How do you become a scribe?
Daily life teaches you best!
There is no specific education to become a professional scribe. And you don’t have to be a professional artist, to perfectly draw is not the most important thing. It’s all about practice and training and not being afraid of standing in front of an audience and being able to work as a team independently. Leave things out because you’re not a robot!
You need to structure and think in images at the same time. If you speak two languages and have an excellent general knowledge, that is clearly an advantage. One of the main requirements is curiosity and to being able to listen very carefully between the lines. The whole world and each and every single day is a school. To be open minded and able to listen to each other and learn from each other is a must. Exercise your fonts like back in school where you had to learn a specific type of writing. Go back there but use your own fonts and your own styles and see how it goes and then you can use a new one.
“Start by looking at a scene and catching that scene and start to feel comfortable with your own style. There is an artist in everyone — you just have to take the time to practice.” Tom Kehner (the Difference Consulting / The Value Web)
Write words readable and attractive for the audience with illustrations. Use colors! And try to entertain in order to make the hard topics seem less serious because then the audience have easier access in the end. Read some books, get inspired by street art. Observe and try to rebuild it. Imagine yourself to be in the role of the observer of an audience and its conversation and try to visualize in meaningful and entertaining drawings.
Facts:
- You don’t need to be a professional drawer
- It’s all about practice and training
- Be curious
- Work as a team independently
- Structure and think in images at the same time
- To speak two languages is an advantage
- Having an excellent general knowledge is an advantage
- Listen very carefully between the lines
- Try to be openminded and able to listen and learn from each other
- Entertain so that hard topics seem less serious and easier to understand
- Get into some books and get inspired by street art
- Adapt the role of the observer of a conversation and an audience
- Visualize in meaningful and entertaining drawings
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