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Methods of Visual Facilitation. Taiga.Io | Agile, Open Source, Free Project Management System. Wade Scherer (wadescherer1) | Trello. 10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations. The author's posts are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. Hello there! I'm Miranda Rensch, Product Manager at SEOmoz and lover of visual communication. Communicating visually is one of the most effective ways to explain complex concepts and relationships, and can be a great way to explain your services/products and create valuable site content. I often use diagrams and whiteboarding in order to communicate new features and concepts internally with my team.

I've compiled a list of tools you can use to create visualizations, or simply use to communicate visually with your teammates. Tools for creating simple infographics and data visualizations 1. Piktochart is a web-based tool that has six decent free themes (and a whole bunch more for the paid version) for creating simple visualizations. 2. Easel.ly is another free web-based tool for creating infographics. 3. 4. 5. [Bonus!] Tools for diagraming and wireframing. Download Visio Stencil and Template for UML 2.2. Updated December 27, 2013. Check what's new in the Update Log. The UML stencil for Microsoft Visio supports complete UML 2.5, i.e. UML use case diagram, class diagram, package diagram, object diagram, composite structure diagram, interaction diagram, sequence diagram, communication diagram, interaction overview diagram, activity diagram, state machine diagram, component diagram, deployment diagram, profile diagram, timing diagram, and all symbols of the UML 2.5, specified in OMG Unified Modeling Language (OMG UML), ptc/2013-09-05, as well as all previous UML versions, UML 2.4, UML 2.3, UML 2.2, UML 2.1, UML 2.0, UML 1.5, UML 1.4, UML 1.3 and UML 1.1.

The Visio stencils can also be used for SoaML and other UML profiles and dialects. The stencil also contains several non-normative UML symbols, that are not specified in the standard, but used in some UML books and papers. If you discover omissions in the UML stencil or have suggestions for improvements please contact me at ph@ phruby.com. Beautiful Word Clouds. The Back of the Napkin | DanRoam.com. “Inspiring! It teaches you a new way of thinking in a few hours — what more could you ask from a book?” — Dan Heath,author of Made to Stick “With style and wit, Dan Roam has provided a smart, practical primer on the power of visual thinking. — Daniel H.

“This book is a must read for managers and business leaders. . — Temple Grandin,author of Thinking in Pictures “Anyone with a pen and a scrap of paper can work through complex business ideas — a remarkably comprehensive system of ideas.” — Publishers’ Weekly. Sunni Brown - Visual Notetaking, Gamestorming. 50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Traditional drawing is certainly way harder than digital and it is true that people are able to progress much faster digitally, but one should learn the traditional type of drawing and painting before starting digital drawing, since it often lays out the foundation for screen design. This article contains a mixture of traditional drawing tutorials, drawing techniques and some methods for transforming and preparing your creations for screen design.

Some are intermediate level and some are advanced tutorials that include general theory, useful tips, comic inspired art, sketch a pencil drawing, coloring processing, character sketching, shapes, proportional, perspective and much more. We hope that drawing tutorials and techniques in this post will be a great help to you. Traditional Drawing Tutorials Marilyn Portrait TutorialA truly fantastic drawing tutorial to learn how to draw a portrait of Marilyn Monroe with pencil. Traditional Drawing Tips & Techniques It's done. How to draw stick figures. Sponsored Links Before learning how to draw stick figures: some fun facts before starting sketching! - Stick figures are very popular in the world of icons and clip arts. - They are usually drawn by hand with a minimum of lines and details. Yes... I know! Simply because you can make a fantastic comic strip with stick figures! So original that it might even become a successful strip!

So, let's see how you can draw one that is more original. You can now sketch the eyes, the mouth and some lines to form the shirt. Look at all those characters below. You can draw stick figures with more attitude by adding details like big eyes, clothes, hair or any other things that you might think of. Many artists are able to make a living simply by drawing comic strips involving some nice stick figures. Being original is the key! Go back to How to draw cartoons: miscellaneous tutorialsGo back from How to draw stick figures to home page. How to Draw Stick Figures.