What do I focus on when drawing visual notes?

Jackson Dames asked: When sketchnoting, what aspect of note-taking is your primary focus (layout, fonts, visuals, etc.) my 1 Nov 13, 2013. So, what do I focus on? EASE If I'm thinking Long-term more about drawing than 4 Search I am about the topic, I'm doing too much. Drawing should not get in the way. 2 Readability You can probably tell by the simple drawings and layouts of notes that I don't care a lot about (HERESY! the artistic aspects. " I say ye I keep things simple they're unintimidating and other people will be encouraged to draw. That's true! I could draw better than that! Great! Please do! so that But also, this is as good as I draw DETAL Can I speed-read it? Can someone else? This is important for review & sharing This is why 1 50: per simpdwriting, one topic. Peally il file my sketchnotes page by date, and title, and I details, and I use I like drawings, Evernote to search the text. I also that can be related page per topic added later., index them through Flickr & my blog, add tags, mindmap links... I care about having these notes around for a long, long time. Some sketchnoters focus on summaries. = I like taking anyway. No Picasso here! I = L more detailed notes to help people remember more (or learn, even if they weren't there) ACTION/ CHANGE Whenever possible, I identify something I'm going to do or change based on what I learn. Make stuff happen!" Sacha Chua orchunky