Ben Crothers - SE05 / EP04

Mike is joined by Aussie Ben Crothers, who is the author of Presto Sketching and a design strategist at Atlassian Software. Ben and Mike discuss Ben’s book, the process of getting published, How sketchnoting is changing, plus tools and tips.

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro


• Who Ben is and his origin story


• The beauty of co-design


• Teaching (and the struggle with YouTube)


• The origins of Ben’s Book and writing on the train


• How Sketchnoting is growing


• Sketchnoting in education


• Robots stealing Jobs


• Instagram Sqaures


• The value of pointless activities (and Steve Jobs)


• Tools


• 3 Tips

LINKS

• Ben’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bencrothers


• Ben’s Website - http://bencrothers.com/


• Presto Sketching Twitter - https://twitter.com/prestosketching


• Presto Sketching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/prestosketching/


• Presto Sketching Website - http://prestosketching.com/index.html


• Atlasian - https://www.atlassian.com


• Presto Sketching book - https://www.amazon.com/Presto-Sketching-Drawing-Brilliant-Thinking/


• Co-design - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design


• Agile method - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development


• Jeff Patton - https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/4727


• O’Reilly media - https://www.oreilly.com/


• An example of Instagram squares - https://www.instagram.com/p/BlguxSYgE9h/?taken-by=prestosketching


• Draw Me a Kraken - https://www.instagram.com/p/BewEjexHYS2/?taken-by=prestosketching


• Mike’s Cards - https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9om5-FCmU/?taken-by=rohdesign

TOOLS

• Whiteboard


• MUJI Store - http://www.muji.com/


• MUJI Markers - http://www.muji.us/store/stationery/pen-pencils/other-pens.html


• Square notebooks from Tiger/Flying Tiger - https://flyingtiger.com


• Copic markers - https://www.copicmarker.com/


• Neuland Markers - https://us.neuland.com


• iPad Pro 12.9 - https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro


• Procreate - https://procreate.art/


• Microsoft Office Lens Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens&hl=en


• Microsoft Office Lens iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/office-lens/id975925059?mt=8

TIPS

• Don’t be afraid to copy


• Draw something you enjoy!


• Set yourself challenges

CREDITS

• Producer: Jon Schiedermayer


• Show Notes: Chris Wilson

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PAST PODCAST SEASON LINKS

• Season 1 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se1


• Season 2 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se2


• Season 3 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se3


• Season 4 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se4