Art of Visual Notetaking

Improve your bullet journals, to-do lists, class notes, and everything in between with The Art of Visual Notetaking and its unique approach to taking notes in the twenty-first century.

The Art of Visual Notetaking is a resource for learning the art of sketchnoting, including how to create layouts, focal points, embellishments, and doodles, for inspired notetaking, journaling, and creative visual expression.

Visual notetaking is the perfect skill for journaling, class lectures, conferences, and any other time that retaining information is key. Also referred to as sketchnoting, visual notetaking is ideal for documenting processes, planning projects, outlining ideas, and capturing information. And as you'll learn in The Art of Visual Notetaking, this approach doesn't require advanced drawing or hand-lettering skills; anyone can learn how to use simple lines, connectors, shapes, and text to take dynamic notes.

In The Art of Visual Notetaking, aspiring sketchnoters and journalers will find helpful "Getting Started" pages of icons and badges for common note-taking purposes, with tips and encouragement for creating you own unique icons. You'll go on to discover instruction and how-to techniques, tips, and tutorials that focus on visual notetaking for different settings, from a business meeting, workshop, or convention, to a college lecture or sermon. Expert instruction from a professional sketchnote artist and educator demonstrates how to visually arrange and compile ideas, focal points, and key concepts.

About the Author

Emily Mills is an artist, entrepreneur, teacher, sometimes vlogger, and creator of SketchnoteAcademy.com, an online training course. When she's not illustrating for her own clients, you can find her traveling and drawing for clients of The Sketch Effect, a visual communication solutions company based in Atlanta, Georgia.