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How AI visualises company visions: the latest

21/12/2025 by Ben Crothers

While AI isn’t taking away the jobs of visual practitioners just yet, it’s worth keeping an eye on how its performance is going. I put two AI image generators through their paces, and compared them to another experiment I ran in 2022. The results are indeed gobsmacking. Back in August 2022, I tried out MidJourney […]

Filed Under: Fun and creativity, Visual strategy and facilitation Tagged With: AI, genAI, Midjourney, OpenArt, visual storytelling, visualisation

Solve the right problem with the Problem Pyramid

23/10/2018 by Ben Crothers

Get clarity on a problem to be solved – either by yourself or as a team – by exploring it, reframing it and articulating it in a more insightful way using this simple visual pattern. Ambiguity and confusion? You probably don’t have a proper problem statement Have you ever had those times where you’re lying awake […]

Filed Under: For designers and researchers, For meeting leaders and coaches, For project managers and facilitators, Problem solving, Visual strategy and facilitation Tagged With: business strategy, facilitation, problem framing, product design, product strategy, service design, strategy, visual framework, visual frameworks, visual storytelling

3 ways to add extra impact to figure sketches

17/08/2018 by Ben Crothers

Do you ever wonder why some figure drawings have a way of jumping out at you and grabbing your attention? By trying out these ideas in your sketching, yours can do that too. Figures help your audience put themselves in the picture Whether you draw for fun or for a living (or both!), and you […]

Filed Under: Fun and creativity, Getting started, Sketchnoting and graphic recording Tagged With: creativity, figure sketching, figures, visual storytelling

5 easy ways to give your sketches more WOW factor

04/01/2018 by Ben Crothers

Do you ever wonder why some sketches have a way of jumping out at you and grabbing your attention? By trying out these ideas in your sketching, yours can do that too.

Filed Under: Fun and creativity, Sketchnoting and graphic recording Tagged With: drawing, visual storytelling

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