/04/awesome-examples-of-thinking-tool.html

31. http://www.claudiodesio.com/ooa&d/UMLPoster/UMLPoster.jpg
UML

32. Some Resources

33. 1.Sketchnoting by Rebekah Olsen
http://youtu.be/AyIsHyCpydU
2.Visual Thinking 101 by Sean Griffin
http://youtu.be/vcW1_l-nRes
3.Sketchnotes by Eva-Lotta Lamn
http://vimeo.com/17323993

34. 1.Sketchnoting in Behance
http://goo.gl/Qb1zPU
2.Sketchnoting in Flickr
http://goo.gl/eMdx9f
3.Sketchnoting in Pinterest
http://goo.gl/w4i907

35. 1.Sketch basics from ID Sketching
http://goo.gl/Q73ERo
2.The Sketchnote Handbook
http://rohdesign.com/handbook
3.How to Mind Map in Three Small Steps
from Life Hack
http://goo.gl/QgFei0

36. 1.JetPens
http://www.jetpens.com
2.Moleskine
http://www.moleskine.com/
3.UI Stencils
http://www.uistencils.com/

37. 1.Sketchnote Army
https://twitter.com/sketchnotearmy
2.Spencer Nugent
https://twitter.com/idsketching
3. SketchCamp
https://twitter.com/sketchcamp

38. Warming-up
Practice