Jay Hosler - SE08 / EP06

In this episode I talk with Jay Hosler, a professor at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. He’s a scientist who has found a way to represent science with comics! Hear how Jay came into this space, and the relationship he sees between comics and sketchnoting.

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is Jay
• Jay’s path into comics and visual thinking
• Using story’s to describe the natural world
• Why sometimes scientists resist storytelling and visuals
• How story and drawing are bound together
• Cracked crystal of science, story, and art
• Layering of information: facts, context, story, and style
• What excites Jay about describing science with comics
• Wonderstanding — a way of viewing our world
• The capacity to explain and a sense of wonder and curiosity
• The challenging nature of sketchnoting vs. comics for Jay
• Imposter complex and how it impacts our drawing skills
• Channeling nervousness into excitement about what you’re doing
• 5 basic shapes helps sketchnoters become immediately successful
• Model of motivation: see the value, be supported, and efficacy
• What is Jay excited about? The re-release of Clan Apis in color
• Tools
• Not knowing anything is a form of freedom
• 3 tips
• Outro

LINKS

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• Jay’s Website
• Jay’s Science Comics
• Jay on Twitter
• Jay on Instagram
• Jay on LinkedIn
• Jay’s Books
• Book: Story by Robert McKee
• Robert McKee’s Story Webinar
• Frank Miller’s Daredevil
• Bugs Bunny’s Pronoun Trouble
• Graphic Novel: Clan Apis
• Colorist Hillary Sycamore
• Comic: Bone by Jeff Smith

TOOLS

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• Moleskine Art Sketchbook
• Koh-i-Noor Mechanical Pencil
• Pilot Color Mechanical Pencil Eno 0.7mm Soft Blue
• Rapidograph Pens
• Japanese Kuretake Pocket Brush Pen
• Vellum Bristol Board 11 x 14
• Westcott Clear Plastic Straight Edge
• Wite-Out Correction Pen
• Sakura Pigma Micron Pens

3 TIPS

1. Don’t be afraid
2. Find the tool that feels right in your hand and helps ideas flow
3. Share your work

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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