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The Art of Visual Notetaking: An interactive guide to visual communication and sketchnoting Kindle Edition

by Emily Mills (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 413 ratings
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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.

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.
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Emily Mills is a sketchnoting fanatic and professional illustrator based in Nashville, Tennessee. When she's not caught up in creating her own sketchnotes, you can find her teaching workshops and online classes at SketchnoteAcademy.com. Emily also runs a small graphics studio with her husband Joseph.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07PGQY9L4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Walter Foster Publishing (March 5, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 5, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 20745 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
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    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 413 ratings

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Emily Mills is the founder of SketchnoteAcademy.com, and author of The Art of Visual Notetaking. Emily lives just outside Nashville, TN with her husband, Joseph, where they run their business, Flavor Graphics.

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4.4 out of 5
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Excellent Workbook for Visual Notetaking (a.k.a. Sketchnoting)
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Excellent Workbook for Visual Notetaking (a.k.a. Sketchnoting)
Emily Mills did an excellent job with this book! It contains very practical information for those just starting out with visual note taking and also for those who have been sketch noting for a while.This book is really well designed. I love the exercises throughout, so that you can immediately apply what you have learned. The biggest lesson I took away was the idea of establishing hierarchy. The information on pre-scheduling is also genius!I also own the excellent books by Mike Rohde, but this one amazingly covers several areas that those books do not; e.g. pros and cons of various tools and even a touch of color theory. I really appreciate how she emphasizes that information should take priority over illustration. A very pragmatic approach. I am so happy with this purchase!I’ve been applying it to analog and digital note taking.
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Shalimar
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Workbook for Visual Notetaking (a.k.a. Sketchnoting)
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019
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Emily Mills did an excellent job with this book! It contains very practical information for those just starting out with visual note taking and also for those who have been sketch noting for a while.
This book is really well designed. I love the exercises throughout, so that you can immediately apply what you have learned. The biggest lesson I took away was the idea of establishing hierarchy. The information on pre-scheduling is also genius!
I also own the excellent books by Mike Rohde, but this one amazingly covers several areas that those books do not; e.g. pros and cons of various tools and even a touch of color theory. I really appreciate how she emphasizes that information should take priority over illustration. A very pragmatic approach. I am so happy with this purchase!

I’ve been applying it to analog and digital note taking.
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Shalimar
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Workbook for Visual Notetaking (a.k.a. Sketchnoting)
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019
Emily Mills did an excellent job with this book! It contains very practical information for those just starting out with visual note taking and also for those who have been sketch noting for a while.
This book is really well designed. I love the exercises throughout, so that you can immediately apply what you have learned. The biggest lesson I took away was the idea of establishing hierarchy. The information on pre-scheduling is also genius!
I also own the excellent books by Mike Rohde, but this one amazingly covers several areas that those books do not; e.g. pros and cons of various tools and even a touch of color theory. I really appreciate how she emphasizes that information should take priority over illustration. A very pragmatic approach. I am so happy with this purchase!

I’ve been applying it to analog and digital note taking.
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ProfClayton
4.0 out of 5 stars She takes you by the hand and guides you through every facet of the process of making visual notes.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019
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I have been following Emily's career as an illustrator, sketchnoter, and graphic recorder for a few years now and I've always been fascinated by her skills, style, positive attitude, and willingness to share what she knows about her chosen profession... and this book is just that: A collection of everything that she knows about visual note taking!

She takes you by the hand and guides you through every facet of the process of making visual notes (as I assume she does in her workshops). The way that she explains and breaks down the steps and adds skills and techniques is direct and - at the same time - caring. The illustrations (I won't call them "doodles") and examples/samples are strong, straight-to-the-point, and easy enough for a beginner to copy and practice... and gain confidence as they progress. (Note: the fact that there are large spaces to practice in are a plus.)

As great as this book is, there is one glaring thing missing from it: other voices in the choir.

What I mean by "other voices in the choir" is that I wish that there were examples from other visual note takers and sketchnoters. While Emily's "voice" has a gorgeous tone that is well trained and resonates high above the rest, a few other "voices" or examples might add to the depth of what she is teaching and reinforce what her audience is learning.

While at times the book might seem to get too elementary for someone with some knowledge of sketchnoting, I do understand that that is not her intended audience. A teachable person can learn anything from anyone, and this old dog did learn a few new tricks. (Thanks, Emily!)
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Iceberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Your road map to visual note taking is here
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2022
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I wish this info was more readily available in my ol high school and college days. The book takes you through the structural foundation of visual note taking, including relevant examples and how to draw simple figures or objects. I'm not the best drawer, but I'v found her processes helpful in visual mapping meeting presentations, book reviews, or whatever. And it helps me to remember the content. Highly recommend.
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Josh Summers
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect step-by-step guide for those interested in visual notetaking
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019
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I've seen Emily take visual notes in-person and it's a sight to behold. She's extremely talented and at first it seemed like my lack of drawing skills would keep me from being able to do anything similar. I'm not an artist but I do love to take good notes.

That's where I really appreciated the approach she took in her book. It's not a "how to draw pretty notes" type of book, even though she does give pointers on how to draw well. Instead, she goes step-by-step through the process of how to synthesize the talk you're hearing into a visual format.

The end result is that I'm taking notes that I actually want to look through later and that end up being a lot more useful. Even if you can't draw well like me, you'll still walk away with a great skill that will (hopefully) keep getting better. Thanks, Emily!
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Kristine Fisher
3.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Visual Notetaking
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2019
The Art of Visual Notetaking by Emily Mills is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late February.

Right away, kablam, the paragraph headers are highlighted through in a near-blinding neon yellow. Mills' notes engage your senses with sketches and they draw the eye back and forth across the page to lines of handwritten notes and illustrated graphs. And it's not just sketches, but deeply embedded text, doodles, basic cartoony drawings, dialogue bubbles, icons, symbols, and iconic/symbolic storytelling sketch progressions.
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Nancy J
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun! Easy! Works!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2019
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I’m excited about this book even though I don’t have an artistic bone in my body. It, instead, teaches me to listen better and retain more with short and easy step by step lessons that break down all the elements effectively and thoroughly. The design, illustrations, layout and practice areas make the whole process fun and engaging. Even after the first few pages I was able to apply the changes to my note taking and already experienced better understanding! I can’t wait to continue, and plan to gift the book to others!
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Darlene Reilley
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and fun process
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2023
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I appreciate the detail and thoughtfulness of the author. This was a fun process book that helped me be more comfortable with drawing notes.
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Samantha Monson
5.0 out of 5 stars An Approachable Introduction to Sketchnotes
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2020
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I have been interested in sketchnotes for quite a long time, but all the examples that I have seen online or on Instagram seem so overwhelming. I was so intimidated that I never even tried. This book changed that! It is exactly was I was looking for. It breaks down the various aspects of taking sketchnotes into short, manageable sections. By the end of the book, I had a page of sketchnotes about sketchnotes without even realizing that I did it! I cannot recommend this book enough. Get it!
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Shana Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Super helpful!!
Reviewed in Canada on August 9, 2023
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Is super helpful in improving skills and getting ideas of what works and why.
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Tiago Fernandes
4.0 out of 5 stars Good start for those that would like to sketchnote
Reviewed in Brazil on May 8, 2022
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The book is well organised and gives good hints for those that want to learn and to start sketchnoting. It is very quick and some how basic but pretty much all that is about sketchnoting is there. And illistrators will find some useful hints there too. The exercises are good to build foundations.
The book has a light pace, it is a nice and easy read. Much better than what I was hoping for.
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Andrea
5.0 out of 5 stars per iniziare
Reviewed in Italy on April 19, 2024
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ottima guida introduttiva, dai segni/simboli basici al lettering
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Ang
5.0 out of 5 stars what an awesome book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2022
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After a course on Udemy to improve my UX sketching skills I started to get an interest in visual note taking. I am dyslexic and I find captured visual notes far easier to engage with. The book was a quick read and I bought it after downloading a sample, I didn’t put it down... well I am now as I’m working through the exercises from start to finsh. A beautiful book! Glad this is in my collection.
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Markus Mattern
5.0 out of 5 stars Der Workshop in Buchform - gut für den Einstieg
Reviewed in Germany on March 12, 2019
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Ein toll aufbereitetes Buch für den Einstieg in die visuellen Notizen. Dabei folgt das Buch dem Workshop Konzept welche die Autorin auch anbietet. Die Themen sind gut aufbereitet und leicht verständlich. Auch für Personen die weniger Erfahrung mit englischen Büchern haben sollte es kein Problem sein da die aufgaben und Übungen recht selbsterklärend sind. Es geht ja auch um visuelles arbeiten und davon macht die Autorin natürlich reichlich gebrauch.
Toll finde ich das, dass Buch in einer großen, etwa A4, Form daher kommt, so ist auf jeder Seite sehr viel Platz für die Übungen und die Seiten sind nicht so überladen.
Im Buch ist auch platz für die Übungen aber ich tue mir immer schwer in meinen Büchern rum zu malen.

Das Buch ist toll geeignet für Einsteiger die gerne in das Thema visuelle Notizen einsteigen möchten und erste Erfahrung sammeln wollen. Tolle Zeichnungen und Schaubilder und viele gute Übungen die leicht zu verstehen und umzusetzen sind. Auf jeden Fall eine Empfehlung.
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