HeyJaredSketchplanations
Weekly hand-drawn explanations of ideas from science, psychology, creativity and life.
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How Sketchplanations began—and what keeps it going (opens the original)
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Not long ago, I was interviewed about how Sketchplanations began and what I’ve learned from keeping it going. As I approach 1,000 Sketchplanations—just a few weeks away!—It was fun to reflect on the project, and I wanted to share the conversation here.We talked about lunches spent sketching alone, how tiny notebooks shaped the project, how I handle feedback, and what I’ve learned from building a body of work one small drawing at a time.Sketchplanations is a reader-suppo
False Needles in Haystacks (opens the original)
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<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="568" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!89HU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fccee2735-0bae-4a1f-9287-63153d2b0065_5865x2290.pn
The Cloze Test (opens the original)
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<img alt="The Cloze test example of fill in the blank, complete the sentence type quiz question. With a dog buries 'what?' in the garden example" class="sizing-normal" height="500" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XyW1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good
3 Tips for an unknown illustrator who is just starting her career (opens the original)
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I was recently asked, “I really like what you did with Hokusai’s wave! If I may ask: What would be your three best tips for an unknown illustrator who is just starting her career?”<img alt="image.png" class="sizing-normal" height="385" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n89N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpu
Beyond mountains, there are mountains (opens the original)
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<img alt="Beyond mountains, there are mountains — proverb from Haiti. Sometimes written as Beyond mountains, there are more mountains. Or Behind the mountain, more mountains." class="sizing-normal" height="1132" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FnSp
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