Archive for the ‘Design & Creativity’ Category
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1. Do not use CAPS for everything
Not only is it hard to read, readers will not know where to focus and lose interest
2. Do not cramp everything into one page/ small area
Too many information would only confuse the reader. It also gives out a messy & unprofessional vibe.
3. Do not use overly bright colors for everything
Forcing your readers to look for their sunglasses to read your contents is not the right way to go.
4. Do not make grammar or spelling mistakes
This is the fastest way for you to lose the trust of your potential customers, as this is one of the first input they will receive to form an opinion on the competency of your company.
5. Do not use copyrighted properties
You will risk being sued or worse, jailed. This will most probably be a bad reputation to your business, no?
Please respect that this blog is written on my own opinion and any rude comments WILL NEVER see the light of day, here. You may post it on your own space if you absolutely need to.
The soul needs art, and the beauty of it.
Ever stood in front of a sunset and felt comforted by the magnificence of it?
Ever had your heart beat faster at the sight of a bloom of a beautiful flower?
Personally, I always have the urge to create something beautiful after that. To keep that feeling of awe & happiness inside me for as long as possible. Like a DRUG!
I love that I have the ability to actually make those creation! Whether it is photography, digital art or video graphics.
Right now I am doing mostly digital art (vector art) and photography. You can see in my “online art gallery” aka blog www.i-cant-sew.com
However, I also have a passion for motion graphics & love the way it can capture & mesmerize the attention of the now dulled senses.
A beautifully crafted video could show love, pain & create laughter.
I am now going to create some videos for the souls of the world and everyone who loves beautiful things.
Please respect that this blog is written on my own opinion and any rude comments WILL NEVER see the light of day, here. You may post it on your own space if you absolutely need to.
Something wonderful about art. You can HATE it and it is ok.
A good designer would want his work to be hated or loved as long as you do not feel indifferent about it. Once you feel nothing for a design, it is considered mediocre. It is a failure.
Passion is the key. Enhance your self-awareness & awareness to your surroundings!
So go ahead ahead and criticize. You are also giving the designer a compliment by taking notice of their work. All said, there is not need to be rude and self-righteous about your comments.
Kindness & professionalism is still important, else it is just childish tantrums.
Most of the time we allow ourselves to be dulled by bad ideas & horrible executions.
How many times we allow ourselves to sit through a terrible TV ad without having the urge to change the channel cos it has become “ok”? Malaysian TV ma.
Have you ever bought a painting or drawing you do not feel passionate about, just because you needed to fill up a wall in the living room? Feeling no love or hate for it. Everyone has this painting, so it must be good.
Ever walked into the shop pointed at the cheapest vase you see, and bought it? Regardless that it would make your room look like a “Made in China” store. Just because you do not care about “such things”.
You’ll be amaze at what you can observe and learn when you are actually looking at something with passion instead of just being obliging.
Allow yourself to be pulled into a debate, and enjoy it.
Please respect that this blog is written on my own opinion and any rude comments WILL NEVER see the light of day, here. You may post it on your own space if you absolutely need to.
We are all designers in this world.
We all have the power to influence the space we occupy. Draw & innovate ideas to improve our lifestyle. We all LOVE and HATE with the passion of a human.
Know that you are a designer and know that you can evolve and improve. That may be the most powerful knowledge you will get for self improvement!
As the lifestyle we live in improves, so does our need for culture, art and design. We are evolving into a new breed of designers.
We now need creativity in everything we do, whether it is to COMMUNICATE, to ATTRACT, CREATE or even to ORGANIZE. We need creativity. Thus, design.
Design is the process of creativity. Creativity gives birth to design. You need both to achieve a masterpiece.
Would you be surprised if I told you a delivery system would work better if it were designed?Ok.
Don’t get angry at me for putting this up.
I know this statement will set fire in many people, especially male designers.
But it is the truth.
I am not saying that a man cannot design for a woman’s desire (clothes, shoes & such) but a woman’s need. That, is a different matter.
Imagine a guy designing sanitary pads or tampons.
I think that thought even freaks the men out.
The point of my subject is that, we are all designers in our own way. But we all have our own skills. Though designing & creativity has no limitations, we are still shaped by our upbringing, our culture & our own knowledge of how the world works.
Impaired by this restriction, we can only seek to improve ourselves by increasing our exposure & experience.
Traveling is a great way to do that. Imagine being in a different world of sound, sights and smell. How that would instantly heighten our senses and creativity!
Reading is another. Observing and absorbing another’s creativity is also a great way to improve your own. Much cheaper too. (Though Art magazines cost like a filthy bomb. RM50-60 per magazine!) Design books are quite affordable.
Surfing the internet, the wonderful tool that seem to be able to provide ANY knowledge to anyone seeking it. Allowing designers to broaden not only their skills, knowledge but also their expression methods.
There are of course many other ways we can improve ourselves. And that is what I tell myself, each time I go to an art gallery, a local play or just travel 200km to see a sunset, but truthfully, I think I just enjoy the beauty all these experiences hold.
I did not have an outlet for my own creativity before this, thinking that skill & career was all I needed. Until I started a blog of my own. I Can’t Sew.com
I have been pouring into my old sketches & realizing how I have been suppressing myself all these while.
With the existence of the internet, it is really not so hard.
So I have decided to help those people who want to be a designer.
Want to express themselves.
Want to make something the world can view & enjoy.
Please respect that this blog is written on my own opinion and any rude comments WILL NEVER see the light of day, here. You may post it on your own space if you absolutely need to.
I was just asked to help design a couple of pages of a Kindergarden Yearbook for an international school.
The theme is Fantasy, so I came with some simple and colorful designs that would appeal to both adults & children.
I cannot put up the finished collage as it contains the faces & names of the children. So I am just showing the designs.
This is PAGE ONE:
Page1
And this is PAGE TWO
And then, there is the CHARACTERS
Basically the children are asked to choose a fantasy character they want to be & why.
So I illustrate the fantasy characters & paste the heads & comments on the character.
Among them are fairies, spiderman, aliens, witch, vampires & many more.
This is how the pasted product will look like.
That is my head, in case anyone is wondering.
This last one is for the Teacher. Flying down from the Flying castle with her umbrella.
