QPassage
10-01-2006, 06:29 AM
Being new to the designing of a graphic I've found like my writing I need to be inspired before I can really get into it. I think attitude towards it and thinking before you jump are both important. Starting from a blank is an interesting process, but not nearly as fun as having the idea first.
I found starting out that working off of photo's created a way to be inspired "for me that is". So my camera goes everywhere with me. I can't tell you how many times I've cropped an area out of a photo to incorporate it into a background of a design or just for a color I need for something. I've even found at times the inspiration of taking an interesting photo creates a drive for me to see farther into the photo or my work. Pulling out layer after layer to get the desired theme I want. Something as simple as a ripple of water or the sun beaming from a cloud. Used then as a background for a design really helps me to be creative. For me it helps put perspective into the graphic design, creating pictures without words to tell a story. Which I think works for any kind or design.
I'm just wondering what it is that inspires your designs? Are they easy come easy go for you? The pressure of a deadline does it pull creativity from a thought or idea.
Do any of you see images in your mind, which are stored for unknown reasons then one day there it is to be used? Or do you prefer the challenge or pressure to get the job done?
Personally for me it is just as important to pay attention to my surrounds while working on a design, as it is to concentrate on the actual work. Something as simple as a color can draw attention from others for ideas.
Then there is the completion process. Is it done, does it need something else? Where do you draw the line on a design being completed? Do you know when it is complete or do you always leave it thinking it needs more?
Am I rambling here or is there something to this psychology of a design?
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I found starting out that working off of photo's created a way to be inspired "for me that is". So my camera goes everywhere with me. I can't tell you how many times I've cropped an area out of a photo to incorporate it into a background of a design or just for a color I need for something. I've even found at times the inspiration of taking an interesting photo creates a drive for me to see farther into the photo or my work. Pulling out layer after layer to get the desired theme I want. Something as simple as a ripple of water or the sun beaming from a cloud. Used then as a background for a design really helps me to be creative. For me it helps put perspective into the graphic design, creating pictures without words to tell a story. Which I think works for any kind or design.
I'm just wondering what it is that inspires your designs? Are they easy come easy go for you? The pressure of a deadline does it pull creativity from a thought or idea.
Do any of you see images in your mind, which are stored for unknown reasons then one day there it is to be used? Or do you prefer the challenge or pressure to get the job done?
Personally for me it is just as important to pay attention to my surrounds while working on a design, as it is to concentrate on the actual work. Something as simple as a color can draw attention from others for ideas.
Then there is the completion process. Is it done, does it need something else? Where do you draw the line on a design being completed? Do you know when it is complete or do you always leave it thinking it needs more?
Am I rambling here or is there something to this psychology of a design?
qp