I’m going to work my way through Jim Krause’s book, D30: Exercises for Designers. I went to the HOW Design Live Conference this year and I heard him speak. He talked specifically about this book and I thought it would be a great way to exercise my creative mind and help inspiration start flowing. I don’t spend enough time thinking about creating new art or enough time actually doing it. My hope is that this will help me create a more solid creative time routine and get some of my creative juices flowing. I also hope that maybe this will help me figure out a new medium or artistic ability that I will connect with that I don’t even know about yet.
Keep checking back for updates on the exercises.
D30: Exercise for Designers, Ninth Exercise
For this exercise, I wanted to highlight my relaxation ritual. The video speaks for itself, so take a look....
D30: Exercise for Designers, Seventh Exercise
Before getting into the exercise, I want to apologize the lapse of time in posting. My family and I...
D30: Exercise for Designers, Sixth Exercise
Painting This painting exercise led me to work on some of my own paintings and help generate more ideas...
D30: Exercise for Designers, Fifth Exercise
Cubes This exercise is about learning how to mix colors for shading. My daughter did this one with me...
D30: Exercise for Designers, Fourth Exercise
The fourth exercise is about photography. I don’t want to spoil the book (I think you should go get...
D30: Exercises for Designers, Third Exercise
The third exercise is based on a small trip to a location of your choice. Over the last couple...
D30: Exercises for Designers, Second Exercise
The goal of the second exercise is to get you into creative mode with no agenda. Putting pen to...
D30: Exercises for Designers, First Exercise
I did the first exercise for the D30: Exercise for Designers, Conversation with Self, and it was more difficult...