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- aleman
It has been awhile since I have been active in the NT community on a regular basis and thought I would start things up again by asking the following...
How do you keep your ideas fresh and creative and still maintain a very high production level of volume?
I have just recently been hired as Art Director/designer after freelancing by the hour for over 2 years.
I know the brillance of todays minds dwell within NT, looking forward to the responses.
- ********0
much of the time I fail
- aleman0
Rand:
me too, but don't you get tired of that... any thoughts on the remedy?
Dosen't look like it from yo port.
Don't hold out on me now
- aleman0
bump!
- IRNlun60
not really doing much creative work anymore and was never really art director level but I always found this site to be really helpful when brainstorming for ideas.
- oBeseLilNinja0
i keep things fresh by having many little projects all in the works so i dont get bored - instead of just looking at the screen i jump straight to another project and my work continues etc
- aleman0
www.mycoted.com/creati...
IRNlun6
(Oct 28 05, 06:22)- Perfect I never would have thought I could reference something that comprehensive... THAT'S GOLD!
Thanks !
- zombiewoof0
ahhh the ultimate balancing act ... I gave up the AD life as I was forced into too many productivity meetings and not a single creativity meeting ... hmmm.
as the zen masters say .."Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you"
you could also take your kids ADD drugs...
- madirish0
liquor.
lot's and lot's of liquor.
- aleman0
oBeseLilNinja
(Oct 28 05, 06:24)Working on that now.. I'm trying to establish meetings so I can keep an eye on those projects...
You can always count on a NINJA!
- clerk0
i can recommend 'brain writing'.
- aleman0
liquor.
lot's and lot's of liquor.
madirish(Oct 28 05, 06:29)
-might not go over well with the president.
- ********0
I usually resort to thumbing through design and art books to remind myself of what ruts I've fallen into. At the same time, I think that unless you're some kind of genius, the fact of never ending deadlines and the pressure to keep billable hours low will result in a certain sameness as you rely on moves you know will work well enough and quickly enough.
- madirish0
in all seriousness,
i can recommend the Idea Card Method or brain writing or whatever. it is great and especially in the studio.
- aleman0
'brain writing'.
clerk
(Oct 28 05, 06:29)hmmm... that sounds worth asking... what's that?
- aleman0
Rand
(Oct 28 05, 06:32)- So the feeling that your design, to keep up with volume, is running out juice is inevitable and should I just accept that ?
- ********0
I don't accept it at all. I fight it every day. But I often fail. and it doesn't get any easier
- davi-t0
toke da ganja.
- ********0
I think all designers struggle with this
- zombiewoof0
I think the message we are trying to impart is that it is inevitable to feel the pinch between the two, but by putting aside some time of your day for the creative you(thumbing mags, brain-flexing..or whatever, or even going for a walk...to the pub) you may be able to keep the edge and meet the deadlines...
- aleman0
Very well put, do have sites that you reference more than others, other than the brillant NT?