Blog6: My Process

When we were watching all the diffrent videos on the topic of Stefan Sagmeister's design process, I could not help but notice some similarities between my process and his. Like Stefan, I strongly believe in the idea of getting away from your current assignment when you find yourself getting frusturated over its details. When I find myself in a situation where I feel like my mind is just numb towards a project, I tend to do one of two things. I eather go off and do some sort of hobby that has nothing to do with the field of graphic design, or I usually go take a quick nap in which time I am subconciously thinking the problem through. If I am lucky, most often I find a creative solution towards my problem after I have rested for just a hour or so.
Although recently many people would disagree with me, I am a big fan of doing thumbnail sketches, and always in marker. I don't even really like doing thumbnails for the most part, I just have found that by doing thumbnails before any other design work, It is the ultimate way to maximize productivity without having to think about using software tools.


         My Design Process in a Nutshell

• Reading the rubric/ brief multiple times through
• Thinking up some very brief ideas/thoughts about the project
• Taking a needed break from the assignment
• Come back to it and start doing more specific research and brainstorming
• Do many thumbnail sketches specifically with my select five markers I always use
• Scan the thumbnails into the computer when appropriate
• Start bringing my ideas to life digitally
• Clean up and revize for a lengthy amount of time
• Finish up the design and make sure everything is appearing "pixel perfect"
• Go to my favorite family run printing place in Georgetown and finish the design process