SXSW 2009 DRAWINGS
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009SXSW 2009 is over, and I am exhausted. Below are some of my highlights. Go to my SXSW 2009 Flickr Set to see more drawings.
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This was simply the best thing I saw at SXSW. A couple of brothers (really nice guys, too) made a documentary about their small town in Ohio. Check it out.
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The Future of Visual Storytelling is Interactive (Or is it?) panel
Somebody get @philstuart to post his diagrams of interactive story structure (see the flow-chart-ish part of the drawing), b/c they are freaking brilliant!
Phil finally uploaded the diagrams!
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Shift Happens: Moving from Words to Pictures
I had the good fortune to spend time with everyone on this panel at SXSW, and they’re all great, smart people. @sunnibrown @davegray @danroam @leelefever @thcrawford
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RIP! A Remix Manifesto
Documentary about copyright and Greg Gillis (aka Girl Talk). Great stuff.
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Objectified
From the director of Helvetica.
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From Blog To Book Deal: How-To
Certainly the most animated panel I went to. And I finally got to chat with Hugh Macleod a bit beforehand.
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Thanks to @marquessaid for this photo of me in action:

See more drawings in my SXSW 2009 Flickr Set, including a caricature of Richard Linklayter, a cartoon of waiting in line, some drawings of Mirah during her awesome Domy Books set, and some special Indexed cards Jessica Hagy drew me!
Read more of my SXSW-related posts on the tumblelog.
Like this stuff? Be sure to check out Mike Rohde’s sketchnotes and Sunni Brown’s live keynote drawings.















March 22nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Dig also Varick Rosete, Karen Ingram, Honoria Starbuck, and Marilyn Martin. Anybody else I missed?
Also, if anybody’s got any pics of me or the doodled business cards I handed out, post them here!
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Austin, these rock! Thanks for sharing! :-)
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
[...] SXSW 2009 DRAWINGS by Austin Kleon By Austin Kleon Sketchbook notes and drawings of the SXSW 2009 Film, Interactive, and Music festival. AUSTIN KLEON – http://www.austinkleon.com/ [...]
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 am
Thanks for drawing us dude! Diagrams coming soonish :)
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
You are awesome. Thank you for sharing!
March 24th, 2009 at 8:34 am
[...] Austin Kleon, an Austin, TX based illustrator captured the first panel of day one at the conference. This image sums up how I felt at the end of each day of panels….. [...]
March 26th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Austin, you rock man! These are awesome. Thanks for the preview last week. :-)
March 26th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Thanks!!
January 5th, 2010 at 11:37 am
[...] drawing notes and presentations at SXSWi 2009, Austin, along with Sunni Brown, Mike Rohde and David Gray; presented an online webinar about the [...]