143 Visuals To Inspire You to Take Action

by Scott Torrance, Mirka Volakova (Illustrator)

A collection of 143 illustrations, doodles and sketchnotes from over 50 contributors from all over the world brought together in one place.Set aside half an hour, put on the kettle and prepare to be inspired.

Genres: Nonfiction, Design, Self Help, Art

204 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 18, 2014

Reviews

[Luísa Lima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exactly what the title says!

Hard not to feel inspired after going through a wonderful selection of sketchnotes and doodles, with a wonderful array of styles.

[Katja · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a collection of illustrated notes and doodles that come across as a miscellany of sketches, notes and mindmaps from various presentations just thrown together. Some of them are hard to understand and others seem pretty random and unconnected. If there was a structure to this book I didn't get it.
These would be awesome and memorable visuals if it was my notes from a lecture I attended but it doesn't work well in a book form when some of the time I have no idea what they're talking about. It might be worth a look if you want some ideas how to make your own lecture notes prettier and less tedious.

I did not find myself inspired and I'm not sure what action this book was supposed to inspire. I think it needed more explanation: what these pictures are and why they were chosen in this book and what was the POINT.

[Magali · Rating 1 out of 5]

Most of the doodles were not that inspiring, nor that interesting, I mostly shuffled through them without pausing. I think the book should have been edited better, maybe themes could have been added or something, I don't really know but it felt like they just put doodles together and called it a book and that did not feel good enough.

[Cristina Isabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the visuals were hard to follow because they had a lot of info or it was too jumbled. Those I just kind of bypassed. Others were very colorful and informative. I don't think it inspired me, but I did take some notes from it. I feel it should have been better executed as it feels like they were all tossed in a random collection. Maybe some themes would've helped refine it.

[Gary Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This will mean more to IT people

A collection of doodles intended to inspire IT workers to greater effectiveness. They tend toward crowding and clutter in design, but some are very professional in look. My favorite, though, was a very simple sketch of a cherry tree with a few blossoms.

[Bree · Rating 4 out of 5]

A treasure trove of examples or samples of visual documentation, notes and sense making to inspire your own sketchbook, note taking or facilitation. These sketches show you just how diverse, simple or complex sketching can be. This book is a source of inspiration and permission to just try and do what works for you.

[Sweetpea's Garden · Rating 2 out of 5]

Doodles...

...for your noodles. If you're inspired by the doodles of others, then this is for you. If not, steer clear. They really do look like schoolbook covers.

[Laura E. Mackey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

Just a book of doodles. Nothing else except ideas. Can see the thought processes of the individuals. I would like to be that creative.

[Tina · Rating 2 out of 5]

These visuals didn't exactly "inspire me to take action"....but I enjoyed looking at most of them.

[Keith Dickens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh kinda says it all.

[Muhamed Causevic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great visual inspiration.

This book is not very informative on technique but it doors offer some insight in some of the artists and designers sketches. It is however a brilliant visual inspiration for those of us who wish to sketch more and expand skills in user experience.

[Sara M Hartman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not inspiring

Many of the sketches were not interesting enough in their content or design to inspire me to take action, as the title says. Boring.

[Alexis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Notes: I thought this would be more inspirational, but it seemed like it was just a book of examples and not really inspiring.

[HeiAndy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

Good and interesting to read and see, I save some ideas that can even help me, definitly Im gonna recommend it

[Asaf Araya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Motivacional

Entretenido, dan ganas de intentar dibujar y hacer algo parecido.
Lectura super rápida, dinámica, ligera y con buen sentido del humor.

[Rae · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sample sketchnotes and doodles.

[Selena-Beana · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not like this book and I didn't find it very useful. The book is a collection of brainstorming ideas from ui\ux designers to paper crafters. Did it inspire me to take action? No.