VIENNA SKETCH CLUB

Claudia Oster / @usabilitytalks

Prepare…

Grab a pen Grab at least 4 sheets of paper

2 sheets for exercise 1 1 sheet for exercise 2 1 sheet for exercise 3

Inspiration

Exercise 1 – 10 min

5x2 minutes

Warm Up

1-Basic Sketch Elements

Draw various types of Lines Rectangles Triangle Circles

Play with line thickness & hatching styles

Image from „Sketching User Experiences“ (2012) by Greenberg, Carpendale, Marquard, Buxton

2-Composing Objects – Tools & objects

Based on the basic sketch elements Draw:

o Chairo Tableo Closed boxo Open boxo Light bulbo Clocko Pictureso Window

o Camerao Phone o Mobile phoneo Computero Mouseo Tableto Printer

Image from „Sketching User Experiences“ (2012) by Greenberg, Carpendale, Marquard, Buxton

3-People

Try to draw „star person“ Draw variatins of the star person – think,

thick, with hands, etc.

Image from „Visual Meetings“ (2010) by David Sibbet

4-People – various types

Try out different techniques

Image from „Sketching User Experiences“ (2012) by Greenberg, Carpendale, Marquard, Buxton

5-Bodies, Faces & Emotion

Try to draw an angry person. Try to draw a happy person. Think about…

Body language: legs, arms, … Face: eyebrows, mouth, …

Image from „Sketching User Experiences“ (2012) by Greenberg, Carpendale, Marquard, Buxton

Exercise 2 – 15 minutes

Landscape „UX Camp“

Image from „Visual Meetings“ (2010) by David Sibbet

Landscapes

Record a timeline using a landscape Our Timeline: UX Camp 2014 (today)

Visualize your experiences using elements of a landscape – hills, valleys, trees, sun, people, houses, clouds, etc.

Real life things & people – on the ground Ideas, concepts, initiative – in the air (balloons, bubbles, plane) Goals & visions – on the top like sunlight

Image from „Visual Meetings“ (2010) by David Sibbet

Exercise 3 – 20 minutes

Fold the paper 4x (5 areas)

Sketch Club

Sketch Club

London Sketch Club

Eva-Lotta Lamm

http://www.evalotta.net/sketchnotes/

Step 1: Write a sentence

Fold the paper 4x (5 areas)

Write one sentence to the top 2 minutes

Step 2: Draw!

Give the paper to the next person Draw! – 5 minutes

Step 3: Write a sentence

Fold the paper – only the drawing should be visible!

Give the paper to the next person

Write a sentence – what do you see? 3 minutes

Step 4: Draw!

Fold the paper – only the last sentence should be visible

Draw – 5 minutes

Step 5: Write a sentence

Fold the paper – only the drawing should be visible!

Give the paper to the next person

Write a sentence – what do you see? 3 minutes

FINAL

Unfold the paper …

HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT… THANK YOU. DANKE.

@usabilitytalks // Claudia Oster