topics
covered on
this page:

Shapes

Graphic
Short-hand

Bean People
& Other
Characters

MG Taylor
Models

As with K-Walls, great drawing ability is not necessary in a good scribe. But it is important that you attempt to include some drawing in your scribing. Drawings help some people to remember what is discussed. They provide entertainment and help lighten the mood of serious discussions. Most people seem to enjoy the "off the cuff" nature of scribed drawings and are not at all concerned about how "good" the drawing is. Your audience is a supportive one and few people are themselves in the position to critique your drawings. And for that tiny portion who do, let them try to draw with thirty people watching!

Shapes
• It's good to practice drawing simple shapes, three-dimensional shapes, and attractive arrows, because these elements may be frequently used to spice up wordy discussions. There are many "how to draw" books on the market which can teach you how to draw these kinds of things. Two which we like to use at the Borgess Navigation Center are Mark Kistler's Draw Squad by Mark Kistler of PBS fame and Rapid Viz by Kurt Hanks.

Graphic Short-Hand
• Remember back in elementary school when you had a small arsenal of images which you could draw anytime, anyplace, upon request? Maybe a house with a tree in the yard, a yellow sun which you always placed in the upper left hand corner of your paper, a race car, rocket ship, horse, smiley face, or dog with floppy tongue. Try to invent a new collection of images that you can use in scribing.
• Useful images could include: clocks, stoplights, cars, keys, pencils, lightbulbs,
raining clouds, telephones, etc.
• As you do more scribing, you'll find many of the same everyday phrases being repeated during discussions and this may inspire more short-hand images.

Bean People
• MG Taylor Corporation has had many creative people working for them over the years. Bean People were the invention of xxxxxxx and are super useful characters
to learn to draw.
• Show them pointing to concepts, leaning against words, expressing emotion, playing different roles (especially with the addition of things like cowboy hats or objects in their hands).
• Bean People are made up of an oval head, oval body, stick limbs, and little oval hands and feet. This simple formula can yield enormously expressive results!
• Experiment by drawing your Bean Guy running, dancing, laughing, sleeping, crying, strolling, yelling, shaking hands with another Bean Dude, etc.

Create your own character
• Bean People may inspire you to come up with your own signature characters which you always use when scribing.
• Maybe it's something you've always drawn next to your signature or a cartoon you used to doodle in high school. Choose something that's easy to draw quickly and which you love to draw.
• There are lots of books and websites out there on cartooning and the drawing of characters. Take a look at xxxxxx

MG Taylor Models
• MGtaylor Models and axioms are often used to illustrate ideas during discussions which are scribed. More on axioms may be found at our own online Knowledge Worker Manual ../../../KworkerManual/ePages/Resources/Axioms.htm . More information about models, glyphs, and axioms may be found at MG Taylor's website http://www.mgtaylor.com.

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