Lack of creativity? Clear you mind!
4 Mar, 2008
If I could number the times I’ve heard the phrase “it’ just that am not creative today” or “am havin’ a low creativy day”. I would be in the millions. When you’re a graphic designer you need tons of creativity to develop all your works. It’s true that we cannot be “inspired” all the time, there are factors that affect us like: hours of sleep, lack of concentration, mental fatigue, etc.
It’s important to stay focused, in order to do this, let me give you a couple advices:
Look, look at everything: If you’re standing in front of a street light. If you’re waiting for a bus, check out the ads on it. Look at a magazine. Look at anything.
Go and take a walk: it’s not only healthy, you’ll also be able to relax your mind.
Take a nap: Trust me, sleeping just a couple hours will not make your imagination raise. You’ll lose a lot of time and you’ll be highly irritated, etc. The lack of sleep can turn people into monsters. Take at least a 15 minute nap and check out the difference!
Listen to music: Make sure it’s not a stressing music, make sure it helps you relax, not dance!
Go “Window Shopping”: See catalogues, stores, stands, magazines, ads, anything will be useful for your imagination. Malls are full of colors and ideas will flow right into your head, just bring pen and paper.
