Inspiration
Common Things Becoming New
So often, we – as creatives – use the simple excuse of “I can’t afford it” or “I don’t have the right supplies.” The truth is, part of being creative is having the ability to take the things around us and turn them into something new. Read More
Canvas Creative : Speak Video
Our friends at Canvas Creative Coalition (website) (facebook) released a new video on Friday. This modern dance piece – called “Speak” – is set to the song, “Stories” by the band, Bellarive (website) (facebook) Read More
The New American Storytellers
The guys at Vinegar Hill have created a new podcast series called The New American Storytellers. This weekly podcast features conversations around filmmaking, storytelling and the creative process. Read More
Stellar Animations : KOZU
Cheers to the production house, KOZU, for their stellar illustrations and animations from the documentary, “We’re All In This Together.” They’ve posted five of those animations on this page of their website. We’ve posted two here. Let this inspire you to create well and with purpose. Read More
Creating Well : Looking Foolish
Innovation rarely comes from looking like we have it all together. By the time companies are large enough or people are well known enough that they SEEM to have it all together, their primary concern isn’t innovating. Their primary concern is maintaining an image. Read More
The Power Of Design To Transform
It’s so easy to get comfortable in the bubble of our own lives as designers and artists. Whether you’re your own boss or you work for a company or organization, we tend to move toward easy, predictable formulas. We get comfortable doing our own work for our own benefit and then putting our tools down at the end of the day to go home to our family and friends. Read More
Keep Your Inspirations Tidy With VisualizeUs
I have an “Inspirations” folder on my computer desktop. It’s full of images that I like, and is organized by month. It worked well for me, but was just a static pile of pictures on my hard drive. Then a friend gave me an invitation to Dropular, which is an exclusive image bookmarking site. I loved it; then it went offline. Then it came back, but remains deep in the throes of development. So I looked elsewhere, and found VisualizeUs. It’s open to anyone, and is a great way to save, find, tag, and sort images you like. It also has a NSFW (Not Safe For Work) filter, which is a feature that remains absent from the current iteration of Dropular. The only sidebar I offer to my hearty recommendation of VisualizeUs is that it can sometimes run on the slow side. But I have a feeling that their infrastructure will see steady improvement as they continue to add new features and receive solid user feedback. Check it out. Read More