This post was going to be about illustration, however I started researching and found some really helpful, inspiring blogs from illustrator and designers, here's a few that I think you should look at. This blog was about illustration inspiration, I found all of the the things in this post originally from here.
Images from http://jimbradshawillustration.blogspot.com/What I like about looking about looking at a blog compared to a portfolio, is that we can look at more of the work, lots of doodles, experimentation personal and professional work as well as their thoughts about their on work. I like the style of illustration, the mix of hand collage and vector. I also like Jim Bradshaw's wrote that "the computer is merely a tool and our minds must stay active in the creative process from start to finish. I don't think humans are in danger of being replaced anywhere in the near future." (Jim Bradshaw illustration. (November 4, 2009). http://jimbradshawillustration.blogspot.com/2009/11/robot-ideas.html) I agree with this, I think that there are many ideas that we come up with and the computer is our way of bringing them to life. There's is no way, I would be able to draw some of the ideas so that anyone but me would know what it is.
Viget inspire
This blog is written by a group of designers who are web consultants. There is a lot of jargon in this blog, since it is about web, however I did find some things that apply to any designer or design student. Some good advice I found was make an online portfolio, get inspiration from things you see everyday, this post looked at the starting sequence of "Catch Me If You Can" then used ideas from there in her own work and how designer get innovative, needing other designers and opinions to inspire and improve their own work and process work showing how they designed their own character for vigepops the companies holiday treat.
Sources:
Jim Bradshaw illustration (n.d.). Retrieved on May 29, 2010 http://jimbradshawillustration.blogspot.com/
Jim Bradshaw illustration. (2007) Retrieved on May 29, 2010 from http://jbradshaw.net/index.html
Meek, Larissa. (April 8, 2008) Illustration inspiration: 20 artists who are making waves. Retrieved on May 29, 2010 http://www.larissameek.com/2008/04/08/illustration-inspiration-20-artists-who-are-making-waves/
Vidget inspire. (n.d.). Retrieved on May 29, 2010 from http://www.viget.com/inspire/
Sometimes doodles and scribbles are better then our final ideas!
ReplyDeleteBeing a fan of doodling myself, it's always interesting to see other people's scribbles and ideas.