Growing in Graphic recording.

I’m finally pushing myself to try graphic recording (Like sketchnotes but LARGE).

I’ve been sketchnoting for years in notebooks and on an iPad and I have a decent approach in place but despite having a few fancy graphic recording pens for a while, I’ve barely used them (and never for a full recording).

Earlier in the year I create a simple web page for enquires for my graphic recording services and then I got two in quick succession. But I had no paper based large scale graphic recordings to show as examples.

So I set myself a challenge — 30 practice graphic recordings in 30 days.

This has the dual goal of building my portfolio and building my skills. Unfortunately, I really need the second one!

It turns out that getting the size adjustment right is REALLY hard. The difference in pen size and how hard it is to write in a large scale is really tricky. Plus I’m just not used to the size of my pens nor having all the colour pen options that I have. And finally, you can’t just add a procreate fill layer if you want to add a creative background!

All this means that the whole process is different to my paper sketchnotes in my notebook and my iPad recordings.

Still, I’ve learned a lot from each of the two tests that I’ve done so far and I’m sure I’ll continue to as I progress through this challenge.

I suspect I won’t do 30 back to back days as there will probably be something that comes up in the process, but I will do my best to “not miss twice” and avoid extending the time frame.

Here’s my second recording for reference (the first was really bad!)

For children’s day I got myself my son a lego Ferrari. I’ve already rebuilt it twice after he took it apart to carry in his backpack.

Is there a better way to study?

Relaxing in Mallorca

Easter drone shot.

The coming storm

Wieliczka memorial rally 2025

🔗 Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous | Timothy Snyder

My old iPad “only” set up at home. It was honestly a great writing experience.

New iPad Day for Me 🎉

Yesterday was new iPad day for me.

Initial impressions:

  1. I didn’t realise how bad my old iPad’s battery was!
  2. FaceID is generally good
  3. No home button feels stranger than with the iPhone
  4. The “button” on the pencil pro is fantastic. Quick switching tools is so good.
  5. The pencil staying on the side and wirelessly charging is amazing!
  6. It’s SO thin
  7. The setup process was decent, it took ages to download my procreate files though! I literally couldn’t use procreate all of yesterday.

I haven’t tried it with stage manager and a keyboard yet but I’m exited to. It’s crazy to think that this is my most powerful computer (though that was the case when I got my old iPad Pro too) I’m also keen to get one of these screen protectors like the Rock paper pencil or pentips pen mat that can go on and off the screen easily.