Everyone is an illustrator

Arjuna Soriano / @arjunasoriano Kavya Sukumar / @kavyasukumar Inspiration: Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor, by Lynda Barry

Arjuna

(Last published illustration)

Kavya

Knight-Mozilla Fellow at Vox Media

Not an artist. But everything is an illustration

Why draw?

Art asset

Brittany Holloway-Brown / http://www.racked.com/2015/4/20/8416799/marijuana-colorado-cannabis-wellness-lifestyle

Explanatory

Cathartic

To-dos/reminders

What is a bad drawing?

Does a drawing need to look realistic to convey feeling and emotion?

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html

Does a drawing need to be 'artistic' to challenge and entertain?

http://lifeinhellarchives.tumblr.com

Does a drawing need to be "good" to effectively communicate?

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wikipedian_protester.png

Exercise in 60 seconds

Draw a robber out of simple shapes: circles, triangles and rectangles. Minimal features and rudimentary limbs are ok, as is a basic pattern on his or her clothing.

Exercise by Ivan Brunetti

Now, the scariest part. Leave your drawing on the table and get up to look at your neighbors' drawings.

Exercise 2: Draw a car in 60 seconds

Exercise 3: Illustrate a story

• OH on the police scanner, a very Florida description of a subject: "Two males. Driver: fat guy, tattoos. That's all I've got." @jessicalipscomb
• We're getting closer and closer to a world with personalized jetpacks. Thank goodness. @nowthisnews
• In Cambodia, rats are helping find hidden land mines
  @ajplus
• Sniper Attack On Calif. Power Station Raises Terrorism Fears NPR
• Putin flies with rare cranes in ultralight NY Times
• Ominous new cracks found on Bay Bridge rods SFGate

Questions?