Live Scribing & Visual Storytelling
What is live scribing?
Live scribing is the process of listening to a conversation, presentation or event and drawing the key ideas as they emerge.
Rather than simply recording what was said, we look for the connections, stories and moments that matter, turning them into a visual record that takes shape in real time.
The result is something your audience can watch being created, engage with during the event and return to afterwards. The finished result helps audiences digest complex topics in an accessible and memorable way.
How it works
Before
Before the event, we’ll have a quick call to get to know your subject, your audience and what you want the drawing to achieve. We’ll also decide if you’d prefer it done on an Ipad and projected on a big screen or on large paper/boards depending on what best suits your event.
We’ll then familiarise ourselves with the programme and any important terminology.
During
As the conversation unfolds, we listen for the ideas, stories and connections worth capturing. We draw them in real time, building a visual story that develops alongside the event.
We can cover keynote addresses, breakout rooms and table discussions and will happily move around the event to capture as much as possible.
After
You take the drawing with you.
The finished artwork becomes a record of the event that can be shared with your audience, used in presentations and reports, or simply kept as a visual reminder of what happened.
For images created on physical boards we provide high res edited images after the event too.
We’ve worked with organisations across business, research, healthcare, academia, charities and the public sector.
Whether we’re drawing a scientific conference, a strategy session or a room full of people wrestling with a new idea, the challenge is the same: listen carefully, find the story and make it visible.
Who we work with
We've worked with organisations including Google, Meta, HSBC, KPMG, the NHS, Adobe, EY, the Federal Reserve, the Met Office and the European Parliament.
Case Study: UK-Korea Policy Technology Forum on Autonomous Vehicles
In April 2026, I was brought in to visually capture the UK-Korea Policy Technology Forum on Autonomous Vehicles, held at Prince Philip House in London by the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
The forum brought together experts from the UK and South Korea to tackle some of the big questions surrounding the future of autonomous vehicles. Rather than focusing purely on the technology, discussions explored what happens when there is no driver to hold responsible, including insurance, remote operation, regulation and the emerging role of driving service providers.
My role was to translate these complex discussions into live illustrations, turning technical language and policy debates into clear visual narratives. This gave the event a way of communicating ideas beyond the presentations themselves, making connections between technology, regulation, responsibility and society visible at a glance.
The resulting visuals provided an engaging record of the discussions and a way for attendees and organisers to communicate the key ideas beyond the event. At a forum dealing with a rapidly developing and highly technical subject, illustration helped turn abstract policy questions into something immediate, memorable and accessible.
Case Study: ECO 2026 — European Congress on Obesity
In May 2026, I was brought back to visually capture the European Congress on Obesity, this time for ECO 2026 in Istanbul. The congress brought together researchers, clinicians, healthcare professionals and people with lived experience from across Europe and beyond to explore the latest thinking around obesity, its causes, treatment and wider impact.
My role was to capture the discussions taking place across the congress through live illustration, turning complex scientific presentations and conversations into accessible visual summaries. With such a broad programme spanning basic science, public health, childhood obesity and clinical intervention, the challenge was to identify the ideas that mattered and communicate them clearly in real time.
The visuals were designed to work beyond the immediate event. By combining key messages, characters, diagrams and visual metaphors, the illustrations created a record of the conversations that could be understood quickly by attendees and shared afterwards with wider audiences.
A particular focus throughout the congress was the importance of listening to people with lived experience. The resulting illustrations helped bring together scientific evidence, clinical knowledge and personal experience, making connections between different perspectives visible in a way that conventional notes or presentations could not.
The finished illustrations provided organisers and participants with an engaging visual record of ECO 2026, helping communicate the key themes of the congress long after the event had finished. For a subject as complex and multifaceted as obesity, live illustration provided a way to make difficult ideas immediate, memorable and accessible.
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Frequently asked questions
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Live scribing is the process of listening to a conversation, presentation or event and creating a visual record of the key ideas in real time.
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The terms are often used interchangeably. Live scribing usually refers to drawing while an event is happening, while graphic recording can also refer to creating a visual summary of a meeting, workshop or conversation.
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We work across conferences, panels, workshops, talks, meetings and other events where there are ideas and conversations worth capturing.
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Yes. We’re based in London and work with organisations across the UK and internationally both in person and via zoom.
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Yes. The finished artwork can be supplied as a high-resolution digital image and used for sharing, presentations, reports, social media and other agreed purposes.
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Yes. We've worked with organisations across science, research, healthcare and academia, translating complex discussions into accessible visual stories.