Graphic Recording
Your attendees are 6 x more likely to remember facts
…if visual sketch notes are happening while they listen.
Graphic recording for workshops, conferences,
events & meetings.
Our super power = creating fast, dynamic illustrations that boost engagement and make learning and remembering easy and fun.
Your visual communication in safe hands
Why hire a giant agency when you can work 1:1 with an independent, female-owned live illustration business? (That’s us!)
Sustainability and an environmental conscience
We’re all about using my illustrative powers for good.
Ethical, environmental projects YES PLEASE.
Hire a Graphic Recorder for your Summit or Online Conference
Here’s an illustration we created for Prosperity Now’s virtual summit. All about narrowing the wealth-race divide, and reducing/eliminating barriers to prosperity for all.
Designed to sum up the whole summit, this graphic recording provided an actionable takeaway for all attendees.
Scribing
Scribing, visual scribing, graphic recording, whateveryawannacallit, having visual notes happen while you discuss ideas is the most instantaneous and creative way to record your ideas and keep everybody in the meeting or conference engaged.
Traditional vs Digital scribing
Old school pencil and paper can work just as well as digital illustration. Above is an example of traditional (left - yellow and grey) and digital (black).
What is going to work best for your event or workshop?
Do you want everyone to watch the scribing happening? We can scribe and generate graphic recordings on our iPad, hooked up to a big screen. This way, everyone can see what’s going on in the illustration.
And we’ve also mastered doing graphic recording remotely, via the internet as well as in-person.
Want all eyes on your keynote speaker while the scribe is working subtly? We can scribe from the audience, quietly drawing to record all of the nuggets of information being delivered. Nobody will know we’re there until they receive an amazing after-event pack full of illustrated goodness.
We love attending events virtually and remotely because…
🌿 Virtual events are better for the environment
💰 Remote attendance is cheaper for you! (No travel costs or hotel stays.)
♿ Hybrid and online events are accessible and so are visual notes. Win win!
ALL HAIL TECHNOLOGY.
We get it though. Sometimes you just neeeeed a live illustrator there in person.
Recording Your Ideas
What is Graphic Recording?
Graphic recording is also known as scribing. It's the live drawing of a meeting or event by us, the scribes. As people discuss and explain, we capture their ideas digitally using our iPads or in a big interactive mural, bringing together the essential elements of the event.
Graphic Recording to share your genius
As you can imagine, this is a great way to disseminate the outcome of a meeting after the event has happened. The bonus of iPad drawing is that it’s aaall digital and available to share immediately after the event.
What do people DO with graphic recording after the event?
Previous clients have decorated their office with our illustrations after the event, as well as using digital copies of the drawings in reports sent to delegates afterwards.
The timelapse video we provide is a BRILLIANT way to engage post-event on social media, in email and on your website.
Colour Palettes
Graphic recording can be personalised to your organisation/brand. We always prefer to work referring to your brand guideline colours. Photographers require a photograph permission form, but graphic recorders do not.
Less paperwork.
More fun, creativity and learning.
Worried about boring your funders to tears? Give them the gift of art! Most brains would much rather read a report with colourful rich illustrations than a hefty wordy document any day.
Give your report-readers a break with some bright images to lighten the text load.
Who can use graphic recording?
Graphic recording works really well for everyone. Businesses, brands and organisations spend a lot of effort running meetings and events. Graphic recording can give an extra, exciting and innovative visual element, bringing the whole thing to life, and creating a lasting visual record. In educational settings, live illustration and graphic recording are especially useful for capturing large amounts of information visually.
Live illustrations from Borders Art Fair. I worked in colours from their logo, and images were shared on social media.
Choosing a Scribe
I don’t work with everyone! I’m picky when it comes to live illustration and I know you will be too. I specialise in using my illustrative powers to highlight sustainability, eco-friendliness, social, art and environmental issues.
Please get in touch to discuss your requirements and see whether we’d be a good fit.
Capturing ideas quickly, I pride myself on incorporating participants’ contributions, and providing my clients with useful, visually-pleasing images (that work seamlessly with branding guidelines) that can be used again and again after the event is over. Some of my previous clients have framed their live illustrations or used the images in leaflets and publicity. *With my prior permission and a licensing agreement.
Communicate Effectively
Having a scribe or a live illustrator at your event can help ensure that workshop and meeting participants feel heard and valued. You can communicate your companies values, goals and future plans and record history.
Want to discuss and come up with some ideas?
See below for more examples of what I could do for you and your business.
“Thank you again, Katie & team.
Illustrations are a much more fun and accessible way of reaching people - far more interesting than pages of boring minutes!”
Going Digital - iPad Live event Illustration and graphic recording
There’s something magical about working digitally in person. We can get the iPad was hooked up to a large screen, so your attendees are able to see drawings taking shape in real-time.
iPad Live Event Illustration
It’s possible to mirror the iPad to a screen, so when your illustrator is roaming around the event (capturing breajout sessions, perhaps) you can be reassured to know that everyone at one main screen is able to see the illustrations being drawn while we report live using visual notes. In the past we’ve used Apple TV technology to link the iPad and the TV screen, and a strong WiFi connection. If this is something you’re interested in, we can give some guidance on setting up iPad connections for event illustration.
Why use Live Illustration or Graphic Recording?
People think visually!
60-65% of the population are visual learners.
Audiences and workshop participants respond really well to a tangible visualisation of the event they're attending. It's even more exciting to see your own ideas contribute in real-time to this. Seeing ideas appear on the page can encourage more people to participate in discussions taking place.
Images are easily shared on social media, hashtags can be introduced, and people love to watch art happen before their eyes.
To book some graphic recording for your workshop or meeting, do get in touch for a quote.
I also offer online graphic recording sessions, and can scribe remotely via Zoom.
“We wanted to find an innovative, fun way of capturing what was discussed at our recent workshop. Not only did Katie’s drawings do that, they also brought the ideas to life and helped attendees to understand some complex issues. Because Katie was with us, sketching throughout the workshop, attendees got to see their ideas develop, leading to a final piece of work which was presented end of the event.”
