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Learn The Art Of Visual Notes Inspired By An Ancient Japanese Practice
Your first visual notes page in 2 hours even if you can't draw a stick figure.
Imagine if you could:
remember names, places, and facts you used to forget the next day by turning them into simple icons and connections that stick the way bullet points never did.
make journal pages your family will treasure, travel weeks, life moments, the small everyday observations, pages your kids and grandkids will actually want to open years from now.
remember what you did at a glance, flip back to any page months later and the whole meeting, trip, or week comes back instantly.
start a creative practice that grows with you, forgiving, beginner-friendly, and stretching enough to wake up a sixty-five-year-old brain or a twenty-five-year-old one.
You might be thinking this is only for people who can draw.
Pages full of hand-lettered headings, little icons, banners, arrows? It looks like something only illustrators and designers can pull off.
But what if I told you that you don't need artistic talent, fancy supplies, or any prior experience?
Here's what most people don't realize.
The best visual notes come from the simplest shapes.
A dot, a line, a box, a circle, an arrow. A black pen and a notebook. $20 of materials. That's all it takes to capture an hour-long meeting on a single page in a way you'll actually remember.
As long as you listen for the key ideas and place them with a little structure, the page does the heavy lifting.
You pick a layout. You write the title. You sketch one icon at a time. And suddenly, you're holding the whole talk on one page.
"Will my visual notes actually look good, even if I'm not artistic?"
Yes.
You're not making fine art. Structure and a few simple icons do the work. You just listen, pick a layout, and place the ideas.
If you can sign your name, you can do this.
This course teaches you the three things that matter:
how you choose a layout, how you turn ideas into simple icons, and how you connect them so the page reads at a glance.
Anyone can learn visual note taking.
→ Even if you've never doodled in a meeting. A clear step-by-step method that works with basic materials and zero experience.
→ Even if you think your handwriting is too messy. It isn't. You'll learn three simple lettering styles that look intentional, not perfect.
→ Even if every "creative" thing you've tried felt like a flop. Visual notes are forgiving by nature. A wobbly line becomes a banner. A weird drawing becomes "an icon".
→ Even if you don't consider yourself "artistic." A pen, a notebook, and a willingness to listen. That's it.
The Four Principles of Visual Notes
Drawn from zuihitsu, the thousand-year-old Japanese tradition of “following the brush”, these four ideas shape every page you'll make.
Forget transcribing. You're hunting for the one phrase, the one number, the one moment that actually matters. Everything else gets dropped.
A dot, a line, a square, a circle, a triangle. From those five marks you can draw anything you need. Your "bad drawings" are exactly what a visual note looks like.
Arrows, boxes, banners, lines, and the breathing room around them. In Japanese aesthetics, the empty space carries as much meaning as the marks. Structure is what turns a page of notes into a map.
The wobbly line, the lopsided circle, the icon that came out a little odd, those are the marks of a real, human page. Polished isn't the goal. Whole is.
My name is Aiko Mori.
12+ years practicing and teaching visual note taking. From conference keynote recaps and book summaries to client meetings, travel journals, and live sketchnoting at events.
Over 1,000 visual notes pages drawn. Taught 500+ students in workshops across three countries to capture their first meeting in their own hand.
What I teach is a modern take on zuihitsu, the Japanese tradition of “following the brush” that's lived in journals and sketchbooks for a thousand years. Sei Shōnagon's Pillow Book, written around the year 1000, is one of the earliest examples: a notebook of observations, lists, and sketches kept by a court lady who couldn't stop noticing.
I picked up visual note taking after years of filling notebooks with careful bullet points I never read again. Within a few weeks I was sketchnoting every meeting, every podcast, every book I touched. That habit never left. I just learned to teach it.
Introducing: The Visual Note Taking
Masterclass
✎ ・ From blank page to a record you'll actually keep.
2+ hours of step-by-step videos across 15+ lessons
✦ What's Inside ✦
The Visual Notes Foundation (Why It Works)
- ✦ Why visual notes out-recall plain bullet points, the brain science in one minute
- ✦ The six perfect use cases: work meetings, conferences and events, travel, data, personal journal entries, sermons and talks
- ✦ Why your "bad drawings" are exactly right, how the page hides what would look wrong on its own
- ✦ How to read other people's visual notes so you can borrow the moves you like
Your Visual Notes Toolkit (Pens, Notebooks & Setup)
- ✦ The $20 starter kit with exact product links that gets you through your first hundred pages
- ✦ The two-pen rule: one fineliner for line work, one brush pen for weight, and why three pens is already too many
- ✦ Notebook size: pocket vs A5 vs A4, and how the size you pick decides what you can capture
- ✦ How to set up for live notes in a meeting, on a plane, or at a conference without looking like a weirdo
The Drawing Basics (Lettering, Shapes & Icons)
- ✦ The five shapes (dot, line, square, circle, triangle) that combine into every icon you'll ever need
- ✦ Three hand-lettering styles, print caps, script, and a banner heading, that make any page feel intentional
- ✦ 50 starter icons drawn step by step (idea, question, person, money, time, place, and 44 more)
- ✦ The "good enough" mindset, why finishing a wobbly icon beats agonizing over a perfect one
The Building Blocks (People, Frames & Connectors)
- ✦ People in three strokes: a head, a body, a stance, enough to put any speaker, customer, or character on the page
- ✦ Faces and emotions: the six expressions that capture how someone felt without writing the word
- ✦ Frames and containers: boxes, scrolls, banners, and clouds that tell the reader "this part matters"
- ✦ Connectors: arrows, paths, and dividers that turn a list of ideas into a story
Capturing Anything Live (The Full Page)
- ✦ The four core layouts (top-down, mind-map, timeline, comparison) and which one fits each kind of talk
- ✦ Listening for structure: the three cues every speaker gives you so you know what to draw next
- ✦ The five-minute finish: what to add after the talk ends so the page reads cleanly tomorrow
- ✦ One playbook per use case: a tested layout for meetings, conferences, travel, data, journal entries, and sermons
You've seen what's inside. Five modules. A complete system for learning, drawing, and capturing anything on a single page at home.
The full price for this course is $97.
You're not going to pay that today. And the reason is simple.
This is the first time I've offered this course to the public. I want 50 people to go through it. I want to read your emails, see your pages, find out where you get stuck and where you surprise yourself.
That feedback is worth more to me right now than charging full price. Honestly, I also need to find out if I can handle 50 support inboxes without accidentally spilling coffee on my sketchbook.
So for this first group, the price is dramatically lower. Once those 50 spots fill, this page comes down and the full price goes live.
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Get access to the full course. Grab your pens. Learn the basics. Capture your first meeting, talk, or chapter on a single page. Watch your skills grow with every new page.
If you don't love it, email hello@visualnotesclass.com within 90 days for a full refund. Within 24 hours. No questions asked.
But wait, there's more
Order today and you also get:
10 Visual Notes Page Templates
- ✦ 10 page templates, one for each main use case (meeting, talk, conference day, book, podcast, trip, project, sermon, journal, data), sized for both Letter and A4
- ✦ Pre-drawn structure with title block, key takeaways, action items, and quote callouts already laid out
- ✦ Designed to be filled in live, the blanks tell you what to listen for, so you stay ahead of the speaker
- ✦ High-resolution PDFs that print crisp every time, no pixelation, no faint lines
The Visual Notes Workbook
- ✦ 30+ guided exercises organized from your very first stroke to a full live page, so you always know what to practice next
- ✦ Daily 5-minute drills for shapes, icons, lettering, and layout that warm you up before the real notes happen
- ✦ Page prompts for every use case (meeting, talk, sermon, travel day, journal entry) so the practice transfers to real life
- ✦ Printable on Letter or A4 with space to draw directly on the page, no extra notebook needed to get started
The Color & Highlight Guide
- ✦ The two-color rule that keeps your pages clean and readable, one ink, one highlight, nothing else
- ✦ Where to order the best brush pens, markers, and highlighters for under $20, online and locally
- ✦ What to color and what to leave alone, the rule of thumb that separates pro pages from craft-store chaos
- ✦ Live vs. after: when to color during the talk and when to wait until you're back at your desk
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Order today and you also get:
The Notebook Setup Kit
- ✦ Cover, title, and dedication pages so you start your notebook with the same intention you want it to carry
- ✦ Contents and index pages that let you find any page in your notebook in under five seconds, six months later
- ✦ Divider, legend, and monthly review templates that turn your notebook into a system instead of a stack of loose sketches
- ✦ A 10-minute walkthrough video from Aiko showing exactly how to glue or tape each template in and use it from day one
Students Usually Ask
None at all. This course is built for complete beginners, including people who insist they can't draw. Module 1 starts with the fundamentals of visual note taking and Module 3 walks you through your first icons one stroke at a time.
Under $20 total. A fineliner pen ($3 to $5), a brush pen for weight and headings ($5 to $8), and a dot-grid notebook ($8 to $12). The course includes a complete shopping guide with links. You do NOT need expensive specialty supplies.
Yes. Module 2 walks you through exactly which pens and notebooks to start with based on the kind of notes you want to take first. It also includes a shopping guide with specific links so you know exactly where to buy everything and what to skip.
Everything you need costs under $20. A basic starter kit is one fineliner, one brush pen, and a dot-grid notebook. That's it. Module 2 covers exactly what to buy and where.
That's the whole point. Module 5 is built around live note taking in meetings, talks, and conferences. You'll learn how to keep up with a speaker, what to write first, and how to finish the page after the meeting ends.
Yes. Fineliner pens, brush pens, and dot-grid notebooks are available worldwide through online retailers. The course covers brand alternatives for hard-to-find items.
A real meeting or talk happens live, so the page takes as long as the meeting takes (30 to 90 minutes). Practice pages from a podcast or chapter usually take 45 to 90 minutes. After the talk you'll spend another 5 to 10 minutes finishing the page so it reads cleanly tomorrow.
Your very first page will have the look that gets people leaning in. That happens in under two hours. The look comes from structure and a few icons, not years of practice. The initial "wow" moment is immediate. Every page after that just gets cleaner.
Visual note taking is fundamentally different from drawing. The pages are built from five simple shapes, three lettering styles, and a layout that does most of the work. If you can sign your name, you can take stunning visual notes. The structure does the heavy lifting.
Honestly, even messy pages are useful. That's the magic of this method: the structure makes "wonky" look intentional. With paper costing pennies a sheet, a learning page is never a disaster. The course also includes a troubleshooting section that covers every common mistake.
90-day money-back guarantee. Try the entire course. Get your materials. Capture your first meeting or talk. If you don't love it, email us within 90 days and we'll refund you in full. No questions asked. No hoops.
Instant access to our private course platform. All video lessons and downloadable PDFs organized by module. Watch on any device: phone, tablet, or computer. Lifetime access, so go at your own pace. There's no schedule and no expiration.
Yes. Payments are processed through Stripe, the same secure payment platform used by millions of businesses worldwide (including Amazon, Google, and Shopify). We never see your card details.
Yes. Plenty of consultants, designers, product managers, and pastors take visual notes in client meetings and use the page itself as a deliverable. The course includes a section on which contexts work and how to share your pages so they read as a record, not a doodle.
Email us at hello@visualnotesclass.com and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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