sketchnotes-sf meetup :: round 19 :: down & dirty lettering [tue jun 16, 2015]

SKETCHNOTES-SF : MEETUP | JUN 16, 2015

S!e"c#n$t%s-S&W%l'o(e!

T$n)g#t’s t$p)c:

D$w* & D)r"yL%t"e+i*g

J,n% 2015 @s!e"c#n$t%s-F


t#a*k. t$ o,r h$s"s

http://www.neo.com/

@neoinnovate


• Pizza talk• warm-up• rapid-rounds• sampler sheet• practice session• gallery & critique

what we’ll do


Doug Neillhttp://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/2013/08/12/sketchnotes-of-austin-kleons-creative-mornings-talk-on-showing-your-work/


Doug Neilhttp://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/2013/01/25/sketchnotes-of-on-being-interview-with-seth-godin/


Carolyn Sewellhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/pedestriantype/5604234976/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedestriantype/5604234976/





What do YOU want to learn

about lettering?


i*t+oLettering

for s!e"c#n$t%r.


• Legibility• Hierarchy• Speed!

3 Key things


• Header• Body• Special - loud• Special - soft

4 Types


Jessica Eldredgehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jessabean/8705360625


Jeff Bennetthttp://vizthinker.com/sketchnotes-sketches/


Eris Weaverhttp://www.sketchnotesbook.com/blog/2013/3/25/entries-from-the-sketchnotes-challenge-part-2


Jason Aldermanhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jalderman/10039867503


Alexis Finchhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/agentfin/10986121516/in/set-72157637923005334


Kate Rutterhttp://meded.aium.org/meded-forum/2015-meded-forum

http://meded.aium.org/meded-forum/2015-meded-forum





Gray marker or pencil

Gel pens (.3 / .5 / .7) Unlined Moleskine

Common materials


Good-enough materials


Everyone got materials?


w/r(-u0squick activity to get your hands

moving.

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T%d)!


r/p)d r$u*d. natural hand

5-from-1explorations

sampler


lettering

y$u+N/t,r/l H/n1

Via @katerutter


w!i"e #o$r n%m&

3 minutes

w!i"e #t n$t%r$l&y

p!i't #n (L) C*P+

p!i't #n l,w-r.a/e

p&a0 a!o%n1!


lettering

t+y o*a n%w h/n1

Via @katerutter


t!y 'n o"h&r(’

w!i"e 2o%r n$m- i'

11

3 min each pass

P$s/ 2o%r 3a4n s5e-t

2

2u/e 6h- 7e8 s"y&e 9o w!i"e y,u! :a;e i'P$s/ 6h- s5e-t 3 4r-p-a" #n <n1 3 4


q,i'k-s#a+e!

2 min!


b%s)c • s&r)f •*d+u,l& • b$b,l& •*b-o.k

lettering

5 f+o( 1

Via @katerutter


pick one of your explorations to

expand


b%s)c

s&r)f

d+u,l&

b$b,l&

b-o.k

Via @katerutter


b%s)c

t%l-

w)d&

2 minutes Via @katerutter


q,i'k-s#a+e!

2 min!


lettering

s%n"e*c% p2a3t)m%

Via @katerutter


w!i"e #o$r s%m/l& s&n"e0c&

3 minutes

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.

The five boxing wizards jump quickly.

A)L C*P+

l,w-r.a/e


S"r$c"u!e1 e2p-o!a"i+n

Apex - pointed or round? A)L C*P+

l,w-r.a/e

e=p&o!e

Bar - high or low?

Serif - sans or with?

Stroke - thick or thin? Where?


S"r$c"u!e1 e2p-o!a"i+nApex - pointed or round?


S"r$c"u!e1 e2p-o!a"i+nBar - high or low?


S"r$c"u!e1 e2p-o!a"i+nSerif - sans or with?


S"r$c"u!e1 e2p-o!a"i+nStroke - thick or thin? Where?


S"r$c"u!e1 e2p-o!a"i+n

7 minutes

Apex - pointed or round? A)L C*P+

l,w-r.a/e

e=p&o!e

Bar - high or low?

Serif - sans or with?

Stroke - thick or thin? Where?


q,i'k-s#a+e!

2 min!


P+a't)c%s%s.i$n


• title of talk• speaker name (& portrait)• event• date• your name + contact

TED Talk ~7 minutes

Go ahead, make up new words!Erin McKean at TEDYouth2014, February 2013

https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words


https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words

• title of talk• speaker name (& portrait)• event• date• your name + contact

TED Talk ~5 minutes

Go ahead, make up new words!Erin McKean at TEDYouth2014, February 2013

Add: emphasis, type styles - Enhance Hierarchy


lettering

S/m0l%rs#e%t

Via @katerutter

for exploration later


H!A"E#

b$d%

s&e'i(l - l$u)

s&e'i(l - s$f*


m%k& a s%m/l&r s3e&t

10 minutes

H!A"E#

b$d%

a+p,a-e* s.n*e/c.

l(b.l

s&e'i(l - l$u)

s&e'i(l - s$f*


c$l2a4o+a"i5e c+i"i6u%


f%e1b/c! & i(p+o5e(e*t.


L%t"e+i*g Resources


P%o0l% t$ f$l2o7 - l%t"e+i*gCarolyn Sewellhttp://www.carolynsewell.com/@https://twitter.com/carolynsewell

Jessica Hischehttp://jessicahische.is/@jessicahische

Joanne Finkhttp://www.zenspirations.com/@Zenspirations

Joanne Sharpe http://joannezsharpe.blogspot.com/@joannezsharpe

Mary Kate McDevitthttp://marykatemcdevitt.com/@MaryKateMcD

https://twitter.com/jessicahische

https://twitter.com/jessicahische

https://twitter.com/Zenspirations

https://twitter.com/Zenspirations

https://twitter.com/joannezsharpe

https://twitter.com/joannezsharpe

https://twitter.com/MaryKateMcD

https://twitter.com/MaryKateMcD


S!e"c#n$t)n8http://sketchnotearmy.com/http://whiteboardwarrior.orghttp://www.meetup.com/Sketchnotes-SF/

Resources


G%n%r/l V)s,a2 P+a't)c% Resources


G+a0h)c r%c$r1i*g & f/c)l)t/t)o*International Forum of Visual Practitioners:http://ifvpcommunity.ning.com/

Center for Graphic Facilitation:http://graphicfacilitation.blogs.com/

Resources


P%o0l% t$ f$l2o7 Sketchnote Armyhttp://sketchnotearmy.com/

Mike Rohdehttp://rohdesign.com@rhodesign

Sunni Brownhttp://sunnibrown.com@sunnibrown

David Sibbet @ the Grovehttp://grove.com

Dave Grayhttp://www.davegrayinfo.com@davegray

Doug Neillhttp://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/@douglaspneill

Sacha Chuahttp://sachachua.com@sachachua

Alexis Finchhttp://graphitemind.com@agentfin

Austin Kleonhttp://austinkleon.com@austinkleon

Eva Lotta-Lammhttp://www.evalotta.net@evalottchen

Jeannel Kinghttp://jeannelking.com/@jeannelking

https://twitter.com/jeannelking

https://twitter.com/jeannelking


S!e"i#l O$e%Thanks, Mike!


Sketchnotes-SF Meetup

Tue Jun 16, 2015Joyce Gagnon | @joycefgagnonKate Rutter | @katerutter

m#y t&e s'e(c&b) w*t& y+u!

sketchnotes-sf meetup :: round 19 :: down & dirty lettering [tue jun 16, 2015]

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