Comments on: Design Slumpbusting http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/ thoughts on | comments about | examples of } web design trends. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:19:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Montoya http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5385 Montoya Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:08:24 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5385 One thing I found was that, if I'm stumped with a certain mockup/element, I start over from a white page and develop new ideas. I also found that if something isn't working, instead of trying to modify it, I just rip it out and try something else. Sometimes the best ideas come while you are in the middle of designing one thing... you come up with something new that leads you off in a better direction. That's happened to me a lot. One thing I found was that, if I’m stumped with a certain mockup/element, I start over from a white page and develop new ideas. I also found that if something isn’t working, instead of trying to modify it, I just rip it out and try something else. Sometimes the best ideas come while you are in the middle of designing one thing… you come up with something new that leads you off in a better direction. That’s happened to me a lot.

]]> By: Matt Davies http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5387 Matt Davies Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:44:42 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5387 Go for a walk - when you get back everything will seem different... Go for a walk - when you get back everything will seem different…

]]> By: Johan http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5388 Johan Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:56:04 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5388 Get inspired ... magazines about architecture, design, food, scuba diving. Make snapshots with your digital camera of trees, buildings, textures. Do your homework, deconstruct what you have designed, make at least 5 iterations of your mockup, place it here and there. Have a mint? Get inspired … magazines about architecture, design, food, scuba diving.

Make snapshots with your digital camera of trees, buildings, textures.

Do your homework, deconstruct what you have designed, make at least 5 iterations of your mockup, place it here and there.

Have a mint?

]]> By: Matt Davies http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5390 Matt Davies Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:13:25 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5390 Phil - you posted this article just after I wrote about <a href="http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/10/passion-in-design/" rel="nofollow">Passion in Design</a>. The two points go 'hand in hand' really - get motivated, set goals, fulfill your dreams. When you get stuck, don't give up. Funny how both of us had similar themes... must be the weather! Phil - you posted this article just after I wrote about Passion in Design. The two points go ‘hand in hand’ really - get motivated, set goals, fulfill your dreams. When you get stuck, don’t give up.

Funny how both of us had similar themes… must be the weather!

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5395 Andrew Faulkner Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:59:27 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5395 Some excellent suggestions for getting us out of the 'rut' there Phil. Not just a design rut, but a devloper rut too I think. Some excellent suggestions for getting us out of the ‘rut’ there Phil. Not just a design rut, but a devloper rut too I think.

]]> By: J Phill http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5397 J Phill Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:58:25 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5397 Good timing for this article, I just wrote about Creative block last week. Being a designer, I find myself on the computer at least 8-10 solid hours a day, whether it's doing actual work or web surfing.....there is always a computer screen in front of me. For me to get inspired sometimes, I just have to get off of the computer. There just come times where nothing on the web can inspire me when I'm in a slump, so I just have to power down the Mac and open a book/magazine. I think it is the weather! Good timing for this article, I just wrote about Creative block last week. Being a designer, I find myself on the computer at least 8-10 solid hours a day, whether it’s doing actual work or web surfing…..there is always a computer screen in front of me.

For me to get inspired sometimes, I just have to get off of the computer. There just come times where nothing on the web can inspire me when I’m in a slump, so I just have to power down the Mac and open a book/magazine.

I think it is the weather!

]]> By: Jason Clement http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5402 Jason Clement Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:03:15 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5402 It's gotta be the weather. I'm feeling the same thing right now, staring out a window at the rain day after day. Dark when I sit down and dark when I get home. It's depressing. I find that just taking a step back from something for a bit can help bring some life back, but that's not always possible with deadlines. I also work alone, for the most part, so I find the conversations I have online via email or iChat with others in the web design world to be my inspiration at times... helping to keep my sanity. It’s gotta be the weather. I’m feeling the same thing right now, staring out a window at the rain day after day. Dark when I sit down and dark when I get home. It’s depressing.

I find that just taking a step back from something for a bit can help bring some life back, but that’s not always possible with deadlines.

I also work alone, for the most part, so I find the conversations I have online via email or iChat with others in the web design world to be my inspiration at times… helping to keep my sanity.

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]]> By: Antonio Ciccarone http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5417 Antonio Ciccarone Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:54:38 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-5417 That's a great article, I never read complete articles but this one pulled me through. Man, I work at a technical support dept. Once I get out of here, I don't want to touch a damn computer. But sometimes I just want to design, maybe I'll take your advice to heart and see what happens. Take care, antBeta That’s a great article, I never read complete articles but this
one pulled me through. Man, I work at a technical support dept.
Once I get out of here, I don’t want to touch a damn computer.
But sometimes I just want to design, maybe I’ll take your advice
to heart and see what happens.

Take care,
antBeta

]]> By: Mark http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-7189 Mark Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:33:20 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-7189 I get away from the computer and read a magazine, take a drive, go for a walk, go to sleep and worry about it in the morning, or even grab my sketchpad and start sketching. Sketching helps a lot. I suck at freehand drawing but sketching is a quick, rough way for me to transfer ideas out of my head before I lose them. Even if the sketch sucks, which mine usually do, they can spur ideas and get me thinking about how to translate the idea to pixels. I can tell you what DOES NOT work for me is surfing the web or checking my bookmarks for inspiration. For some reason, looking at other's work when I'm in a slump doesn't help. I'll go out and look at a cool building or go to the store, look at things in a window, on a shelf... anything but look at digital media. I get away from the computer and read a magazine, take a drive, go for a walk, go to sleep and worry about it in the morning, or even grab my sketchpad and start sketching. Sketching helps a lot. I suck at freehand drawing but sketching is a quick, rough way for me to transfer ideas out of my head before I lose them. Even if the sketch sucks, which mine usually do, they can spur ideas and get me thinking about how to translate the idea to pixels.

I can tell you what DOES NOT work for me is surfing the web or checking my bookmarks for inspiration. For some reason, looking at other’s work when I’m in a slump doesn’t help. I’ll go out and look at a cool building or go to the store, look at things in a window, on a shelf… anything but look at digital media.

]]> By: Aineias http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-65162 Aineias Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:40:03 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/11/design-slumpbusting/#comment-65162 Nice... Nice…

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