In this first episode of season 6, Mike talks with UX designer and sketchnoter Chris Spalton from England about his entry into sketchnoting and how he’s using sketchnotes, comics, and other visualizations in his work in user experience. We also talk about Chris’ labor of love graphic novel, The Eelman Chronicles.
RUNNING ORDER

Intro - Chris's sketchnote origin story
Chris’s path to UX design
storytelling, Comic books and Story boards in business
The story of Eelman
Tools
3 Tips
Outro

3 TIPS

Share as early as possible!
Know that you are creative (it just might be different than you think)
Use a grey marker to add drop shadows

Tools

Steadlter Fineliners - https://www.staedtler.com/intl/en/products/Products-for-colouring/fineliners/
Promarkers - http://www.winsornewton.com/row/shop/graphic-markers/promarker
Faber-Castell Brush Pens - https://www.faber-castell.com/products/art-and-graphic/pitt-artist-pens
Sharpies - https://www.sharpie.com/
Post it notes - https://www.post-it.com/3M/en_US/post-it/
iPad Pro - https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro
Apple Pencil - https://www.apple.com/lae/apple-pencil/
Paper by WeTransfer (formerly FiftyThree) - https://paper.bywetransfer.com/
Procreate - http://procreate.art/
Caran d’ache Non-Photo P{encil - https://www.jetpens.com/Caran-d-Ache-Sketcher-Non-Photo-Blue-Pencil-Pack-of-2/pd/15882

LINKS

Chris Spalton on Twitter - https://twitter.com/chrisspalton
The Eelman Chronicles - https://gumroad.com/cspalton
Redgate Software - https://www.red-gate.com
User Experience - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience_design
Sunni Brown - http://sunnibrown.com
Dan Roam - https://www.danroam.com
Foolproof Design - https://www.foolproof.co.uk
Chris' Medium article on comic strips and storyboards for UX concepting - https://uxplanet.org/using-comic-strips-and-storyboards-to-test-your-ux-concepts-cccad7ac7f71
The Fens - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fens

CREDITS

Producer: Jon Schiedermayer
Show Notes: Chris Wilson

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