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July 30, 2016
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Designers Creative

  • July 30, 2016
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I am going to graduate soon from college and as a excited and nervous graphic design student, how do you come up with ideas from logos, print, web design to brainstorming and how do you compete with one another in the design industry?

I love my future career as a graphic designer and I know there are lots of other designers too. My heart is superset to graphic design.

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    Correct answer Sockratease

    The old "how do you come up with ideas" question is an oft asked one, and the answers are always different for everyone.

    I get a lot of my ideas from The Idea Warehouse in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota.  Cheap prices and free shipping!  (For those without the needed background - that is sarcasm!  Frostbite Falls, MN is where the main characters in Rocky and Bullwinkle come from).

    On a less sarcastic note, you can't force ideas.  I find doing something entirely unrelated helps clear the mind so ideas can find their way in all by themselves.  Take a walk.  Read a comic book.  Watch cartoons  (Rocky and Bullwinkle works almost as well as Bugs Bunny!)  I find just playing with my cats is a tremendous way to get in the right mindset for creative work.  The most important thing is to start with as empty a slate as possible, then look over the job guidelines, and just "do without thinking" until something nice appears - then think.

    It's more of a "Zen" thing with me than a planned out process.  Every job is different, so you can't use the same process for everything.  Ideas happen all by themselves if you (I) let them, but try to force them and it's all very subjective in-jokes that only I and a select few of my friends will ever get 

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    Kat Gilbert
    Kat Gilbert
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    July 31, 2016

    First and foremost remember that nothing is a given... good design is very HARD work and requires one to delve deep into the creative atmosphere that really resides within one's self. It is not something you can acquire through others vision though that can help propel. Your vision must be your own if you are to succeed. Remember also that it is something that grows within you as your vision and experience grows. This is a commitment for a lifetime if you wish it to be. Others can help on the path but you must decide what is your vision not what is others.

      barzzeb49197134
      barzzeb49197134Author
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      July 31, 2016

      Someone said that my work is poor. My work (projects) is reflecting me as a college student. Have you eve gotten feedback from a design?

      Kat Gilbert
      Kat Gilbert
      Legend
      July 31, 2016

      I would not have been a successful designer for over 35 years if the response had not been positive. What exactly are you seeking from this group? We are giving you avenues to explore but the answers lie within yourself. How do you feel that your design work stacks up against the professionals? There are no true and tried methods- this is something you "must find" for yourself!

      Sockratease
      SockrateaseCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      July 31, 2016

      The old "how do you come up with ideas" question is an oft asked one, and the answers are always different for everyone.

      I get a lot of my ideas from The Idea Warehouse in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota.  Cheap prices and free shipping!  (For those without the needed background - that is sarcasm!  Frostbite Falls, MN is where the main characters in Rocky and Bullwinkle come from).

      On a less sarcastic note, you can't force ideas.  I find doing something entirely unrelated helps clear the mind so ideas can find their way in all by themselves.  Take a walk.  Read a comic book.  Watch cartoons  (Rocky and Bullwinkle works almost as well as Bugs Bunny!)  I find just playing with my cats is a tremendous way to get in the right mindset for creative work.  The most important thing is to start with as empty a slate as possible, then look over the job guidelines, and just "do without thinking" until something nice appears - then think.

      It's more of a "Zen" thing with me than a planned out process.  Every job is different, so you can't use the same process for everything.  Ideas happen all by themselves if you (I) let them, but try to force them and it's all very subjective in-jokes that only I and a select few of my friends will ever get 

        barzzeb49197134
        barzzeb49197134Author
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        July 31, 2016

        Check out my portfolio in behance. Just type" mr bear wears glasses" in the search box in behance.

        Nancy OShea
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        Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 31, 2016

        Here's the actual URL to your Behance​

        Inspiration:

        Go through some old magazines and clip out all the things that interest you -- colors, shapes, designs, fashions, typography, or whatever else you like.  Put them in a design scrapbook you can refer back to when you need a dose of inspiration.

        Take a gander through Adobe Stock images.  There are some really good design ideas there.

        Adobe Color CC (formerly called Kuler Color) is a good place for finding or creating color swatches.  Color Themes can be saved to your CC Library.

        Adobe Color CC

        @Sockratease 

        Rocky & Bullwinkle rocks!  Way better than the big Bunny .

        Nancy O.

        Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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