Its time for question of the week #7! I’m going to post a short little audio clip asking you a question. Feel free to chime in and let me know what you think! I’d love to get a discussion going on in the comments!
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Its time for question of the week #7! I’m going to post a short little audio clip asking you a question. Feel free to chime in and let me know what you think! I’d love to get a discussion going on in the comments!
[6] Comments
Posted in All Things Apple, Graphic Design, Question Of The Week, technology, Web 2.OH
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Shane Sponagle says:
Good question. For initial idea brainstorming technology gets in the way…with hand drawn sketches we don’t focus on perfection. But once technology gets added we start looking for the perfect straight line or effect and that gets in the way of the creative flow. I prefer to hand sketch rough ideas first…then go to technology and making it ‘perfect’.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:22 am
curtismchale says:
Technology helps me a lot really. I really can’t draw much at all. Wireframes I can do but nothing super complex. I do find the biggest thing that tech does is make me always accessible which is good and bad. Great if my wife needs to get in touch bad if clients call while I’m watching a movie on a friday night.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Ryan Lascano says:
I think technology is a good thing if used responsibly. Too often it becomes a crutch to the design process, when it really should be just another tool to get the job done, and then only if appropriate. It shouldn’t take the place of concepting, sketching, writing, brainstorming, etc. Your creative should be able to stand on its own without being enabled by technology via fancy techniques, etc.
June 19th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
awesomerobot says:
It certainly helps. Ask any designer over 30 about mechanicals or take a look at digital printing. Look at anything we use in design, photography, research, etc. On a day-to-day basis design has changed more than many professions.
It can be a hindrance to the creative process though – you’re more apt to sketch awesome design rather than just straight-out produce it using software. Not that it can’t happen both ways, just that it’s often quicker and more productive to step away from tech when in the conceptual stages.
June 19th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Jim says:
Having worked in the industry prior to the Mac, I can say that technology has helped a LOT for me. I’m not much of a freehand artist, but I can work up a rough layout on the computer quite fast.
That being said, technology has also become a distraction – both in creativity and time.
I have also forced myself to sketch more often because I know that once I get on the computer, I’ll lose time tinkering around.
So in the end, technology for me has been a blessing, and an occasional curse.
June 19th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
rory says:
I think its a big help working straight on a MAC, yeah an initial sketch is a good place to start but when your working straight to computer it eliminates the ‘doodle’ process and initial ideas bring to look finished much sooner. I’m a web designer so my finished result will always be on the computer maybe thats why I prefer to design that way.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:46 am