Illustrating Your Point

This was for a 5-minute lightning talk I gave at a TriUXPA/exploreUX event. The theme of the event was UX process and each speaker talked about a specific aspect of their UX process. It was was a great night! This talk stems from all the sketching I like to do and how I use it as a tool throughout the design process.

Transcript

1. Illustrating Your Point (from start to finish) Michelle Chin - @soysaucechin Lead Product Designer, Citrix
2. Intro - I sketch a lot - My desk is messy - i love sketchnoting
3. Sketching is a great communication tool
4. Beginning MIDDLE END sketching is useful throughout the process
5. Beginning: Generating Ideas Illustrating helps you: - Layout Ideas - Organize your content
6. Middle: Communicating With Others Illustrating helps you: - Communicate complicated processes and abstract ideas to yourself and others - Put everything out on the table ENCOURAGE OTHERS TEAMMATES TO DO THE SAME.
7. communicating with others a file gets uploaded to the server, then gets scanned for a virus. if there is a virus, the file gets flagged and the admin is emailed. if the file does not have a virus, no action is taken. Writing out a process
8. communicating with others Does it have a virus? Yes! No. Flag; emaiL admin! no action. a file gets uploaded to the server, then gets scanned for a virus. if there is a virus, the file gets flagged and the admin is emailed. if the file does not have a virus, no action is taken. Writing out a process Illustrating the same process
9. End: Presenting to Others Illustrating helps: - You convey what you want; how you want it conveyed - Others remember what you're saying
10. Instead of this: Traditionally, running a successful small business includes having a lot of staff to support the business and there’s also a lot of paperwork. Instead, people want to run leaner and reduce overhead.
11. Traditional business model Try this: Desired/Future Business Model
12. How Do I do this? How do I draw? What Tools do I need?
13. Putting Sketches into a presentation Tools I use: - Illustrator - Installed brush pack (Default is fine) - KeYNote - Pen and tablet (Wacom Bamboo) Ai
14. Putting Sketches into a presentation 1. Sketch in illustrator w/ pen and tablet 2. Paste in keynote (3. Then copy and Paste in powerpoint)
15. Anyone can start How Do I Sketch? Probably only one will be good at it from the start (This guy) But with practice, you can become awesome at it, too!
16. How Do I Sketch? 12 “glyphs” for everything you need to draw from: gamestorming
17. How Do I Sketch? Pro tip: mimic emojis to convey expressions
18. How Do I Sketch? Pro tip: use guides till you get better
19. How Do I PRACTICE? Try Sketchnoting! - Listening to a presentation - Sketching what you hear - Whoa!! It’s intense!
20. Resources gamestorming by d.gray, s.brown, j.macanufo doodle revolution by sunni brown veronicaerb.com by Veronica erb
21. To wrap up: - Sketching helps communicate ideas: through all stages - You can sketch too! - Give it a shot! - Presentation: speakerdeck.com/soysaucechin @soysaucechin