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Sketch note: Don’t Fix Women (Book)
Sketch note: Don’t Fix Women (book) Gender Equality at Work When it comes to sketch notes, I love a clear metaphor. After a Zoom call with Joy Burnford, Author & CEO of Encompass Equality, and Claire Dagwell, Marketing & Operations Executive, I knew I wanted to build the sketch note around a compass and mountain…
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Book Review: The Giver of Stars
Book Review: The Giver of Stars A sketch noted book review – The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes A good portion of my bookshelf comes from my Mum. She’s a pro at scouting for books at charity shops (usually with interesting covers), and most of them end up on my shelf. So far, this…
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Sketches, canals, and a boat dog
Sketches, canals, and a boat dog A weekend of inspiration Here’s a peek at my sketch book from last weekend. We spent Saturday and Sunday on my mother-in-law’s canal boat, Puzzle. I’ve now got the hang of canal locks and Daisy is officially a boat dog. Licensing illustrations & patterns I’m planning to digitally draw…
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Sketch note: Crafting Connection (book)
Sketch note: Crafting Connection (book) Kind words from Felicity Dwyer, Author “I absolutely LOVE the sketch note that Sam created for my book, Crafting Connection. Sam is very easy to work with. We had a short Zoom conversation, and a few days later, she sent me artwork which perfectly captured the feel and key concepts…
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Sketch note: Exploratory Writing (Book)
Sketch note: Exploratory Writing (book) “Exploratory writing is raw and messy and honest, and when you start you need to be sure that nobody else is ever going to see it.” (Alison Jones, Exploratory Writing) I’ve just done my six minutes of exploratory writing for today and I thought I’d share a sketch note that…
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Five practical ways Authors can use The London Book Fair in 2023
Five practical ways Authors can use The London Book Fair in 2023 An action-packed plan for Authors I visited the London Book Fair (LBF) last year and wasn’t sure what to expect. Having written the first draft of my self-help book for Creatives, I was excited for day one of the Writers’ Summit and even…
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5Ws to create your own sketch note
5Ws to create your own sketch note Whether you work in the Creative Industries or not, you can use sketch notes to problem solve, better retain information you’ve learned from your continuous professional development, communicate inside or outside your organisation, and much more! I’m a huge illustration nerd, and I love drawing. As a professional…
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The story behind my first sketch note
The story behind my first sketch note Pst! I’m a freelance sketch note artist My first sketch note was a visual summary of a Penguin webinar where Liz + Mollie (Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy) joined forces with Susan Cain for a live Q&A to talk about ideas from their books, Big Feelings and…
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Five lessons I learned from Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
In his book, The Practice: Shipping Creative Work, Seth Godin shares guiding principle for how to be a professional Creative as a long-term career.
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Kickstart your career in the creative sector
Kickstart your career in the creative sector Land your first job, make the role your own, and live happily ever after In 2015, I left University and started a graduate internship at Oxford University. Years later, I’m still in a creative job I love and earning a high wage with a great work-life balance. I’m…