Paper (pick one): Moleskine Sketchbook or Printer cardstock or Sketch pad.Pens: Pentel EnerGel NV ($12 for four, or buy one for $3).I’ll break it down to a $25 toolkit and the $50 kit, along with what I’ll be upgrading to next. Here are the pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, and apps I’m using to create sketchnotes that have hundreds of shares and connected me to even more amazing people. I steadily improved the quality of my tools and upgraded a few things.Įven now, the cost of my entire setup is less than $50. I continued to progress and started creating visual notes for bloggers and speakers, along with sharing my own work on the blog and social media. I can get caught up in new gear, tools, software, and tactics, but at the beginning there is no replacement for simply starting. It was as easy as that from a tools standpoint. When I started creating sketchnotes, I used printer paper and a Pilot Precise V5 pen.
