In this episode, Natalia Talkowska, visual communicator and founder of Natalka Design. She shares how she left a small town in Poland, landed in London, started a solo visual practice, and has grown that business into a team of fifty people.

This inspiring discussion with Natalia is one you won’t want to miss!

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Running Order

• Intro
• Welcome
• Who is Natalia?
• Origin Story
• Natalia’s current work
• Sponsor: Concepts app
• Tools
• Tips
• Where to find Natalia
• Outro

Links

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Natalia on LinkedIn
• Natalia on Twitter
• Natalka Design
• Natalka Design on Instagram
• Doodledoo
• Doodle Maps
• George Berlin
• Vestaboard

Tools

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Traveler’s Notebook
• Staedtler Pigment Liners
• Sakura Pigma MB
• Pentel Arts Color Pen, Fine Point Colors
• Adobe CS Suite
• Procreate
• Adobe Fresco
• Wacom Tablet
• Microsoft Surface Studio
• ReMarkable

Tips

1. Talk to other people, especially outside of your area
2. Do something else to break out of your old ways: course, approach, etc.
3. Believe who you and and this is what you do

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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