SgGR meet 30 July 2013

L-R Su Min, Thum, Brenda, Jolynn, Annie, Kailin

Brooklyn Art Gallery Cafe

Cheng Cheong had suggested this meeting place and it worked out quite nicely.
A few minutes walk from Kembangan MRT station.
The cafe itself is quiet, not so busy:
We did order and consume some drinks.

We started by introducing ourselves, and talking of what sort of GR and visual stuff we were doing .                      

We brought out our tools of the trade:

Range of markers: omnigraph, daiso ($2), copic markers, Pilot big markers,  neuland, Faber Castell connector pens, artliners

saitograph $17.95 for box of 24

pastels sticks, oil pastels, pan pastels (order from dblick.com)

plastic underliners

mindmaps

and iPad apps!

of Sketchbook pro: Not limitless canvas: must practice zooming in and out and centering

 

We did a little icon jamming

Each person in turn suggesting a topic, and everyone doing an image (as fast as possible)

Man

Cook

Artist

iPad user

Development

Contract 

we agreed it is ok to add words to the picture

it is okay to google "Draw" + "item yu need draw"

eg "Draw" =" Handshake"

TCC talked about his training in Mind Mapping and of some software

RE: starting on GR-Mindmapping

it was important to help newcomers overcome fear

develop basic visual vocabulary

lines straight

dotted

curvy

zigzag

circles

squares

blobs

I was keen to know more about FNS & MAFA
FNS <Facilitator Network Singapore> Coordinated by Praba & Janice
MAFA <Malaysian Association of  Facilitators> Coordinated Amina & Pat

 

 Su Min will attend and Kailin has attended AlphaChimp "Rockstar Scribe" course

Last session on how to clean up photo of poster using adobe was useful.

Bernice shared her Sketchpost studio

It includes her portfolio

How many colours does one use?

It is individual preference

"Chefs with a heart" is an NGO that Thum is aiding.

Colour for Accents
for Heading
for text
Some corporate clients prefer/need their colour palatte to be used
Some practitioners havetheir own prefered set of colours
Colours help your drawing stand out
 Colours help visual recall

We talked about our drawing surfaces  iPad vs paper, A4, vs 3'X4' foam, card...

We talked about sketch-noting, vblogs and CC showed an example

All good things come to an end too soon:
But we pencilled in a date for our next meeting
3 September 2013, 3 pm-5-ish, tea provided
Venue: my place

Graphic Warriors!