The Tremendo.us/ness Blog

Many times I’ve witnessed how having a drawing posted up in a room enhances group dialogue by serving as a shorthand for a concept or a point of view.

When I started writing this post a couple months ago, the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't yet spread around world. But I think it can help many parents out there, in these uncertain times and beyond.

I don’t consider myself an ideation expert, but in my role as a sketch artist I’ve been involved in many ideation exercises. Not actually ideating mind you, but the visual facilitation and capture of ideation. You could just say I draw people’s ideas.

If you align your design to the questions you’re asking, you can create powerful visual storytelling communications.

We use visual metaphors a lot. They're a powerful way to make a point quickly and many easily lend themselves to fun, illustrative treatments. However, they can be tricky to work with. I recently had to call on past experience to get me out of a sticky metaphor dilemma.