The 6 Lenses of Graphic Recording

I’m always looking at ways to explain graphic recording to someone who is new to the field, or to a prospect who has inquired about the surface but never worked with a graphic recorder before. I’ve realised there are actually six lenses through which graphic recording can be viewed. These lenses might seem obvious to (more…)

Lunch & Learn: Scribe Videos

In this week’s Lunch and Learn, we deep-dived into the Scribe Video process, tools, workflow tricks and learnt how to streamline production for video producers. Packed full with seasoned Graphic Recorders, their lessons learnt and time wormholes to avoid, this session had so many juicy hacks to help nail your next animation project.

How to find a mentor

Mentorships come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Formal, informal, ongoing, one-off… There is no one way to do mentorship, but there are a few general tips we can all leverage for great mentoring experiences from both sides. GRA Members have an incredible resource in the network of Professional and Associate Members, the Knowledge (more…)

Graphic recorders are communication experts

The Trick with Graphic Recording

Graphic storytellers/recorders have valuable interpretive skills and can magic technical jargon into easily synthesised visual language. This communication expertise brings immense value to numerous fields, work places and organisations. Graphic by Dr Pat Grant, as part of a survey ‘Graphic Story Tellers at Work’ commissioned by the Australia Council.

iLRN: Pushing the Boundaries of How Extended Reality is Shaping Education

Check out what clever cookie & GRA Secretary @mattymcg from @sketchgrp has been up to!! “The Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is a global community of educators who are pushing the boundaries of how XR (eXtended Reality, which is becoming the accepted umbrella term for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality technologies) is shaping the (more…)

Mr Squiggle Let’s Play

It’s a rainy Sunday in Melbourne, so here’s a fun iso activity for you: Turn this squiggle into a picture, post and tag @graphicrecordersaus on Instagram to WIN a copy of @jessamyg_draws book ‘GR’s Best Mate’. The most creative response wins. Show us what ya got!

Upcycling Graphic Recording Canvases

What a great idea from GRA Secretary @mattymcg and @sketchgrp ! We do tend to create a bit of waste in our industry, and this is such a great initiative around reuse. What do you do to lower your GR environmental footprint? So delighted (pun intended) to be partnering with @alittlelightcandles to upcycle our old (more…)