In this episode, Zsofi Lang journeyed from NGOs and international development in Brussels, Belgium — into live sketchnoting, illustration, and mural-making. She shares what she’s learned from transformative, team-building exercises where she guides teams to create large-scale murals together that map their culture and values.

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Running Order

• Intro
• Welcome
• Who is Zsofi?
• Zsofi’s origin story
• The work Zsofi is doing now
• What Zsofi does to cope with pandemic
  • Podcasts
  • Drawing
  • Dance Parties
• Sponsor: Concepts app
• Tools
• Tips
• Where to find Zsofi
• Outro

Links

• Zsofi’s Website
• Zsofi’s Links
• Zsofi on Instagram
• Zsofi on YouTube
• Zsofi’s 3 Tips

Tools

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Leuchtturm1917 A6 Notebook
• Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil, HB
• Uniball Fineliner
• Stabilo 68 Markers
• Posca Paint Markers
• Molotow Markers
• Molotow Paints
• iPad Pro
• Apple Pencil
• Autodesk Sketchbook
• Tayasui Sketches
• Paper by WeTransfer
• The Sketchnote Handbook

Tips

1. Look at other work that’s awesome and analyze and understand why
2. Visually journal 3 things that happened today
3. Don’t be discouraged when its hard, keep going
4. Use 50% opacity layer or a sticky note to capture in-progress ideas

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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