LiquidSketch Studio

10/13/2026

I am not an artist.

I don’t draw meetings. I architect conviction.

Most visual work captures what was said. I get hired when what was said isnt’ the problem. The problem is no one believes it.

Belief is the operating system underneath every decision a team makes. But most teams can’t see what they believe. Ask five people what the company actually believes and you get five different answers. That’s not a communication problem. That’s a belief-visibility problem.

I make shared belief visible in real time: a visual decision filter. If you want your team to leave the room believing the same thing, let’s talk.

10/02/2026

These days, the topic I graphic record more than almost anything else? AI.

Surprising? Not really. AI is reshaping nearly every industry, so naturally, people are trying to figure out what changes, what stays human, and what the heck we do next.

Sure, AI can generate a transcript of your panel in seconds. But a transcript tells you what was said.

A human can listen for what mattered—spot the connections, pull out the tension, find the metaphor, and make the meaning visible.

AI can capture the words. Humans still connect the dots.

09/29/2026

I had the pleasure of supporting another WE ARE IN AI™ WeAreInAI event about human-centered AI as part of San Diego Design Week.

Dr. Yanyan Yang emphasized that humans have to stay in the loop. Who is accountable? (Joke: robots don’t go to jail.)

Arzu Ozkal caught me with her opening statement: Design is often produced in forms that dominant system fail to recognize as productive.

09/29/2026

AI doesn’t just have to happen to us. We can help shape what comes next.

A big congratulations to WeAreInIt for bringing together community leaders, tech professionals, artists, and concerned citizens to question the promise of AI and explore what responsible, human-centered AI can look like.

Attendees weren’t just listening.

They were part of the conversation, exploring questions like:
💭 How much AI is too much, and who gets to decide?
💭 How do we preserve human agency as these systems scale?
💭 How does AI change our perception of what we can do?

And for God’s sake, don’t accept all cookies. 😂

The final call to action? Educate yourself. Get involved. Ask questions.

It was a fascinating conversation to capture through graphic recording here in San Diego

09/21/2026

Lightning Talks kicked off Night 1 of San Diego Design Week: five minutes, one powerful idea, and a glimpse at how San Diegans are designing the future. Loved seeing the collaboration between the Downtown San Diego Partnership, Design Forward Alliance and SD Design Week to make this happen.

Prashant Anilkumar
Diana Reyes
Michelle Heffron
Olga Cecilia Sanchez
Blake Steinecke
Tanya McAnear
Sheba Najmi
Paul Thomas
Bennett Peji
Jesse Karras

09/18/2026

I got into graphic recording because, frankly, drawing giant ideas on giant boards looked like a ridiculously fun way to make a living.

Then I realized: ohhh, this is doing something.

Graphic recording makes thinking visible. It helps people spot connections they might have missed, see where ideas overlap, and turn a room full of opinions into something everyone can actually point to and discuss.

It can help an organization get clearer about its purpose and shape to a messy strategy conversation. And surface the idea everyone was circling but nobody had quite articulated yet.

And there’s something powerful about watching your words appear on the wall in real time.

People feel heard.

That’s when I stopped thinking of graphic recording as meeting art and more as a tool for clarity, connection, and collective thinking.

The giant markers are still pretty fun, though.

09/13/2026

09/04/2026

Want better thinking in meetings? Stop making people use their brains for storage.

There’s a cognitive reason meetings get mentally crowded. So do your brain a favor and give some of that information external storage.

And no, I’m not talking about AI.
I’m talking about a wall. A whiteboard. A giant sheet of paper.

Let the wall hold the conversation so the people in the room can do the thinking.

08/28/2026

Graphic recording is really about listening. And somewhere along the way, that started seeping into the rest of my life.

Because I’ve noticed how often I’m not actually listeningI’m busy rehearsing what I’m going to say next.

Deep listening asks more of us. It means giving someone your full attention instead of mentally drafting your response while they’re still talking.

Turns out, the better I get at listening for what matters in the room, the more I realize how much it matters everywhere else, too.

08/22/2026

So how do you educate your customers on a complex subject like the data divide?

You make it visible with a 10-foot-tall illustration at your trade show.

Attendees didn’t have to read a deck. Sit through a presentation. Or watch a video.

They could understand the story at a glance.
Because belief travels through an organization—or an audience—in three ways:

- Words give the idea language.

- Numbers give it credibility.

- Pictures give people something they can see, remember, and talk about.

This wall for combined all three.