Slide decks are so last (conference) season.
In the never ending conveyor belt of corporate events, visual note-taking gives you instant differentiation without adding another vendor headache to your plate.
We handle ourselves while creating the engaging moments and lasting assets you need to prove your event's ROI. Professional quality, zero drama, memorable results.
Having live drawing at your conference will:
Boost attendee participation and engagement
Help people remember more information
Aligning & focusing participants before and after
Spark inspiration and action
OUR CONFERENCE LIVE DRAWING SERVICES
Live visual notes
Visual notes (also known as graphic recordings or sketchnotes) are drawings created in real-time using simple words and pictures, virtually, hybrid, or in-person.
Having a visual note-taker at your event means that while you’re talking, we’re drawing. The result is a visual summarizing the key takeaways of your discussion. Visual notes can be displayed in impressive installations and shared digitally once your event is over.
Live drawn event activations
Get your audience involved with your content. Pose a question, gather attendee answers, and our artists will illustrate them live across the course of your conference.
You end up with a beautiful visualization of your audience’s collective opinions and ideas. Event activations are great for generating meaningful conversations and showing your attendees you’re really listening to them.
The conference partner you don't have to worry about.
1,500+ events later, we’re still the ones everyone’s talking about. Over 100 years of collective experience with drawing at live events means your event is in good hands.
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Bring visuals to
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Bring visuals to your CONFERENCE
Digital VISUAL NOTES
There’s a big need for visuals in the virtual world to help fight screen-time fatigue. Our visual notes are a flexible, engaging addition to virtual conferences that don’t have the prestige of big venues or stages. Post-conference, the visuals make a great recap for attendees to revisit long after the event.
Creative Trade Show Booth Designs
Help your brand stand out by having Ink Factory at your next event’s booth. We can create an event activation on the walls of your booth to help your brand stand out and engage attendees. Our live artists create a unique, interactive experience to attract a crowd and encourage them to interact.
Live Sketch Artists
Enhance your sessions by putting us center-stage. Either traditional marker-to-artist-board or digital and on-screen, we can fit in seamlessly to highlight your program. After the session, display the finished product in a lobby or common area to let your attendees revisit and snap pictures.
Promotional Illustrations & Videos
Before, during, or after your conference, strengthen your communication content with a short animation or polished infographic. We can create promotional content like a series of social posts or an animation to encourage people to register. For support during virtual events, we can visualize assets like slides that build as your presentation progresses.
How live conference drawing WORKS
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About Us
Ink Factory has the largest team of full-time visual note-takers in the world.
We’ve been perfecting turning conference content into amazing drawings since 2011. Today, we’re the largest teams of full-time visual note-takers in the world with 10 artists on staff.
Our artist-owned and led team has brought our drawings to Fortune 100 boardrooms, industry conferences, and everything in between. When you book us, you’re not getting one artist—you’re getting the collective creative genius of a team that leads this art form.
100% Satisfaction, GUARANTEED.
We put our money where our markers are.
If something misses the mark, we’ll make it right with revisions or a credit toward future work.
Contact us
To inquire about working with Ink Factory, please start here. For general questions, please email us at inkfactorystudio.com
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Illustrations & Infographics
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Explainer Videos
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Graphic Recording Workshops
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Live Drawing FAQs
What does a live sketch artist do at corporate events and conferences?
Our live sketch artists listen and draw visual summaries of keynotes, general sessions, breakouts, panel discussions, fireside chats, and anything else being discussed. These visual notes can be displayed in common areas at conferences, like networking lounges or registration desks.
They can also create live event activations, where a question is posed to attendees and their answers are collected, then illustrated into one large hand-drawn visual over the course of an event.
What are the benefits of graphic recording at a conference?
Having a graphic recorder at your conference has many benefits. Graphic recordings help attendees better remember and understand the content being shared and discussed. Seeing an artist drawing live generates excitement and better engagement during real-time sessions, and having the graphic recordings as a visual summary of each session means people can be reminded of your conference weeks to months later.
How can a live sketch artist make our conference booth stand out?
Graphic recorders bring a unique and engaging element to any trade show booth. We recommend creating an event activation, where a question is posed to attendees and our artist draws their answers in real-time.
Graphic recordings can be small part of a trade show booth, or we can work with trade show designers to create a custom booth covered in graphic recordings and illustrations.
Can you provide live graphic recording for large, multi-track conferences?
Ink Factory has the ability to provide graphic recording services for conferences with multiple tracks and breakouts because we have a large 10-person artist team.
How does live drawing boost audience engagement at conferences?
People love watching graphic recordings come to life. When they're watching us draw, they're watching your conference's core themes turn from abstract ideas to clear illustrations.
People always gather around our graphic recordings to snap photos and discuss conference topics with fellow attendees.
What happens to the artwork after the conference, and can we get prints or digital files?
All our clients can decide if they want to keep the physical artist boards or recycle the. Regardless, we provide high resolution digital files of all the graphic recordings that we create on-site, so they can be re-printed or shared digitally.
Do you travel to conferences, and how far in advance should we book?
Our graphic recorders travel globally to support our client's conferences. We've been everywhere from Vienna to Ghana.
For best artist availability, we recommend reaching out no less than 30 days in advance of your event.