Obama's Inauguration Speech by Brandy Agerbeck

I wanted to share my image with you all. This morning I drew Barack Obama's inauguration speech:

 

There's a page for it here, including a PDF to print. 

I'm usually drawing conversations, not a single, succinct speaker. I normally map in real time, but the density of Obama's point made me take very quick notes on what stood out to me. I quickly found a transcript of the speech online to reference. One way I help groups is by summarizing and synthesizing their words into brief points. In this case, getting our new president's words verbatim was important. I compared my notes to the transcript, giving me a chance to really decide what to pull out for the drawing. Next, I took to drawing those points around the main banner of Obama.

In my drawing, I really focused on the ideas of work and responsibility, that's what resonated with me. I wish I had colleagues drawing the same speech so I could see what surfaced in their drawings.

Comments

[Teri Leavens]

I just found your site today and am in awe of your work and your love for 'drawing conversations.' I have been looking more and more into the field of visual thinking/visual presentation, etc., and your work further exemplifies its power and its many uses in our society, today. Thank you very much!

[A Twitter User]

Thanks Brandy for this great work!

[Andy]

I am doubly awestruck. First the speech, now the graphic.