young woman with dark hair and glasses. She is wearing a black shirt and blue jeans standing in front of a dark green tree with her thumbs tucked into her jeans' pockets.
 

Welcome!

I’m Laura, your Visual Translation Guide

Illustrative is a visual support studio, helping intuitive leaders and visionaries who dream in full-color to see their ideas before they start taking action, so they can find the gaps and move forward with confidence.

On this site you’ll find:

The many pieces of our lives blend together to make magical effects on the people around us and compose our unique medicine.

 Here are the pieces that I bring:

 Visual communication has been around for a long time.

hand-drawn illustration of two cave-women in a cave drawing on the walls with brushes

 

hand-drawn illustration of a classroom with bookshelves, a teacher and 3 students. The teacher is pointing to a poster with different food items on it.

 We use it to support our children, but as they get older we assume they can now take in all their information the same way because they are grownups…

2 stacked film strips with 4 photos. One shows a sticker being held in a hand that has a flower on it and the phrase "growth takes time." Second image shows a work desk with a laptop and iPad being used to draw a landscape.
 

spoiler: we are all different.

Humans are actually complex diverse species and most people still need to see something to get it.

Creating a visually nurturing client experience can seem overwhelming at first. You may even feel like your clients aren’t the kind of people who need it. In reality, adding visual support to your process helps you answer fewer questions, excites your clients about the process in general and sets a precedent for how to treat humans in business relationships.

 

Here are some real life examples of people doing just that!

 
 

 If we can see differently, then we can think differently and lead differently, too!

 
 

I believe everyone’s unique blend of humanity is important in the world and that every idea deserves to be heard. However, not every idea is the best path to take right now, so being able to unravel your thoughts and see the full journey clearly will help you make CEO level decisions about your next steps and risks to take.

 

Let’s make something more than pretty, let’s make something real!