My project in Sketchnoting 101: Drawing as a Communication Tool course

I had a fairly easy time coming up with ideas for drawings for My Favorite Dopamine Boosters. I made a list and drew them, some individually and some combined and played with moving them around. I’m very familiar and comfortable using Procreate, and the creation was pretty organic.
I felt like MFDB was a warmup for the project that I had chosen, Story Stewardship, from a chapter in Brené Brown’s book, Atlas of the Heart. The phrase “walking alongside” made me snag the shoes from MFDB to use again. I listen to audiobooks and podcasts when I walk alone, and when I walk with family and friends, we’re always sharing stories. Walking and stories go hand-in-hand, or foot-by-foot, for me. Sometimes I’m telling the story, and sometimes I’m hearing it.
I did want to “honor the sacred nature of story’, so I tried to look for a shape that would serve as a sacred space, and I also wanted to center the storyteller. I lost the honeycomb feeling in the final frame, but I like the flow. I used color to differentiate between sharing and hearing a story, but in a conversation, the roles can be very fluid.
I had extreme difficulty coming up with pictures to align with each of the stewardship elements. Just after beginning this project, I had a conversation with my mom, and for the first time I recognized why our conversations often go awry. Continuing the project has been a great meditation on setting boundaries and expectations for future conversations. I decided to focus on text that was brief and pointed. Maybe having the example of poor story stewardship served the project well.
I chose the tan background because I was working at night and wanted to avoid the bright light, but I decided that I liked the warmth and added a paper texture on top. The writing could be a little more polished, but I do have ADHD, and I ran out of patience. I also (now) believe in “good enough” (recovering perfectionist), thank goodness. The informal presentation might make the message more familiar and accessible. I hope so.
I’m grateful for the course. I’ve learned a lot through both your instruction and coursework. I am surprised at how invested I got in the coursework and how that investment increased as the course continued. I definitely plan to continue, the rewards and applications are guaranteed to keep me playing with this blended info plus art form. Thank you for the enjoyable and comprehensive intro!