Live Illustration & Graphic Recording for events
Youโre in the right place for live scribing, graphic recording and creative visual notes for events that DONโT SUCK.
Live event illustration makes your talks and workshops so exciting, your audience will be begging for the visual notes afterwards. Whether you're hosting a hybrid summit, virtual meeting or inโperson conference, our real-time graphic recording and visual scribing will blow minds and help your message stick.
Do you read those boring notes you get sent after a meeting?
(Nah, neither do we)
BUTโฆ what about a big colourful picture + timelapse video?
Live Scribing and Graphic Recording will
Enhance Your Business
Memorable AF
Attendees are SIX TIMES more likely to remember you if thereโs a live illustrator there. We help you stand out.
And itโs exciting.
Boosts engagement!
Whip up online-event-excitement. Make complex stuff shareable, and beautifully accessible.
YAAS!
Saves Time
A bum-numbing conference becomes just a minute or two of animated video.
Yes please.
Cool, creative, and useful.
Some of our previous happy clients:
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Google, Facebook, and Apple (to name a few) have trusted us to scribe their online events. Youโre in very good company!
How creativity can help your event
Want us to really break it down?
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Graphic Recording and Live Scribing Explained โ๏ธ
Live Graphic Recording is visual notetaking.
We turn the juicy information from events and meetings into pictures in real-time, while you watch.
So while people are talking and explaining, weโre drawing!
Our on-the-spot illustrations capture your ideas, bringing together the essential elements of the event for all to see.
As you can imagine, these live drawings are a great way to share content after the event has happened too.
Previous clients have decorated their offices with our creativity, as well as using digital copies of the drawings in reports.
We work digitally on iPads so that you can beam our work up onto big screens & see the artwork taking shape live. It also means you get the images FAST, and theyโre immediately ready to share on LinkedIn etc.
What will this actually look like?
Hereโs a real in-person event for Warwick Business School. I joined remotely and illustrated live as people spoke, with the drawings shown on a large screen in the room.
The live drawing process from my studio,
The finished illustration the client received afterwards.
OKโฆbut are live illustrations distracting?
Not if youโre working with professionals.
We make sure you have full control over how much of the illustration gets shown and when.
Need everyoneโs eyes on the keynote speaker now? *Poof* weโre hidden. Thatโs the joy of working digitally!
Some of our clients like to keep us a secret right until the very end.
โSURPRISE! Weโve had an illustrator here the whole time.โ
See this panel event?
We were COMPLETELY REMOTE. Three cheers for the internet! We donโt always need to be in the room with you to create massive visual impact.
Live illustration is brilliant for:
Fireside chats
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Roundtables
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Strategy events
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Q&As
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Online, hybrid & in-person events
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World cafe style events
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Project roundups
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Internal meetings
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Breakout Rooms
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Product launches
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Customer appreciation sessions
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Work culture events
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Research presentations
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Visualising concepts
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Panel discussions
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Universities
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Fireside chats โข Roundtables โข Strategy events โข Q&As โข Online, hybrid & in-person events โข World cafe style events โข Project roundups โข Internal meetings โข Breakout Rooms โข Product launches โข Customer appreciation sessions โข Work culture events โข Research presentations โข Visualising concepts โข Panel discussions โข Universities โข
How we can help
Here's what it looks like when we live illustrate for you:
Complete a quick form so that we can see how to help you best.
Schedule a call/tech rehearsal - we can get to know you and your event and make sure everythingโs working spot on.
We'll join your event early to get settled in and double-check the tech.
Event time! You talk, weโll draw in real-time.
Your attendees can see us working live orโฆ
The grand reveal! We can unveil the illustration while you wrap up your event.
Then, within 15-30 minutes of the event ending, the final illustration and video files are delivered to you ready to go!
Hereโs what you get when you book us to live scribe at your event
Consultation Call to get all the details in line
Colour palette to complement your brand
Graphic recording during your event
Digital files and time-lapse video for you to share
Time-lapse Graphic Video Included for Every Single Event
While we Live Scribe your event in real-time, a time-lapse animation is automagically generated.
ITโS AMAZINโ
Repurposing this video can bring huge value to your business. Here are a few ways past clients have made the most of their time-lapse videos:
Social Media posts
Engaging post-event packages
Repurposed for online ads
Used on their website to educate new visitors
At Illustrated Live, we are also happy to provide image descriptions of our illustration after the event as well.
Visual notes can be enjoyed by your low-vision, visually impaired, and blind audience.
Want to make sure every person at your event has complete access to the magic we created together?
Just let us know and we can provide this too!
Accessible events? Yes please.
Happy Customers!
See all of the reviews here: Google Business - Katie Chappell Illustration
(weโve recently rebranded from โKatie Chappell Live Illustrationโ to Illustrated Live.)
It can be nerve-wracking trusting a live illustrator with your event.
Let our lovely previous clients put your mind at ease.
Something you should know about us:
We notice how information could be visualised as soon as we hear or read it, the way others might notice clothing or haircuts.
Hi Iโm Katie, I studied animation, illustration and graphic design, and went on to earn a masterโs degree in illustration at Edinburgh College of Art.
My illustration business leapt into the world in 2016. In a way I didnโt expect.
Iโd just come home from 4 months of budget-backpacking SE Asia, to a summer full of weddings. One friend asked me to paint her ceremony as it happened.
A casual Instagram post later and Glamour Magazine added me to their โhot wedding trends of 2017.โ (Ha!) It still makes me laugh that I was a hot trend.
Since then the business has grown and Iโve gathered together a team of world class live event illustration specialists. Itโs not just me anymore!
Together weโve helped Google, Apple and Netflix make their events a little bit cooler, more creative and accessible with live visual notes.
We believe you have a message that is worth spreading.
Letโs put an end to boring, stuffy, corporate events and get your magic out into the world!
Portfolio / Graphic Recording Examples
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our availability is listed at the very top of this page :) Usually itโs at least 1 month in advance. Get in touch for a quote and weโll see if we can help.
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Graphic recording and live illustration services start at ยฃ595 + VAT for online events - get in touch and we'll give you a nice accurate quote and discuss your requirements.
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Yes. In fact, itโs our eco-friendly, accessible favourite! We're online live event specialists and weโve really nailed down this scribing-at-virtual-events thing. Get in touch - weโd love to hear about your online event plans.
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If you NEED an illustrator in the room with you, we can help you find an in-person illustrator at no extra charge. Just request a quote here and weโll tell you all about it! We have a brilliant network of talented live illustrators whoโd love to help.
If youโre open to the remote option, our illustrations can be created live & in the room with you (even when there isn't a human being in the room - hooray for the internet!)
We specialise in online event illustration, and we also love to illustrate at in-person events remotely. That's our hybrid option.
From January 2025 we're a fully remote business, specialising in online event illustration.
You'll see the illustrations being created live, and you can beam them onto a big screen easy peasy. Here's our free zero-stress guide to hybrid illustration if you'd like to learn more about it: https://www.katiechappell.com/resources
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Yep! When you book, weโll send you our magic event-information form where you can add your branding guidelines, colours, and any logos that youโd like to have included too.
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Katie specialises in digital illustration (itโs more efficient, better for the planet, and saves on mess!) BUT if you really want big sheets of paper and boards, do get in touch and weโll be able to find you a brilliant traditional live illustrator who uses traditional pens and paper.
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Yes! Thereโs a big gang of us spread around the entire world. We've covered events with up to 15 breakout rooms. And we're all right nice.
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When you enquire, you can either book Katie to illustrate your event personally or we can help you find the right illustrator from our brilliant network of live illustrators.
You stay in charge of choosing who you work with, unless youโd like us to recommend someone. And youโll meet your scribe before the event so everything feels nice anโ stress free. -
No, sorry! But my pal Aaron does, and heโs got a great track record / is also based in the UK and willing to travel. https://weddingillustrator.co.uk/
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Excellent question. As a small business, small changes are easy to make. We only work with brands who are actively working on their sustainability and eco friendliness. We believe that when big brands make moves towards sustainability, more and more other brands will have to follow suit. Nobody is doing this thing perfectly, but itโs our responsibility to make a difference where we can.
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We're the perfect live illustrators for you if you are:
โ๏ธ Eager to hire a friendly human face, not an enormous agency
โ๏ธ Keen to know exactly who and what youโre getting
โ๏ธ A fan of supporting small female-run independent creative and eco friendly business
โ๏ธ Aware that a proven track record is important. (glowing testimonials and 5* reviews,10+ years in the illustration industry)
โ๏ธ Ready to have the coolest event EVER
Fill in the contact form below - we can't wait to learn more about your event!
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At least 3 weeks before your event is perfect.
Anything less than 2 weeks though, and it starts to get stressful. And life's too short to be stressed ๐
The more notice you give us, the better!
We love an organised event organiser โค๏ธ
Ready to book? Great!
Get in touch and tell us a bit about your event. Weโll answer any questions you have. No pressure. Weโre happy to help you decide whether weโre a good match.
If forms arenโt your thing, or you just want to ask a question for now, you can email hello@katiechappell.com.
Chances are, if this live illustration stuff caught your eye, itโs for a reason.
Come and tell us why youโre thinking of using live illustration or graphic recording, what youโre hoping for, and weโll talk through exactly what we can do for you.
Inspiration
Selected clientsโฆ
and how they use Live Illustration
Work culture meetings
Facebook North America | Imre | Quadmark | Facebook EMEA | Xero | Direct Line | Dickies | Natural Power | Starbucks | Instagram
Strategy sessions
PWC | Google | Bristol Myer Squibb | Sionic | Ernst & Young (EY)
Sustainability and environmental events
V&A Museum | University of Edinburgh | Natural Power | Zero Waste Scotland | Durham University | COP26
Policy Change, Government events
European Commission | World Health Organisation | Plan-UK | SRFU | Planned Parenthood Federation | UMI Fund | Zero Waste Scotland | Google Education
Explainer Videos
Johnson & Johnson | Google Chromebook | ALNAP
Pharmaceutical, science Events
Pfizer | EUSA | Amgen | GeoFutures | Bristol Myer Squibb | CSL Behring | Corning
Marketing, Sales Presentations, Customer Events
Apple | Google | ITV | Xero | TechNation | BT | GS1 | Nespresso | Lululemon | BusinesSolver | RB | Dove | Meta
Educational Workshops and Events
The V&A Museum | Historic England | National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children | TEDx | Liverpool Hope University | University of Edinburgh | Maryland Institute College of Art | Clore Social Leadership | ECOSOC | Durham University | Ernst & Young | The National Trust
Lifeโs too short for boring events
We believe in the power of visual communication for events that donโt suck.