Live Illustration, Visual Scribing and Graphic Facilitation by Esther Springett

Emily Goff, Curating for Change Project Manager

“We have worked closely with Esther to capture graphic minutes for our museum sector forums. These are often complex and multi-faceted events, which Esther has been able to digest succinctly into eye-catching, fun, and visually descriptive minutes.

Esther has illustrated live for us at forums, which has added an extra level of access to delegates who process information visually. Her beautiful visual representations have almost become a brand identity for us, as we use her images to enhance our written sector action plans, website and social media profiles.”

Dr Ally Jaffee, NHS Doctor & Trainee Psychiatrist, Youth Mental Health Charity Trustee

”Myself and my fellow Chimo Trust Trustees hired Esther to do the live illustration minutes for our Inaugural Youth Mental Health Summit. Esther is immensely talented and executed the task brilliantly and we were so pleased with the final product. Her disposition was great, she was a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend her work!”

John Beadle, Global Head of Performance and Reward, ABB

"Esther provided an outstanding, vivid tapestry of our HR conference and described the key moments in a much more engaging way than a multi-page PowerPoint could ever do."

Claire Palmer, Master Certified Coach

”I loved working with Esther to map out my vision for the coming year. I'd seen her recommended by a fellow coach & intuitively I just felt 'yes that was for me' And it was. I actively encourage my clients to create vision boards yet there is something fabulously useful & impactful about Esther guiding you & her creatively drawing as we go, producing a wonderful visual of your vision & plan. She asks the questions to get you clear & so skilfully draws out the key parts, converting them into wonderful visual images - what a skill. My year plan is now up on a wall in my office. I see it everyday, it reminds me of what's key. I love it! I highly recommend Esther. Highly professional & so easy to work with. “

Sarah Dunne, Support Collective Lead, Project Art Works

"Esther instantly puts people at ease enabling participation; through listening and questioning she swiftly translates aspirations into brilliant graphic visuals that are both empowering and a valuable advocacy tool. All of the families we have supported through the PATH workshops have expressed their admiration and gratitude for Esther’s graphic facilitation skills, the process and outcomes have been described as ‘life-changing’ with thanks to Esther.”

Katy, Pathway Workshop client

“Esther’s friendly approach immediately put me at ease and I felt comfortable chatting to her about my plans and ideas for the future. Under Esther’s gentle guidance, I was able to focus on what was important to me. She helped me to identify my personal and professional goals over the next three years, before we broke them down together into clear, manageable steps.

Watching Esther sketch as we spoke was both helpful and inspiring. And I now have a personalised, hand-illustrated plan on my office wall as a beautiful visual reminder of all my personal and work goals—and how I will achieve them. “

Sidney, Samara and Leon, Hastings Youth Commons

“Esther brings the vibes! We really enjoyed working with Esther over a series of three day Team Building, Vision and Strategy workshops. It was inclusive, thoughtful and insightful. We are super happy with our HUGE timeline on our office wall. We are really excited to have Esther back to run sessions with young people at our youth club.”

Team Member, Eggtooth

“The visioning workshop was an extremely powerful way to visualise the future. Setting deadlines and having something that can hold you to account, but also reminds you of the achievements to date, is incredibly motivating! Esther is great at holding the room.”

Anna, Build Your Year client

“There’s power in pictures. This is something I discovered today in a 2024 visioning session with live illustrator Esther Springett.

Esther helped me to map out my vision for the year, coaching me through the process and - amazingly – simultaneously drawing what I was saying so that I was left with a beautiful visualisation of the conversation.

I’m excited about these plans becoming a reality in 2024, and I really recommend working with Esther if you’d like to map out your own vision.”

Team Member, Eggtooth

“What an amazing tool to unscramble all of our ideas and dreams. It worked especially well for myself as a person with a creatively, visually inclined learning style that still appreciates order and practical application.

I especially enjoyed the grounding exercises at the beginning of the workshop, it unites the group and helped us really enter the room. We are rowdy and passionate bunch of people, Esther held the space respectively and expertly.

Thank you Esther!”

Susan Potter Associates, Evaluation and Research Consultancy

“Esther is a highly talented artist and graphic facilitator. We have worked together on many occasions now, with Esther creating her unique digital illustrations in real-time during meetings and discussion groups. Her infographics provide accessible visual documentation of evaluation activities with a lively illustration style. With her lived experience, Esther understands the systems of support within the sectors of arts, health, heritage and social care. Esther is a kind and generous spirited consultant, while her work is always of the utmost quality.”

Bethany Roots, Channel Marketing Manager, RingCentral

“Esther created equally stunning and insightful visuals during a large company meeting with a range of participants. She captured the themes, hosts, and outcomes in her drawings in excellent detail. Esther is wonderful to work with and we would not hesitate to book her again!”

Ciara Mellor, Project Executive, Inconnection

“Esther has been a delight to work with from beginning to end. The quality of her work was outstanding, as was her attention to detail. I look forward to working with Esther again soon.”

Martin Symons, Community Volunteering Coordinator, Compassionate Communities Team, St Michael’s Hospice

“Esther Sketches came along to an event we organised and produced some fantastic work - really good at listening and assimilating into some great drawings of our event, thank you.”

James Byford, Founder/Director, Adventures and Wisdom Institute

“Esther was great to work with as a graphic facilitator/live illustrator on a project involving young people and work experience. She really understood the brief and was flexible, enthusiastically engaged and really collaborative. Her appreciation of the needs of young people, particularly those with complex needs made her a perfect fit. I recommend her without hesitation and hope we get to collaborate again soon.”

Ga-Ling Hardstaff, Programme Manager at the National Children's Bureau

“Esther has been amazing to work with. Her approach is very friendly and inclusive, including when working with children and young people. Esther’s creative vision really helps to elevate a project. A big thank you to Esther for all of her help on a recent piece of work.”

Simon Daw, OBX Creative Producer, Hastings Commons

“Highly recommend Esther for live illustration. She brilliantly captured a diverse range of concepts in a clear and visually exciting way. Thanks Esther!”

Jennifer Smyth

“We worked with Esther at our senior leadership conference in London in October 2024. Esther is really easy to work with positive, flexible, curious, proactive and her product is fab! We loved how she captured our day; her sketches were a real talking point with the group and served as a fabulous reminder of what we did together and where we got to. Thanks Esther.”

Curious Agenda

“Esther is excellent!! Her ability to follow along with any topic and illustrate it in real time is mesmerising. Her illustrations are not only visually beautiful, but capture so well the ideas that you're trying to convey.
We hired Esther to illustrate a video for us which explains why our business came into being, and the importance of curiosity. We spoke about the different things that we wanted to include, and Esther seamlessly managed to string our thoughts together into a coherent video for us to speak over the top of. She also attended our annual festival to Live Draw people's dreams as they explained them to her, so people could walk away with an illustration of their wonderful, crazy dreamworlds. Esther creates a relaxed atmosphere where you feel comfortable to say whatever's in your mind, and see it drawn beautifully in front of you.”