The Sketch Effect

10/15/2026

Meet the Behind-the-scenes crew. 🎨

They’ve been waiting patiently through pre-event meetings, ridden in a backpack, been uncapped, recapped, and uncapped again out of sheer excitement.

Give them a canvas and a room full of big ideas, and they’ll take it from there. ✏️

10/14/2026

Your audience won’t read a wall of text.
They will share a great summary board.
Learn how to use summary boards to educate, inspire, and spread your message.
Full guide 👉 https://bit.ly/48mpqBE

10/14/2026

A little behind-the-scenes look at what most people don't see before the Graphic Recording unfolds.

Our team loves to arrive early. First, we navigate the venue (and trust us, every venue is its own adventure 🗺️). Once we find the room, we figure out the lighting and where the speakers will be, set up our easels, prep our markers, and get the boards ready with titles and logos.

Then we wait for the first session to begin... and go!

10/13/2026

How to Draw… Movement! 💃🏃‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤾‍♀️

Step by step guide:

Step 1. Start with parenthesis as a guide ⠀
Step 2. Draw limbs towards opposite directions ⠀ ⠀
Step 3. Add some drama & bend the spine! ⠀ ⠀
Step 4. Practice with different poses ⠀
Step 5. Try out this tutorial and tag when you share your awesome work!

What do you want to learn next?

10/08/2026

A spooky guest picked up a marker and got a little carried away. 👻🍂

Happy Spooky Season! Wishing you crisp fall weather, delicious treats, and safe, happy festivities.

10/07/2026

Concept Roundup, round two! ✏️

Every doodle here started as something someone said that was worth holding onto. 💡

A few favorite ideas from recent sessions, captured live as the conversations happened.

10/06/2026

You know you want an animated video.

Then comes the question that can send you down a surprisingly deep rabbit hole:

Whiteboard animation or time-lapse video? 🤔

Both can give you that hand-drawn look. Both can turn complicated ideas into something much easier to follow. Both can make a message feel more human.

The difference is in how the story gets told.

Whiteboard explainers move through multiple scenes, which makes them great for journeys, transformations, processes, and stories involving people.

Narrated time-lapse builds one illustration as the story unfolds. It works beautifully for focused messages, program overviews, event recaps, and ideas that have a clear visual structure.

We put together a guide to help you figure out which one makes sense for your project, including the timelines, trade-offs, and practical questions worth asking before production begins.

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Whiteboard Explainers or narrated time-lapse? Here's how the two formats differ in production, timeline and message; and how to pick the right fit.

10/06/2026

Getting the right people in the room takes months of planning. Making sure they actually remember what was said? That's a different challenge.

Graphic Recording turns your event's biggest ideas into visuals your audience can see, share, and come back to long after the last session ends.

Planning an event this fall? Let's talk about making it stick!

10/01/2026

When people share what matters most to them, we take that seriously. 🧡

Our artists listen hard, draw fast, and do our best to make sure every idea lands on the board the way it was meant.

This one from Southwest Georgia is a favorite. Swipe through 👉

09/30/2026

📣 Too much information, not enough clarity?

In a world flooded with reports and presentations, we need better ways to communicate ideas, especially at the executive level.

Visual executive summaries are the highlight reel for your key insights: clear, visual, and easy to act on. This blog dives into how they work, when to use them, and why working with a visual expert can make all the difference.

✨ Great for strategy decks, board meetings, investor updates, and more.

📎 Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3H9x8nB