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bikablo – A Quick Guide to Learning Essential Visual Vocabulary
Sketchnoting or visual note-taking works a lot like writing. To begin, you will need paper and a pen – and then some of the basic visual vocabulary that we’ve developed here at bikablo.
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Learn Sketchnoting with bikablo – Part 1: What’s the Job of a Sketchnoter?
The creative technique of sketchnoting makes it easier to retain nuggets of information – and sharing information is one of the things we at the bikablo akademie love to do best.
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The Right Way to Combine Colors – bikablo’s Tips & Tricks
Our trainers have put together seven new color palettes to show which color combinations work best for both beginners and visualization pros.
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Rules for Visualization – Part 1: Ten Beliefs You Should Toss Out the Window
Meaning, discernment, and the fascinating relationship between words and images: Which beliefs you should toss out the window in order to make it easier to use visual language.
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Learn Sketchnoting with bikablo – Part 2: 5 Easy Steps to Creating Your First Sketchnote
Graphic visualization is a cultural skill that can be learned, just like learning a foreign language – and sketchnoting is the best way to get started.
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From Visual Vocabulary to Key Visual: Playfully Combining Pictograms
By combining different elements of visual vocabulary, you can develop your own visual language. If you take a playful approach to this, you will often come up with unusual visual translations of the topic under discussion.