Comments for Widen my horizons http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com Learning new things everyday. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Design Comps by sb1online http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/design-comps/#comment-12 sb1online Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:51:57 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/design-comps/#comment-12 I think that's an awesome idea. I too am a comic fan, and I think it's a great way to display your work, especially if it's illustration heavy. I could see this getting very complicated very quickly, so you might try to find a solution that stays simple enough. I think that’s an awesome idea. I too am a comic fan, and I think it’s a great way to display your work, especially if it’s illustration heavy. I could see this getting very complicated very quickly, so you might try to find a solution that stays simple enough.

]]> Comment on Final Project by webstuff2 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/final-project/#comment-11 webstuff2 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:27:23 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/final-project/#comment-11 Christine, we really need to set your blog to receive comments easier, but we'll do that in class. As you explore existing identity sites you should find some of the answers and see things you like and dislike, so the research will help pull things together. Remember your process and keep moving toward it. Christine, we really need to set your blog to receive comments easier, but we’ll do that in class.
As you explore existing identity sites you should find some of the answers and see things you like and dislike, so the research will help pull things together. Remember your process and keep moving toward it.

]]> Comment on Final Project by gann1 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/final-project/#comment-10 gann1 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:58:00 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/final-project/#comment-10 Seems like your creative process is off and running. I think having your site follow the comic book style could be very interesting and different. The site colors on the web is just about the coolest thing i have ever seen! Sometimes I run into a serious color block, and this could help so much. Thank you for finding and posting that information! Good luck with your final, it sounds really cool! Seems like your creative process is off and running. I think having your site follow the comic book style could be very interesting and different. The site colors on the web is just about the coolest thing i have ever seen! Sometimes I run into a serious color block, and this could help so much. Thank you for finding and posting that information! Good luck with your final, it sounds really cool!

]]> Comment on Response to A Design Process Revealed by derricklp http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-9 derricklp Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:40:00 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-9 I really like your process of stepping away from the project and get feedback from others. I know from personal experience it helps alot and saves a lot of time at the end. I really like your process of stepping away from the project and get feedback from others. I know from personal experience
it helps alot and saves a lot of time at the end.

]]> Comment on Response to A Design Process Revealed by Mike Townson http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-8 Mike Townson Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:29:48 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-8 Every designer has his or her own process that makes them successful. Like all things, practicing that process with make you a stronger and faster artist. I also felt his typography step was interesting and insightful. Stepping away from my work and showing it to others does wonders for my work. That was a really good point. Every designer has his or her own process that makes them successful. Like all things, practicing that process with make you a stronger and faster artist. I also felt his typography step was interesting and insightful.

Stepping away from my work and showing it to others does wonders for my work. That was a really good point.

]]> Comment on Response to A Design Process Revealed by mstrader http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-7 mstrader Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:44:32 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-7 Hey-I like how you talked about your own process. I think naturally everyone has a similar overall process, but it's always interesting to hear just how others are doing it. Good point about getting other's opinions. Hey-I like how you talked about your own process. I think naturally everyone has a similar overall process, but it’s always interesting to hear just how others are doing it. Good point about getting other’s opinions.

]]> Comment on Response to A Design Process Revealed by frostbyte1985 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-6 frostbyte1985 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:11:17 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-6 taking a break before i finish a project is something that i need to started doing because is i get to into a project i could finish it before i get and comments on it telling me whats good and what i could change. taking a break before i finish a project is something that i need to started doing because is i get to into a project i could finish it before i get and comments on it telling me whats good and what i could change.

]]> Comment on Response to A Design Process Revealed by sb1online http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-5 sb1online Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:21:32 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-5 I think the best part of your process is the break after diving into it. Sometimes I'll take an hour or two, or even a day or two, between work sessions on a project, and I'm amazed at how much insight that can bring. You might see some outside influence during that break that changes the whole attitude of the design, or maybe just finally realize that your initial ideas sucked. I always know I'm truly on the right track when I still think my design rocks after taking a few days off. I think the best part of your process is the break after diving into it. Sometimes I’ll take an hour or two, or even a day or two, between work sessions on a project, and I’m amazed at how much insight that can bring. You might see some outside influence during that break that changes the whole attitude of the design, or maybe just finally realize that your initial ideas sucked. I always know I’m truly on the right track when I still think my design rocks after taking a few days off.

]]> Comment on Response to A Design Process Revealed by cenote23 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-4 cenote23 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:05:49 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-4 I think this is a great procedure to designing for a web site. I also love to think about imagery before anything else because its so easy for us art students . haha. But I always force myself to do some sort of wireframe. But I love the idea of getting ideas out fresh before they are gone and going from there. I think this is a great procedure to designing for a web site. I also love to think about imagery before anything else because its so easy for us art students . haha. But I always force myself to do some sort of wireframe. But I love the idea of getting ideas out fresh before they are gone and going from there.

]]> Comment on Response to A Design Process Revealed by gann1 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-3 gann1 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:19:31 +0000 http://thinkgemini.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/response-to-a-design-process-revealed/#comment-3 Sounds like you have a great working process for building your design. Does not matter what you call it, it is still a process. I liked what you said about acknowledging what the project is and who you are doing it for. Sometimes I get distracted with my own ideas and lose sight of what the client wants. I do not mean I dismiss them completely, I just get in a zone and have to reign it all back in. Aother point you made I liked was working for a while and stopping to get opinions. What a great idea! I tend to work and finish, not that I am not open to critique, I am, but it would be easier to change if it was more at the beginning of the process than the end. I enjoyed what you wrote, and learned a few things as well. Sounds like you have a great working process for building your design. Does not matter what you call it, it is still a process. I liked what you said about acknowledging what the project is and who you are doing it for. Sometimes I get distracted with my own ideas and lose sight of what the client wants. I do not mean I dismiss them completely, I just get in a zone and have to reign it all back in.
Aother point you made I liked was working for a while and stopping to get opinions. What a great idea! I tend to work and finish, not that I am not open to critique, I am, but it would be easier to change if it was more at the beginning of the process than the end.
I enjoyed what you wrote, and learned a few things as well.

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