It really is a privilege to be able to document this type of content. I found Mr Rifkin’s talk such a joy to listen to and I had a lot of fun drawing this one, not least the fact that I got to draw a monkey and also a talking fox.

However, this leads to a serious point about how sometimes humour can get you into trouble when you are trying to visually understand a point.  These videos are housed on the RSA website too and here they do sometimes receive comments, which is good for feedback for us as artists and how some content can be held to task, especially in the scientific realm. The comments on this can be viewed here. I think it’s definitely a point to consider in the future. Images are powerful and the suggestions they can make can be misleading and sometimes what you might think is a neat way to tie something up visually, might really be creating misunderstanding or promoting the unintentional ideas. I will think on!

I was also delighted to have the work appear on Scott McCloud’s blog. Scott is a artistic hero of mine and his book ‘Understanding Comics’ has and continues to be a big influence on the work we do. Thanks for your kind words Scott!

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Here’s our latest effort in the video Scribing arena. I say arena, but there seems to be very few of us doing this sort of thing. This is for the RSAnimate series we are doing. We are getting a great response from it and we are fortunate to have great sponsors at the RSA. We thank them and the great speakers we get to listen to and translate. If it wasn’t for the rich content they provide, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do.  Anyway, Dan Pink gave great talk at the RSA in London about what motivates us and here’s how we translated what he said. We are just about to start work on another two ‘animations’ and they should be up very shortly.

We are proud of the work we have been doing for the RSAnimate series. I really do enjoy Scribing the RSA sessions. The content is engaging, relevant and has wide appeal. I had a great time drawing this. I particularly like George W Bush as a cheerleader. I also liked drawing Darth Vader being magnetised to a fridge.

We seem to be hitting our stride with the process of video Scribing now and the output is improving.