Life is Short - Words from Holstee Manifesto. Made one for my office, want a poster for your home or office? Custom posters available #ScalaDesigns
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I am a graphic designer who loves collecting beautiful inspirational imagery from art, food, quotes, fashion, photography to illustration and any great, arbitrary gem.
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My design process
#WhatI’veLearntSoFar
My design process always begins on paper. This is where I best figure out solutions.
Once I have my direction, I will draw it up in Illustrator for the basics. Mostly this will begin in black and white, especially for logo design. If it doesn’t work in black and white, it is unlikely to work in colour.
Then if the project requires added texture, this will be done in Photoshop.
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March 6, 2012
“ Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue. You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
~ Ayn Rand
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March 2, 2012
Avoid A to B thinking
THINGS I’VE LEARNED SO FAR - When we brainstorm an idea, we are inclined to go to the first thing that pops into our heads. Our brains are predictable. Often the idea is drawn from something that is top of mind or from our immediate surroundings. It is obvious and lazy.
We should become more aware of our surroundings. We tend to get into automatic mode in life. Try taking a different route home, try new places, notice the details around you. This exercises the brain.
Always ask questions. Children are so good at this because everything is new to them, they ask ‘why’ about everything. How it’s made, where it comes from, why it works the way it does.
This allows the left analytical brain to meet the right intuitive brain.
For idea solving, we need to find what the problem is first, to be able to find the solution.
Once you have defined the problem. A tip: Instead of thinking of the solution, where our brains immediately go to A - B thinking, think of the opposite solution. What won’t solve the problem. This often produces some interesting ideas and you’ll be surprised how well it helps you begin to think differently.
Concept fan:
Mind mapping is a great way to resist the urge of A-B thinking. Place your problem that needs solving in the centre of your page. Place random unrelated words of objects or things around the main problem.
Then using word association, brainstorm how each random word could help solve your main problem. No idea is stupid. Now that you have a few directions, you can choose a route to take.
Ideas are plentiful, don’t hoard them, don’t hold them too close. Thomas Edison had 2332 patents worldwide in his lifetime. Don’t stop being curious.
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More like I “tolerate” running… But otherwise I agree!
(Source: girlmeetsbanjo, via meggielynne)
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