UX Sketch Notes

I’m often asked to share the UX diagrams in my Moleskine sketchbook(s) and explain some of the techniques I use to create these. I plan on publishing a series of articles that explain my approach to UX Sketching and the materials I use. In the meantime I’ve here are a small selection of sketches (scanned directly from my notebooks).

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Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils don’t bleed on Moleskine Paper

 

bikablo-inspired

Inspired by Bikablo (I love Bikablo)

 

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A journey or milestones metaphor works well for strategic planning

logging-overview

User flow style overview of data-entry, reporting and analytics system

ucas-ecosystem

Showing how, strategic, tactical and operational goals are interconnected

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Agile UX Processes (left) and eye-candy (right)

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Low-level “card ui” sketches (left) and the resulting hi-fi prototype (right)

complex-process

For complex systems I often sketch infographic style then walk users through it

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