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Sketchstorming

As explained in The Art of Code

Sketchstorming is a visual ideation technique that develops and connects ideas through freely drawn sketches and annotations.

Sketchstorming is a visual ideation technique for expressing difficult-to-verbalize concepts, visualizing problem structure, and uncovering connections through free drawing. section 10.3.3

Use a page as an unconstrained workspace:

  • Write ideas as they arise rather than organizing them prematurely. section 10.3.3
  • Draw arrows between related ideas to reveal possible connections. section 10.3.3
  • Add question marks to mark uncertainties and sketch quick symbols for important elements. section 10.3.3

The technique deliberately avoids rules and constraints, allowing thoughts to take shape visually when investigation has stalled or words are insufficient. section 10.3.3

How The Art of Code covers it

How deep it goes
Defines a practical free-drawing method with notation examples but stops short of a formal procedure or evaluation framework.
Examples
Uses freely written ideas, connecting arrows, uncertainty question marks, and quick representative symbols.
What you can do after
Practice/perform sketchstorming to externalize ideas, map problem structure, and surface connections or uncertainties.
How it connects
Connects visual thinking with brainstorming, creativity, problem-solving, and mind mapping.
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