Dribbble Invites Giveaway Round 2

Alright folks. Dribbble has provided me with 2 more lovely invites. For a chance to win, please comment on this post with a link to your portfolio (preferably an actual website).

Don’t forget to follow me on Dribbble and Twitter. Just sayin’… you’ll probably have a better chance. Good luck and can’t wait to see your work!

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The 99% Percent and Making Ideas Happen

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” – Thomas Edison

Making Ideas Happen is a book that I highly recommend to anyone who is in the creative industry. Ever since reading this book, I’ve become fascinated with process and how important it is to finish projects and push ideas forward. Creative talent is useless if you have poor execution. These skills aren’t specifically for work – they can be transfered to all aspects of your life, helping you become a well-rounded, successful individual. Continue reading

Mental Escapism

Lately I’ve been struggling with writing for my blog.

I find many distractions are causing me to slip into a mental escapism – not the good kind. While writing, I’ll suddenly remember that album I was going to download or that amazingly awesome site my friend told me about. Unaware of the passing time, it’s suddenly midnight and my energy has been frizzled to next to nothing. This type of mental escapism is what is distracting me from the task at hand, the task I know I should be working on instead. Continue reading

Get to the Point

As creative people, we sometimes get caught up in the technical aspect of our job – making us incapable of communicating to the average person. I have witnessed these problems in almost every creative environment I’ve been a part of, which proves to be prohibiting for both sides. Despite the importance of these skills, many designers continue to ignore that fact that our clients don’t think like us. Neither do our users. Articulating complex ideas and presenting them in a user-friendly way is what we do and if this information is deciphered incorrectly by clients, it can cause unnecessary frustration and confusion.
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