Live Illustration

Looking for a way to activate your event?

The Benefits of Live Illustration

  • Boosts audience engagement

  • Makes messages and complex information accessible to a wider range of people (over 60% of us are visual learners!)

  • Brings the fun-factor to your event

  • Sparks new ideas and interaction with participants

  • Provides content for you to use post-event in follow-up communication with your audience such as blog posts, social media, reports, ad campaigns and postcards and posters.

  • Experiencing your thoughts and ideas reflected through Live Illustration is both empowering and affirming.

As you get into the nitty gritty of your talks, discussions and debates, I process this information and turn this into original drawings. These drawings map ideas, the flow of conversation and key headlines from your event.  

Timelapse Animation Video Live Visual Scribing for Curating for Change

Available for In-person, Online and Hybrid Events

Timelapse video of Esther Springett Live Illustrating at an online event

Esther Springett Live Illustrating for an online event and sharing her screen.

Esther Springett Live Illustrating for an online event and sharing her screen with delegates

Live Illustration Examples

What to expect when you work with me

Intro call

I’ll get a flavour of your event and all your requirements

Colour Palette

I’ll choose a colour palette that is in sync with your branding and style guide

Tech run

We’ll make sure everything’s running smoothly before the event kicks off

Live illustration

I draw alongside your talks and presentations. People can watch as the drawings are created or in a grand reveal at the end.

Digital content

You get digital drawings and a timelapse video with the option of stand-alone graphics and more for you to share.

Live Illustration is great for…

Arts, Culture and Heritage Events and Workshops

Marketing Events and Product Launches

Project Evaluation Meetings, Measuring Impact and Reporting

Workforce Development, Awareness Raising and Skills Development

Education Workshops and Events

Audience Development Planning and Customer Journey

Corporate Business Vision and Strategy Sessions

Lived Experience Workshops and Peer Learning

Local Government Events, Policy Making and Manifesto Workshops

Community Consultation, Youth Voice and Community Development Projects

Digital Industry Events

Sustainability, Energy and Environmental Summits and Events

Live Illustration Frequently Asked Questions

  • Also called live scribing, graphic recording or visual note-taking - live illustration is a way of visually capturing talks, discussions and presentations. I use my toolkit of drawing techniques to create speedy drawings that encapsulate topics, summarise key points and breakdown complex ideas.

  • Having a visual accompaniment to your event instantly opens out your message to more people. Research has found that 65 percent of the general population are visual learners, meaning they need to see information in order to retain it. By turning information into images, you are adding value to your message and increasing its potential to lodge in the minds of your audience, clients and participants.

  • I come along to your event, conference, meeting and link up my digital sketchpad to a projector and capture your event as it unfolds. The visuals can be played back as a time-lapse video and you can use them following the event to spruce up your post-event follow-up notes, minutes and pledges. I can also turn the live illustrations into stand-alone graphics for campaigns and more. Get in touch to discuss.

  • With online meeting platforms such as Zoom and Teams, now a common fixture in our lives, live illustration is a great way of enlivening your online event and banishing Zoom-fatigue. And of course, hosting your event online instantly makes it accessible to a wider audience. I share my digital sketchpad screen so participants can see the visuals taking shape live or playback a timelapse to round-up the session/s. Following the event you receive the digital files of the drawings and a timelapse video.

  • A hybrid event is where you have in-person activities such as a conference with a panel discussion and an online element that enables a virtual audience to tune in and participate e.g. via a live stream. I can live stream my illustration and graphic recording to your event too so I can bring value to your event whilst working from my home studio. This is an environmentally friendly, cost-effective and accessible option for me and your organisation!

  • Absolutely yes, I can bring a large roll of paper and pens to your venue, providing there is the wall space/ or boards available.

  • As an artist, I automatically own the copyright to the artwork and illustrations I create when we work together. A license agreement will allow you the option to reproduce the images in specific ways, for a specific amount of time. Licensing means you only pay for what you need. The licensing fee will be calculated based on a number of factors, including where the image will be used, by who and for how long.

  • I work with a range a clients including, but not limited to: charities, community interest companies, third sector organisations, local government, museums and galleries, arts and culture, heritage and education as well as businesses and corporate clients. My specialism is in live illustrating for clients who are interested in inclusion, social change and sustainability.

  • I'm based in East Sussex, UK, but I work both nationally and internationally. Depending on the nature of the event and the budget, I'm open to traveling to destinations farther afield. Have a specific event in mind? I'm all ears. Feel free to get in touch to discuss details.

  • Each job is different and I put together a quote based on the details you provide me about your event. Packages start from £450. To start a conversation, please fill out a contact form.

  • Send me the details of your event by completing the contact form. I’ll then get in touch to arrange a call to run through your event and your requirements. I’ll prepare a quote for you to sign off and just before your event we will do a tech run through together to make sure everything is running smoothly and we’re good to go.