Live Illustration
Bring your meetings and conferences to life with compelling visual summaries of all the important conversations and presentations.
I provide my live illustration (aka graphic recording or live scribing*) services for conferences, workshops, and meetings, both in-person and online from my base in the Canary Islands.
Whether you want to spark engagement at an event or help participants remember key ideas from a workshop, live illustration makes your content stick — beautifully.
Based in Las Palmas, working with clients across Spain, Europe, and online worldwide.
How It Works: From Brief to Final Visual
1. Pre-event briefing & preparation
Before your event, we’ll talk through your goals, topics, and audience.
I’ll prepare a visual approach that matches your tone and brand, so your live illustrations feel perfectly integrated.
2. Live illustration during your event
During the event, I listen, distil, and draw transforming spoken ideas into clear, engaging visuals in real time.
This can happen live in the room as a large scale paper graphic, digitally on the iPad and projected for the audience, or digitally shared in virtual or hybrid settings.
3. Post-event refinement & delivery
After the session, I tidy up and digitize your visuals, creating polished, high-resolution artwork ready to share as PDF, PNG, or SVG files. If it’s a paper graphic I will send you the original after scanning.
You’ll receive everything you need for internal reports, social media, or printed posters.
When Live Illustration and Graphic Recording Make an Impact
Live illustration works anywhere ideas are shared - these are just a few ways my clients use it:
Conferences & Summits to capture keynote messages and spark conversations.
Workshops & Training to help participants visualise learning and retain insights.
Strategy & Visioning Sessions to turn abstract thinking into clear, shared visuals.
Panel Discussions to summarise multiple voices in one visual story.
Hybrid & Virtual Events to create engagement for remote audiences in real time.
“*Conference Illustrator. Conference Artist. Live Scriber.
Visual Minute Taker. Visual Harvester. Meeting Illustrator.
Meeting Artist. Live Event Scribing. Live Graphic Recording. Sketchnoter.
I don’t mind what you call me — my visuals are there to simplify, engage, and make sense of your event.”
Large-Format Paper - Live Illustration Time-lapse
Here’s a quick look at what live illustration looks like in action - captured during a real event.
This large-format graphic was created on-site at a renewable energy conference in Prague, Czech Republic, where I captured key insights from multiple speakers and round-table sessions over an intense nine-hour day.
time lapse video of verity.ink doing a live illustration in Prague at the Solar Plaza - Asset Management Europe Conference 2024
“It was great to watch Verity create something so dynamic in real time. It wasn’t just about the finished piece, but about the process; the way the sketch developed from just a big blank page into something full of character, style and story.”
Examples of Live Illustration - Graphic Recording work
Here are a few moments I’ve captured in real time; snapshots from conferences, workshops, and events where ideas came to life through live illustration.
Click on the images to get a closer look…
When Your Event Is Over - Digital Timelapse Example
If I’ve created a digital graphic recording, you’ll get a smashing timelapse showing your illustration taking shape - like this one.
These are great for sharing with attendees afterwards and brilliant for engagement on social media - a lively recap that keeps your event’s ideas circulating long after it’s finished.
““Ahhhh great!! I don’t have to take notes because you’ve got EVERYTHING here!!”
Some FAQ’s about Live Illustration and Graphic Recording
Wondering if you need a Live Illustrator at your event?
No event is too big, too small or too niche. Over the last decade, my pens, iPad and I have journeyed to events of all shapes and sizes.
From intimate meetings of ten to grand gatherings of a thousand, there is no limit to the impact of live illustration:
Annual Kick-Off Conferences
Strategy Meetings
Product Launches
Consumer Round Tables
Webinars
Industry Conferences
And location isn’t a problem either. I’ve zapped my way into events worldwide via live stream, Zoom, and Teams, making physical distance irrelevant.
These events have ranged from multi-day conferences to one hour webinars (and everything in between).
What Industries/Sectors do you cover?
Tech startups, educational forums, healthcare roundtables... all of the things…, although it’s fair to say that a lot of my work is centred around:
🔍Citizen Science and Social Change ☀️🌬Renewable Energy 🌿Sustainability ⚧🏳️🌈🧑🏽🦽Diversity, Equality and Inclusion 🩺Healthcare
and I’ve also done live illustration for organisations in:
📋 Insurance ✈️ Travel 🏭 Industrial 🚀Technology 💰Finance 🪆Human Rights 🛍 Consumer FMCG 💼 Consultancies 🔍Tax 🛎 Ethics and Compliance
to name but a few…
More FAQ’s
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The first thing I need to know is the date of your event. I need to make sure I can fit you in the Tetris. Then I’ll need to know where the event is, whether you’ll need me there in-person or if it can be done virtually
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That’s a very good question. Ideally a couple of weeks, especially if I have to travel. I like to have time to prepare and research the subject matter if necessary and also have clear what your objectives are for the final piece. That said I have been called to do a live illustration the day before the event!
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Firstly the agenda and timings of the sessions are gold dust as they help me to plan out the graphic. Having a preview of the presentations is also really useful as it gives me the chance to think about how I can capture certain concepts etc.
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Absolutely. If I’m working on paper I will endeavour to use markers to match your company colours - I have even mixed inks in the past to get as close s possible. If we are working digitally then I will use the Hex/RGB/CMYK colours in your branding guidelines.
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That really will depend on several factors
How many days the event is (I do give a discount if it is multiple days).Whether I have to travel, working virtually is obviously going to be less expensive. If I have to adapt to a different time zone then I may have to charge an additional travel day.
Your best bet is to get in touch and give me as much information as you can about your event or set up a discovery call with me and I will get a quote turned round ASAP.
I wrote a blog post about hiring me as a Live Illustrator which you can find here
Here are a few more live illustration examples
Would you like me to take visual notes at your next event/conference/meeting?
I’ve made this nice form so you can give me a few more details and then I’ll get back to you ASAP for a chat.
If you’re allergic to forms you can drop me an email or call me! hello@verity.ink
+34 600 430 829