Jono Hey, author of Big Ideas Little Pictures and creator of Sketchplanations, shares insights from over a decade of explaining the world through sketches. We discuss: The power of visual thinking Building a new identity when changing careers Knowing when a piece is done and ready for publishing Tips to get started with sketching & lessons from long-term creative projects, including illustrating for Bill Gates. * ABOUT JONO HEY Jono Hey is the author and illustrator of Big Ideas Little Pictures , a collection of the best of Sketchplanations —his decade-long project dedicated to explaining complex ideas through simple sketches. With a background spanning academia, business, design, product development, and engineering, Jono has helped build two successful companies and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His work has been featured in Bill Gates’s book How to Prevent the Next Pandemic , and he co-hosts Sketchplanations – the Podcast , where he and two friends dive deeper into the ideas behind his sketches. Find his latest work at sketchplanations.com . * RESOURCES 📑 Interview Transcript Sketchplanations.com A Sketch a Day journal Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule by Paul Graham Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam Big Ideas Little Pictures by Jono Hey Blurb (Book Printing) Jono’s Patreon * This episode is brought to you by our friends at Lulu. If you're interested in self-publishing, Lulu has free resources such as helpful tutorials, templates to help you layout a book, design for print, and they have a very watchable YouTube University channel . Our community anthology is in fact published using Lulu. Check them out at lulu.com . For show notes, transcripts and to attend our live podcasts visit: podcast.londonwriterssalon.com. For free writing sessions, join free Writers’ Hours: writershour.com. * FOLLOW LONDON WRITERS’ SALON Twitter: twitter.com/WritersSalon Instagram: instagram.com/londonwriterssalon Facebook: facebook.com/LondonWritersSalon If you’re enjoying this show, please rate and review this show!
