SketchCamp Des Moines

SketchCamp DSM Aftermath

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:00:00 -0500

Articles

BitMethod designer hosts camp today on age-old technique of sketching

Des Moines Register

First SketchCamp Des Moines draws eclectic crowd

Silicon Prairie News

Event: SketchCamp DSM 2012

Alex Tries It Out - Alex Meyer

Tweets

It’s about getting the idea across, not how pretty the artwork is. #sketchcampdsm @aigaiowa
— Alex Meyer (@alex_j_meyer) October 20, 2012

This is like a whole different level of comic book nerdiness. #Sketchcampdsm
— Abby Rowling (@fancyabby) October 20, 2012

Don’t compare your work in progress to someone else’s highlight reel. #SketchCamp
— Chad Kriz (@itsChadKriz) October 20, 2012

Great ideas can happen anywhere so take your sketchbook with you. #Sketchcampdsm
— Rachel McClung (@rachelmc) October 20, 2012

Stopped in for a few minutes at #SketchCampDSM and from what I saw, I’m sorry I didn’t clear my calendar for it! Next time I will.
— Rob Glazebrook (@robbyg) October 20, 2012

Sometimes you have to make a mess to get things clean. – @amandamorrow #SketchCamp DSM
— Rachel McClung (@rachelmc) October 20, 2012

Can’t iterate enough how great SketchCamp DSM was yesterday. Met some great new people (@adamfeller11 @scottrocketship) …
— Ryan Young (@rcyou) October 21, 2012

Inspiration for Sketchcampers… A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods goo.gl/5idAk #sketchcampdsm
— Kathryn Downing (@kedowning) October 22, 2012

Photos

AIGA Iowa Gallery on Facebook

Design+Tech on Facebook

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:29:00 -0500

We want to send out a HUGE thank you to all the companies and individuals who made SketchCamp DSM a success.

Thank you Meredith Corporation for sponsoring our event.

Thank you xpedx for providing lunch for all our campers.

Thank you Saturday Mfg. for designing all SketchCamp branding and materials, including posters, gift bags and speaker gifts.

Thank you Hatchlings for donating three month-long subscriptions to Lynda.com to our campers.

Thank you Axure for donating an Axure RP license to one lucky camper.

Thank you BitMethod for helping plan and organize the event.

Thank you to the Iowa State University Book Store for donating a gift certificate for one of our campers.

Thank you StartupCity Des Moines for allowing us to use your space.

Thank you Mars Cafe for the morning coffee.

Thank you B&B Grocery, Meats & Deli for the tasty sandwiches.

Thank you Thelma’s Treats for the delicious ice cream sandwiches.

Thank you to the AIGA Iowa team for helping plan, setup and tear down. SketchCamp DSM is part of AIGA Iowa’s design month. There are still a few events left in October, so check out there schedule at: http://www.aigaiowa.org/designmonth/

Be sure to also check out Design+Tech, a group focused on educating individuals on the basics of the web and interactive media.

Thank you to all our wonderful speakers and to Voce Connect for flying Nik all the way out to Iowa from Georgia to speak to our group.

Brian Sauer

Foreman at Saturday Mfg.

@bsauer
Nik Wilets

Designer and Developer for Voce Connect

@tiburon
Jeremy Harrington

Vice President of User Experience at Voce Communications

@jharr
Kathy Downing

Web Design Specialist at Aviva USA

@kathydowning
Rachel Merrill

Assistant Professor of Art and Design at Grand View University
Cat Rocketship

Artist, Writer, catrocketship.com

@makersgonnamake
Scott Kubie

Content Strategist / User Interface Writer at Wolfram Research

@scottrocketship
Tom Brazelton

Author and Illustrator of Theater Hopper

@tombrazelton
Grand View University Art & Design Department

Mary Jones, Aaron Tinder, James Ewald, Cyndi Wiley.

Finally, thank you to all the awesome people who attended. We hope you had a great time sketching the day away.

It's Time To Get Sketchy

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:03:00 -0500

SketchCamp DSM is happening this Saturday and boy, do we have a great event planned for you!

What To Expect

We have 75 people reporting to camp on Saturday morning and a smart group of individuals ready to lead them throughout the day. When you arrive, you’ll receive your camp pack complete with essential sketching supplies: a notebook, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, etc.

We’ll do a quick sketching warm-up, then Brian Sauer and Nik Wilets will lead the morning sessions. Once they’ve fulfilled their duties, we’ll break for lunch provided by B&B Grocery, Meat and Deli and sponsored by xpedx.

After lunch, we’ll get you out of that food coma with another sketching exercise. Then the afternoon will consists of three 45-minute breakout sessions where you decide what topics you want to learn more about.

At the end of the day, we’ll be giving away a few awesome prizes including a free license from Axure. Then we’ll end it all with a quick Q&A and maybe a few campfire songs.

If you have any questions, feel free to browse around our site a bit more or email us at hello@sketchcampdsm.com.

Our SketchCamp Sponsors

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:15:00 -0500

We want to send out a big THANK YOU to our sponsors. Without them, SketchCamp wouldn’t happen. Thanks again for all your support.

Speakers Announced!

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:39:00 -0500

We’ve got a great group of speakers lined up for SketchCamp Des Moines with a few more to add. Check out our Camp Agenda at https://sketchcampdsm.com/schedule

Announcing SketchCamp Des Moines - October 20, 2012

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:43:00 -0500

It’s official. A full-day SketchCamp Des Moines will take place October 20, 2012, at Startup City Des Moines.

Some of you may remember back in January when Design+Tech held a Mini SketchCamp Des Moines featuring Ron Wagner, comic book artist and illustrator.

The feedback and energy was so amazing, Design+Tech decided to partner with AIGA Iowa to bring you an entire day of sketching talks and workshops.

Call For Speakers

We are currently in need of speakers and workshop leaders for the afternoon sessions.

A few topics ideas include: brainstorming, visual thinking, sketchnoting, prototyping, tools, storyboarding, user experience, sketching techniques, etc.

If interested in speaking, please reach out to us at hello@sketchcampdsm.com.

Call For Sponsors

We want to make SketchCamp Des Moines as accessible and inclusive as possible. This means keeping ticket prices low and making sure attendees get the most bang for their buck. We can’t do this without help from partners in the Des Moines community.

SketchCamp will attract attendees from several different communities in Des Moines. Designers, programmers, artists, developers, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, will all be in attendance.

Here are a few ways you can help:

Monetary Sponsorship

For $150, we’ll post your logo on the SketchCamp DSM website and it will also appear on all our printed materials.

Items For Giveaway Drawing

We need a few larger, premium items to give away during our drawing at the end of the day. These can be gift cards for sketching or art materials, redemptions codes for wireframing or sketching software, sketching or UX books, t-shirts, whatever you can think of. Whatever you choose, we would only need one or two of each of these items.

For instance, one free three-month subscription to Lynda.com.

Gift Bag Items

We’re also in need of several items to throw in approximately 100 gift bags for attendees. These can be sketching materials branded with your logo such as pencils, pens, erasers, notebooks, bags, markers, etc.

If interested in sponsorship, please contact us at: hello@sketchcampdsm.com.

SketchCamp Des Moines

SketchCamp DSM Aftermath

Articles

BitMethod designer hosts camp today on age-old technique of sketching

First SketchCamp Des Moines draws eclectic crowd

Event: SketchCamp DSM 2012

Tweets

Photos

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Brian Sauer

Nik Wilets

Jeremy Harrington

Kathy Downing

Rachel Merrill

Cat Rocketship

Scott Kubie

Tom Brazelton

Grand View University Art & Design Department