Being that I have a few family members that live in and around New York, you could only imagine how difficult it was to watch the news. However, the biggest thing that got me through was the hope of life. I made this for them and any other person who was impacted by this horrendous natural disaster.
Even though it was last October the effects are long-lasting. They still need (y)our help. Help out today.
Do not be afraid to want a lot.
Things take a long time; practice patience.
Avoid compulsively making things worse.
Finish what you start.
Often people start out by thinking about all the things that they can’t do. Once you take that path, it’s very hard to get off of it. Shoot high and shoot often.
In this interview on The Great Discontent, the inimitable Debbie Millman (who is newly on SoundCloud!) offers five pieces of advice for young people starting out in any creative field – a fine addition to our running record of sage advice.
Complement with Neil Gaiman’s advice on the creative life and treat yourself to Millman’s sublime Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design.
(via explore-blog)
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1. [Turing tape] You need an idea notebook.
2. [Open-minded] Do not aim to solve some specific problem.
3. [Proliferate and select] You may need 10 to 100 ideas before you find a good one.
4. [Aloof] Avoid feeling part of any specific academic community.
5. [Be the boss] Avoid working for anyone, and that includes a granting agency.
6. [Data] Don’t publish without data.7. [Sloth] Avoid all but the simplest experiments, and avoid building complex tools.
Charting the Men of Flannel.
Writer - Kris Cantrell
A few friends of mine made this. So funny how flannel has the ability to transcend across the many styles of man. Pretty cool guys, pretty cool.
Ole Martin Lund Bo - Deceptive Outward Appearance
Using just wood and paint, Oslo, Norway-based artist Ole Martin Lund Bo created this anamorphic piece of art with a thought-provoking message. This installation seems as if someone just photoshopped those words onto an already existing image. Look at the other pictures (below), however, and you’ll soon realize that the three words have been carefully painting onto the white walls and wood sticks, becoming what seems like random black marks when viewed from different angles.
I always need to be making things. It’s a problem. I have a list of ideas and projects that feels like it’s never ending. But at the same time….it’s kind of a great feeling!
Illustration by Marc Johns
21.Thank you Drop Box for making my dreams come true. It was only a few months ago that I said I wanted to write a book and look, it’s about to be sent off to the printers in a few hours. CRAZY. Do I have the makings of a future writer? Hmmm. Anyway, here are to thoughts turned into ideas, turned into actuality.
15. There are a multitude of things flowing through my head right now that would be hard to put onto paper. If I ever tried, you wouldn’t get them sooner but actually later. So instead of writing them down, I instead decided to look around. Find some more people that think like me and let them show you what we both see. Here is a video on the process of being creative, I couldn’t conjure up a word that rhymes with creative so just watch the friggin’ video.
Pick a card, any card — check more at Logodesignerblog.com
Click on the thumbnails to get the big picture.
All the times that mom told me practice makes perfect, I am finally realizing that she may have been onto something. Now that I am older, I look around at the suavely creative people around me and envy how easy design flows from their brain to paper. When I try to do the same, it comes out a little… let’s just go with a little less than perfect. However, I have been practicing and trying my hand at doing SOMETHING imagninative each day. I am not at the level I wish to be, I find it when I am doing certain things that ideas come to me that much quicker! It feels good and it pushes me to continue on this unending quest of mine.
It also helps to have cool sites like this to give me ideas. I found this through a blog’s blogroll. It’s called Logo of the Day and it shows more than the Nike swoosh or the Target bullseye. Love how some of the symbols use the blank space to create their design or how they turn simple squiggles into the backbone for some letters. These people are not only thinking outside of the box, to me, it’s out of this world.
If you search through and find the logo for the company, Boundary, you’ll be looking at my favorite. It is simply crazy how effortless it looks yet it probably took a few hours to make.
OOOH I cannot wait to get to that level, and then break through to another.
