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What is Visual Note-taking?

Visual note-taking combines words and illustrations to make meaning of a situation or concept. It can also be referred to as “scribing” or “live illustration”, they’re essentially the same activity! It supports a range of organisations from universities to corporate businesses.

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Behind the Scenes: Take a Seat! Project

Here’s a behind the scenes look at our recent Take a Seat! project, featuring a video of the process. We painted the bench for weeks, so we could fully immerse ourselves in the East Leeds community. We painted on-site and were able to converse with a range of different people. It was a lovely experience to have following months of isolation.

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Live Illustration for Mayfair Youth Forum in London

Visual note-taking enabled Buttercrumble to capture London's Mayfair Youth Forum, engagingly and creatively. 2-3 Degrees kindly invited us to document the event earlier this month.

The forum is formed by a group of young leaders aged 14-18 working to enhance #YouthVoice in the Mayfair, London.

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Live Illustration at Seasalt Cornwall, Lincoln

To celebrate the launch of the new Seasalt Cornwall store in Lincoln, we were invited to create a buzz with our stylish, live illustration.

We had such a fantastic time and thanks so much to everyone who popped by to receive an illustrated portrait. We hope you enjoy them! They are always a pleasure to create. The new Lincoln store is looking beautiful and situated within the newly redeveloped Cornhill Quarter. It's definitely worth a visit.

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