14
Feb
Yesterday’s freak-out proves something I’ve been toying with:
I do my best design work through phases of iteration, which is, going through repeated phases where I do other things/think things through between bursts of action in Photoshop. This clears my head of hangups related to objects on the page and lets me look at things with new perspective, and results in a much more finished design with a stronger layout (something my designs lack when I force them).
So my new resolution is to begin making something the instant I am assigned it, even if I only have 10 minutes to put into the work. 8 hours spent over five days seems to produce better work than 14 hours in one day.
I completely agree. I can’t count how many times I suddenly cant “see” what I’m working on anymore. It always amazes me how I can come in the next morning and make some tweaks here and there which pull everything back together again, all in about a half-hour’s work. On the bright side, I guess that’s the value of having multiple projects!