How do you guys do it?
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- doublespaced0
@scarabin
Jessica Hische www.jessicahische.com posted an illustration kinda outlining what you're saying.
- scarabin0
copy shit so you know how to do it and have dff techniques in your arsenal
then when it's time to create something fresh you have a much better place to start from
- e_pill0
as a product designer, i research the stores, build matrixes of competitive brands pricing, shape, colour, materials. i concept something that is still functional yet different to the market. also there are needs of the clients that i have to incorporate into the design, but with all the factors of what the consumers want/ need is used to base each new day's worth of design into.
- Douglas0
seems like every project is a different beast, so it's not an exact formula every time - though the process may be similar... brainstorm, sketch, mood boards, develop ideas, present, and move forward, etc.
in that case, every day doesn't require a major breakthrough of visual genius unless your deadline from start to finish is 24hrs, and then i don't think a masterpiece can be expected without digging into your bag of tricks.
- drgz0
Sexual transmutation
- vaxorcist0
Design Awesomeness seems inversely related to business desperation.... both your own and your clients....
- horton0
i like that...
Mostly Awesomeness, 24/7™
- Taupedick0
People don't show their non-awesome stuff. It's all a sales gimmick. Sometimes you're selling to the customer, sometimes you're selling to your peers, the rest of the time you're selling to yourself.
- Brownjohn0
plus, hardly anybody agrees on what good is
- doublespaced0
"You can recycle the same look/feel at least 2 or 3 times because the subject brings something new each time."
This actually applies to design as well. You're making two assumptions that aren't exactly true. One, you think we create awesomeness all the time. Two, that it's always original. The fact is that most good doesn't even go through, and we are always using new "looks and feels" that we are inspired by all the time.
- Hombre_Lobo_20
Get away from your computer, the best ideas come when thinking away from the screen for me. Get away from design blogs.
Go for walks. Be inspired by things not associated with desgn.
universal everything produce some if the Most varied work. None of the work really has a similar style. Matt pyke who is universal everything says in interviews he doesn't look at design blogs or design mags. He gets inspired by newscientist and national geographic more than anything else.
- Hombre_Lobo_20
"we do it in the dark with smiles on our faces"
- d_rek0
The magic comes out of the tip.
- georgesIII0
I rarely get paid to design awesomness,
I can honestly say 80% of my work is pretty shitty btl,
but it pays the bills,
the other 15% is divided in cool non paying freelance where I get to do whatever I want but don't get a cent for itand the last 5% are awesome atl projects that take months to finish, that pay well but are often pretty stressful.
pick two
-- Always perplexes me this diagram. As I understand it you can have two and the one left is forsaken. So you can have Good and cheap (but not fast)? So someone can expect you to work for a year and pay £5?..a bit lostbabaganush
- and Cheap but not fast? So you can have a years worth of work at the highest level for £5?babaganush
- this diagram actually devalues the logic of the good, fast, cheap theoryd_rek
- doublespaced0
Listen.
- autoflavour0
crack cocaine
- vaxorcist0
Making good work that CLIENTS PAY FOR is much harder than just making great work that awards committees love....
I'm in awe of some great portrait/wedding work sometimes, but much of it has that weird stench of vanity.... i.e. it's been done to please the client tooooo much!
- dMullins0
Batesole that shit, dude.
- Projectile0
When I'm stuck, I often attempt to copy someone else. But fortunately it's impossible to as it always ends up being completely different... but I just needed the starting block. I usually change designs a few times so it'll inevitably become its own thing. I suppose that's what some people refer to as inspiration... others might still call it mild plagiarism. I don't really care.