In this interview with Christina Wodtke, we talk about the meaning of sketchnoting, drawing, and how they relate to language, interpretation and improvisation.
Christina also shares her thoughts on the importance of creating lots of bad drawings to get to good ideas, her tools and 3 tips for sketchnoters. Listen in!
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SHOW NOTES

Christina on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cwodtke
Christina’s Website - http://eleganthack.com
Christina on Medium - https://medium.com/@cwodtke
California College of the Arts - https://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/cwodtke
Stanford Continuous Education Department - http://continuingstudies.stanford.edu
Radical Focus - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0996006028/therohdesignwebs
Dan Roam - https://twitter.com/dan_roam
Kate Rutter - https://twitter.com/katerutter
Alex Osterwalder - https://twitter.com/AlexOsterwalder
Ed Emberly - http://edemberleydrawingpages.blogspot.com
Mayan Script - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mayan.htm
Pareidolia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Alphabets and Ideographs - https://medium.com/@cwodtke/alphabets-and-ideographs-486d59d1dc01#.v4vg2rq2b
In defense of the visual alphabet - https://medium.com/the-xplane-collection/in-defense-of-the-visual-alphabet-a8dcca7cf151#.uqvwpw53p
The Choreography of Sketching - https://medium.com/@evalottchen/the-choreography-of-sketching-b21f8ba644e#.d114j86so
Paper by 53 -
Autodesk SketchBook - http://www.autodesk.com/products/sketchbook-pro/overview
Muji Notebooks - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I6Y0MH8/therohdesignwebs
Micron Pigment Liners - https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-Archival-pigment-line-width-technical/dp/B01N0UC0VM/therohdesignwebs
Tombow Gray Dual Brush Markers - https://www.amazon.com/Tombow-Brush-Markers-Grayscale-6-Pack/dp/B0044JOPZY/therohdesignwebs
Linea for iPad - http://linea-app.com
iA Writer - https://ia.net/writer/
Procreate - http://procreate.si
Brushes Redux - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brushes-redux/id932089074?mt=8
Microsoft Surface Pro - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface

CHRISTINA’S 3 TIPS

Make as many bad drawings as you can, They do the job. Quantity!
Sketchnote books and chapters. Write what you want to keep for yourself.
Copy everything you like, because it’s wonderful!