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What is Visual Thinking?
Video | 2020
Visual Thinking is a superpower.... that so FEW people use. But it is at ALL of our fingertips.
Watch "What is Visual Thinking?"From A to Z:

The 3 Powers of Graphic Facilitation
Excerpt | 2012 | Seen in The Graphic Facilitator's Guide


5 Types of Visual Thinkers
Model | 2018
Okay, nearly no one walks down the street thinking, "I'm a visual thinker!" But most of us are. Here are the five types of visual thinkers Brandy Agerbeck is here to support.
To learn more about this concept, join Brandy in her next free, live, visual thinking Q&A session, Drawing as a Verb.
The Brandyfesto
PDF | 2011
Late 2011, Brandy wrote the Brandyfesto before any of her books or courses to introduce you to her work and why she does what she does. It has been downloaded more than 11,000 times!
OPEN THE BRANDYFESTOColor Conversation
2016 | Seen in The Idea Shapers
A friendly take on the basics of color theory.
Join this colorful "dinner party"
The Draw Quad
2011, redrawn 2019 | Seen in The Idea Shapers, 2016
The only problem with drawing is that we define it too narrowly. Brandy built this model off of Ken Wilbur's Four Quadrant model is to help us better understand why drawing is our best thinking tool.
To learn more about this concept, join Brandy in her next free, live, visual thinking Q&A session, Drawing as a Verb.
The Essential Eight
Model | 2006 | Seen in The Graphic Facilitator's Guide, 2012
Designed to help the visual practitioner focus on what is most essential as they listen, think, and draw for a group live.
Read more about the E8
Found vs. Fixed Images
Concept | 2016 | Seen in The Idea Shapers, 2016

Iconitis
Concept | 2012 | Seen in The Graphic Facilitator's Guide, 2012

The Idea Shapers
Model | 2016 | Seen in The Idea Shapers
A set of 24 instantly learnable visual thinking concepts to help you become a masterful visual thinker.


Levels and Layers of Visual Thinking
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Neuland Ink Color Wheel
Product | 2020
In partnership with Neuland, Brandy created a color wheel poster of all the colors for their refillable ink marker lines.
Watch the intro video and learn how to create color combinations with the wheel
Process Over Product
Concept | 2011 | Seen in both The Graphic Facilitator's Guide and The Idea Shapers
To learn more about this concept, join Brandy in her next free, live, visual thinking Q&A session, Drawing as a Verb.
Standing Up to the VUCA Monster
Article | 2020
Brandy writes on the overlap between VUCA and visual thinking, illustrating how COVID-19 is VUCA's perfect poster child.
Learn about VUCA and why it's so darn challengingStart with a Shape
Project | 2020
Grab a discarded food box and some ink or paint and MAKE THIS.
Click here to craft alongThe Trio
Technique | 2012 | Seen in both The Graphic Facilitator's Guide and The Idea Shapers
Brandy's approach to color in live work, whether it's large scale as a graphic facilitator, or small scale making sketchnotes. This approach frees up your precious mental energy as it also makes clearer and more cohesive images.
Watch Brandy's 15 minute crash course on color
Use Color a Lot vs. Using a Lot of Colors
Concept | 2012 | Seen in The Graphic Facilitator's Guide
A riot of color is equated with creativity, but when too many colors are used in visual thinking, all you get is "clown barf."
A guiding principle for using fewer colors to make more meaning.
The Visual Organization Scale
Model | 2018 | Seen in the anthology The World of Visual Facilitation
A 7-step scale from linear text to highly synthesized visual model for awareness and identification of choices in visual organization.
A tool for every visual thinker to better understand what amount of spatial organization, hierarchy and imagery best serves your needs, your client's needs, and fits your capabilities.
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