Sketchy Ideas #26 - soil, biographies and a fallacy

Welcome back to the sketchnote roundup, the newsletter that finds hidden visual gems and interesting ideas like a drawing obsessed hedgehog.

I’ve had a busy few weeks and the next couple look to be similar with the international sketchnote camp and a friend’s wedding coming soon so I might miss a few weeks next month.

I hope you enjoy this week’s newsletter.

Content: Soil

Soil is boring, right? Well this sketchnote might make you think again.

Kate Rutter @katerutter

Sign me up as a #soilgeek ; made a soil-info reference sheet as a memory aid. I <3 learning about the magic of dirt. #sketchnotes #naturejournal #soilscience #soils #QWEL #lifelonglearning

It's chock full of information and makes great use of visual tools to communicate the layers, makeup and parts of soil.

Enlarge it and dig in to the information.

Style: Portraits in focus

Frédéric Duriez @didac2b

Mes abonnés ont du talent et pourquoi il faut les suivre : @JVaudere, le compte d’une auteure de la fin XIXe. début XXe. prolifique mais oubliée. Des anecdotes, des iconographies, des extraits… pour découvrir une œuvre par petites touches. #sketchnote #resumedessine #vaudere

A beautiful visual biography with delightful text. The background colours help each image standout and divide the text.

Bonus: how to manage the arrival fallacy

Chris J Wilson ✏️💡 @MrChrisJWilson

Was there a toy you really wanted as a kid? For me it was the Real Power Workshop. I eventually got one and it was great. But it wasn't as good as I had imagined. This is a common fallacy which can be avoided. 👇

This was one of my latest in a series of visuals I made on cognitive biases. I was proud to add more research and details to this one.

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