What is Visual Thinking?

To get your copy of "10 Mindset Shifts for Visual Thinking" go to:
www.loosetooth.com/what_is_VT
What is Visual Thinking?
Not a how-to video, more of a why-care video. Watch to learn why drawing is such a fantastic thinking tool and why I focus on the THINKING in visual thinking.
LINKS:
While I deemphasize imagery in the video, the best in class source to learn iconography for fast, live drawing is bikablo akademie:
bikablo.com/en/
Martin Haussmann's book UZMO is a must-read.
I mention "iconitis," the binary thinking of turning each phrase into an icon in The Graphic Facilitator's Guide:
www.loosetooth.com/books
Rick Carson's book Taming Your Gremlin:
www.tamingyourgremlin.com/
RESOURCES:
The 2 core resources I've created to help you put the thinking in visual thinking are -
The Idea Shapers book:
www.loosetooth.com/is
The Agerbeck Method online course:
www.loosetooth.com/agme

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  • @kaydie2168
    @kaydie2168Ай бұрын

    OMG the way she talk , the voice , the body language, the meaning , the content , the visual .... ❤ feel like i'm in the storytale ❤

  • @wilma.espiritucrowley
    @wilma.espiritucrowleyАй бұрын

    I’m so glad to have found you! It is so validating to see someone who thinks like the way I do. I am a new follower and I will be buying your book! I am struggling with communication because I just can’t find the right words to describe my ideas and because I think so fast I get lost most if not all the time. Thank you so much for being you and for helping us, fellow visual thinkers, learn how to effectively use visual thinking.

  • @raine0000
    @raine00003 жыл бұрын

    I have thought verbally for a long time, and it has crossed my mind more than once how limiting it can be, too slow. Trying to reprogram my thinking to side more in the abstract

  • @kencory2476
    @kencory24764 ай бұрын

    Long ago in a galaxy far away, I was immersed in the disciplines called conceptual data modelling and functional process modelling. It was visual thinking made precise and manageable and billable. Of course the kids nowadays just write web pages, but that's a kind of visual thinking as well.

  • @hinotbyefelicia9424
    @hinotbyefelicia94246 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I feel seen and can relate to the processing power of visual thinking tools! I resonate with the way you think so much! 😊 Found this 5 yrs later but right on time! Love it! Seriously.

  • @janaarruda9071
    @janaarruda90714 жыл бұрын

    Just loved the video! thank you so much!

  • @amyhoneycutt6296
    @amyhoneycutt62964 жыл бұрын

    Really great information that expanded my viewpoint and excitement for visual thinking, thank you Brandy!

  • @javierdelacruz2157
    @javierdelacruz21575 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the video! I'm practicing the visual thinking in my job, and I think the most important benefit of the VT is reduce the overwhelming, that is very difficult but when you are involved with the VT it becomes easy to explain. Thanks again for the video!

  • @evenmind7283
    @evenmind72835 ай бұрын

    Woah, this has been really inspiring! At first, I thought this video might be a little long (too used to the hasty way things are being presented nowadays). But your pace of talking being somewhat reduced by simultaneously drawing/writing your ideas down actually really got me! It’s a lot easier to follow both because of your clear visual presentation and the nice pace. Just getting into this topic and quietly hoping to get into this field of work some day! Thanks a lot!

  • @paillavola816
    @paillavola8167 ай бұрын

    This is awesome. Working on complex program with multiple team, I used to put complex concept into simple visual graphic. Great! Great ! This is so helpful for my work.

  • @roiblack8587
    @roiblack85873 жыл бұрын

    This video is awesome. I am a illustrator so i have the drawing part very much covered, but visual thinking is a lot more. You make this so clear and easy. Wonderful.

  • @niemrobiniemrobi8397
    @niemrobiniemrobi8397Ай бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯❤️

  • @cathywalsh390
    @cathywalsh3904 жыл бұрын

    Love it thank you really explains things well

  • @joseferreirapinto9523
    @joseferreirapinto952311 ай бұрын

    I love your approach and have watched this video many times. I walked the path and think your work is amazingly clear and helpful at whatever level you are. I am really thankful to you.

  • @rahego
    @rahego5 жыл бұрын

    That was a great video, with a lot of key insights! I loved the idea of the "choices to make meaning", and the fact that you can learn how to make those choices more effectively. I find that one of the barriers that people have with "learning visual thinking" is that the examples you find around there (like your own sketch on this video) are... beautiful, and when you compare with what you can do yourself... well, it turns you down!! And that keeps you away from exploring the power of "less-than-beautiful" visuals.

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    5 жыл бұрын

    Raúl, I am happy that you found this video useful. I always hate to hear of anyone keeping themselves away from visual thinking, but I totally understand what you're saying. Here's a handful of things I do/say to help keep people motivated: 1. Don't compare your insides to someone else's outsides. It's never fair to yourself. 2. Practice makes progress. It's not about perfection, it's about your progress over time. I can make the above look beautiful and effortless from my 42 years of drawing experience. 3. Process over product. Shush the Inner Critic by focusing on what you're looking to make happen with your visual thinking (drawing as a verb), not the perfection of the product (drawing as a noun). The latter keeps us from even doing the former. 4. I *do* make my own drawings direct and not overly decorated or illustrated to stick to my own process. If any of those are useful to you and those you're encouraging, please share them.

  • @maddson2088
    @maddson20884 ай бұрын

    Excited to try it

  • @maddson2088

    @maddson2088

    4 ай бұрын

    If I buy the basic member can I upgrade to the higher one by paying the difference

  • @chitrahkarthigeyan415
    @chitrahkarthigeyan415 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making such an in depth video

  • @williamkpoti2535
    @williamkpoti25355 жыл бұрын

    Cool ! What a wonderfull video...

  • @INDIANXxhgpp9907
    @INDIANXxhgpp99072 жыл бұрын

    Better one indeed!!! 💎 1:20 brain tends to think visual 2:50 painful practical 9:00 visual w/ thought 21:00 getting abstract thoughts onto paper

  • @pedrol5752
    @pedrol57524 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, your explanation is very clear.

  • @The-illuminoid
    @The-illuminoid Жыл бұрын

    This is something that needs more attention!!!

  • @foldvary_laszlo
    @foldvary_laszlo Жыл бұрын

    For as A artist it helps a lot to comunicate my ideas to developers.

  • @aidenshen9552
    @aidenshen95525 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Very very nice presentation, I was fall in love with U, pretty good! And keep following!

  • @whitehawkjulie
    @whitehawkjulie4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for getting beyond iconography, that's so helpful to me!

  • @whitehawkjulie

    @whitehawkjulie

    4 жыл бұрын

    AND it's the first time in years I've watched all the way through a video that long! :)

  • @vynhat7502
    @vynhat75024 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your video. It's really helpful for a Graphic designer like me. Hope for more videos.

  • @kgomotsokgb5829
    @kgomotsokgb58292 жыл бұрын

    Love it, anything I can use to communicate my ideas. I'm becoming a visual thinker. Thank you

  • @karentonks7581
    @karentonks75812 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou brandy . i really enjoyed this x

  • @vrushalisheth9684
    @vrushalisheth96843 жыл бұрын

    Its a very nice video. Your commitment is visible from the way you are explaining the concept. Simple and very effective.. Thank you. IT helped me to get a lot of clarity.

  • @paulinevanderbilt
    @paulinevanderbilt2 жыл бұрын

    thank you - what a gorgeous explanation :)

  • @ameladventure4949
    @ameladventure49493 жыл бұрын

    Inspiring 😊 thank you

  • @user-mu2dq7xy6s
    @user-mu2dq7xy6s2 ай бұрын

    Fascinating!

  • @GregtheGrey6969
    @GregtheGrey69698 ай бұрын

    Thank you...very helpful.

  • @laiquangminh631
    @laiquangminh6313 жыл бұрын

    thank u for this excellent video

  • @leahgodson2319
    @leahgodson23192 жыл бұрын

    Yay, I like this topic; yay, she’s so smiley; yay she’s left-handed like me…!” Great video, thank you Brandy.

  • @lucenirgomes455
    @lucenirgomes4552 жыл бұрын

    Fantástico!!! Muito obrigada o vídeo é incrível! Quando teremos seus livros traduzidos para o português?

  • @issacgodfrey951
    @issacgodfrey9515 жыл бұрын

    Thank u for the video

  • @SourabhPandit1021studios
    @SourabhPandit1021studios Жыл бұрын

    What a lovely way of teaching ❤️

  • @gailbuffalo4583
    @gailbuffalo4583 Жыл бұрын

    I am intrigued by this method and realizing how long you have been part of this world, how you helped to build this tool. While your focus is on drawing and visualizing thinking through that, it is also important to note that visual thinking can be done without a pen or paper at all. People can think more visually by just how we take in the concrete world around us. I say this because while I am a #1 fan of getting ideas on paper, I am also trying to learn how to make those fast connections when I cannot stop and write things down esp while in the middle of an activity or project. Is that something you are interested in ever exploring i.e. not just the "getting it down" on paper but also "holding it" in your minds eye between the moments when you cannot stop and physically draw or write?

  • @mailbox5ravi

    @mailbox5ravi

    7 ай бұрын

    I Would love to discuss more about this.

  • @claudiamanta1943
    @claudiamanta19437 ай бұрын

    2:58 I felt the texture of that leaf.

  • @msoffice6037
    @msoffice6037 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @HANGHOTHI1010
    @HANGHOTHI101022 күн бұрын

    thank you so much

  • @TopNederlands
    @TopNederlands2 жыл бұрын

    That's a great piece of work on that white board.

  • @jayr.1905
    @jayr.19053 жыл бұрын

    I absorb information best by reading, but I think and problem solve best through images in my head. My notes are always text with graphs and or illustrations. Wow this video was great. Thanks

  • @mnhho5339
    @mnhho53399 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @toeknee01
    @toeknee015 ай бұрын

    I really enjoyed your video. What is the sticky paper you're using on the whiteboard???

  • @leonievervoort
    @leonievervoort Жыл бұрын

    Love this, I am a trainer! So I can use this , in my training development process and training delivery!+

  • @yaminamiloudi6092
    @yaminamiloudi60924 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your great video. Can you please give me the title of the book you mentioned during your presentation

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Yaminda Miloudi The book is The Idea Shapers. You can find it on my site, Loosetooth.com, or on Amazon. Thanks for asking!

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    What are those transpartent sheets that you created background for visual and thinking words?

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    5 жыл бұрын

    Static Film Sheets from Neuland

  • @SuperMegaDima
    @SuperMegaDima3 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thank you so much! I’m very much a visual thinker, and for me actually more advanced tools such as tablet or desktop computer work much better than paper. Ability to move things around, rotate, change size, colors, erase and redraw is big part in my visual thinking process. I wonder what you think about it.

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello, Fellow Visual Thinker! :^) Personally, I don't categorize electronic tools as more advanced. Pros and cons to any tool. I believe whatever tool is readily available and one uses often is the _right_ tool for them. For example, I am a very happy Surface Pro owner, but I don't use it as a tablet, because I given up too much speed and nuance with a stylus. (Yes, even an Apple pencil is not enough.) I can't archive or distribute my drawings as easily as you can, but that's no problem compared to the benefits to me getting my initial thoughts out. And I use my computer plenty for different things. Currently, I'm designing a new layout for my studio and being able to move pieces around in Illustrator is the right tool for the job. I start pattern designs for fabric and clothing handdrawn, but then scan my work and move pieces around in Illustrator. And I want to give a shout out to switching tools to break your working patterns and see what happens. If you are working with your tablet or desktop computer and feel stalled out, grab paper and pen and go! See what happens. Thanks for your comment and question, Dmitry.

  • @SuperMegaDima

    @SuperMegaDima

    3 жыл бұрын

    Brandy Agerbeck Thanks!

  • @nihsumi
    @nihsumi5 ай бұрын

    If I didn’t see the title I would have thought this was about designing Mind Maps.

  • @venkateshpendota7936
    @venkateshpendota79362 жыл бұрын

    Which brand of pens are you using on whiteboards?

  • @greenwhiskey7
    @greenwhiskey73 жыл бұрын

    How can I use or can I use your technique to learn Mandarin? What does that look like?

  • @solimanopy886
    @solimanopy886 Жыл бұрын

    Is there any test for visual thinking?

  • @thaithanh308
    @thaithanh3084 жыл бұрын

    Can I know what kind of tools you use to hold the paper and kind of marker you use? Thank you very much ❤️

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Thanh Phan The flipchart is the Sketch-at-Work and my markers are from the German company Neuland. The markers are their No One and Big One styles, they are nontoxic, refillable and you can replace the nibs too. I handmixed the chartreuse color that matches my shirt. Hope that helps!

  • @oliverhenning8758
    @oliverhenning8758Ай бұрын

    "The theatre of mind"

  • @yashkrgupta2122012
    @yashkrgupta21220123 жыл бұрын

    Hi I am also learning

  • @greenwhiskey7
    @greenwhiskey73 жыл бұрын

    What does the visual thinking process look like? What are the steps. If you don’t know who can help?

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are countless ways to think visually. Mindmapping is one very popular technique. If you want to see the steps I teach, search for my TEDx talk, Shape Your Thinking. If you like my approach, those steps are how my book The Idea Shapers is organized.

  • @sunflower-vv6fm
    @sunflower-vv6fm Жыл бұрын

    💝🧡🌞

  • @whitneyw7147
    @whitneyw71472 жыл бұрын

    Please add accurate closed captions (not crappy auto-captions). thanks

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are proper captions on the video on my site. I'll look for the file and add it here too. Thanks, Whitney! www.loosetooth.com/what-is-visual-thinking

  • @whitneyw7147

    @whitneyw7147

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@visualthinking Wow you're AWESOME! I checked your website but looks like you already updated it here too. If everyone was as receptive to improving accessibility as you are, we'd live in a much different world! Thanks Brandy!

  • @visualthinking

    @visualthinking

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@whitneyw7147 Thank you. :^D It was easy to find the file, so I uploaded it here too. I may be slow to retroactively caption things, but it's become part of my process with new videos and my online course videos. Always looking for how to make learning visual thinking easier and more clear for everyone.

  • @onex993
    @onex9933 жыл бұрын

    orm tanks

  • @aidenshen9552
    @aidenshen95525 жыл бұрын

    find a partner to buy teacher`s lessons . Come on, call me!

  • @RBB8S
    @RBB8S3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah.... i have no mind's eye this video is not for me....

  • @pedlarspen9876

    @pedlarspen9876

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm afraid you're mistaken, we ALL have a "minds eye", it's just that some people are more consciously aware of it. The process of practicing visual thinking does bring it much closer to the surface of our conscious awareness but it is an essential inherent part of human cognition.

  • @sydneyharp1989

    @sydneyharp1989

    10 ай бұрын

    @@pedlarspen9876not true, it's called aphantasia.

  • @user-vf2pg4ve4n
    @user-vf2pg4ve4n3 жыл бұрын

    I speak 4 languages can only read and write 2 Autism is weird man

  • @greenwhiskey7
    @greenwhiskey73 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @aidenshen9552
    @aidenshen95525 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Very very nice presentation, I was fall in love with U, pretty good! And keep following!