It’s the last day of the April Fooling with Faces and Forms creative challenge inside the Creative Sandbox Community! Today’s prompt: with a hat. So here are 9 hats, something I could use a lot more work on!
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Thank you to @doc_angi for hosting the April challenge! That was so much fun! The May challenge is completely different, designed by a new host. I’m intrigued and excited to see what will emerge from it— stay tuned!
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Doodlebot sending you a hello from Friday. (I forgot to post this doodle back then!)
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Detail shot from sketchnote I’m working on, of an article in the March-April issue of Harvard Business Review. It was fun adding color! Amazing what a single color plus grey shading does to really spruce up a piece. 🖍
I think it may be done. 😊 I may add a few minor details, but it’s basically done, and I’m pretty happy with it. .
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It’s the penultimate day of the April Fooling with Faces and Forms creative challenge inside the Creative Sandbox Community! Day 29: kissy face.
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My skills drawing puckered lips are limited, but I had fun trying out different kinds of faces to throw my “3” lips on! 😅
The weird shape on the left is an homage, or sorts, to @carla.la.la.olson’s amazing kissy face drawing, which you can see over on her Instagram account.
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Tomorrow is the last day of this particular challenge, hosted by @doc_angi. Tuesday, May 1 starts a brand new challenge, hosted by another Sandbox member. I can’t wait to see what she’s cooked up!
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We are a collaborative group in the Creative Sandbox Community. That’s by design. Its a guru-free zone. It’s way more fun that way.
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Detail from a sketchnote-in-progress I’m making of an article in Harvard Business Review on “Better Brainstorming.” I liked it so much, I wanted to capture it in a visual note! I’ll share the finished product on my blog, and a summary of the process on my podcast.
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What people may not understand is that making visual notes and LIVE capture are separate skills. I could make visual notes all day long, but it might take me HOURS! In a live capture situation, you don’t HAVE hours—you have RIGHT NOW to get what was said the moment before down on paper, while still listening for what is being said RIGHT NOW.
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It goes way beyond drawing and writing neatly. The ability to listen and process information, and RETAIN that information while processing the information stream that’s continuing to flow—that is ninja skill stuff!
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Right now I’m giving myself permission to practice ANY skill in the skill set (layout, drawing, lettering, listening, retention… etc. etc. etc.) In a live facilitation, you’re doing the equivalent of juggling 5 balls at once, but before you can juggle 5 balls, you have to learn to toss and catch ONE ball successfully!
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Drawing sketchnotes like this—which I penciled in first and have spent hours on, rather than improvising in a live setting—is all part of the process. I’m practicing layout/composition; contrast; lettering; drawing; shading… A plethora of skills! Just not the skills associated with live capture.
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All in good time.
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