A post over at Smashing Magazine has inspired me to set a unique resolution for the upcoming year: design something every day for a year. I am hoping that by setting aside some time to just be creative every day that I will also become more diligent at setting aside time for other daily or regular activities that I have also been putting off.
In order to help myself, I am compiling a list of potential inspiration words, phrases, or pictures that I can pull from when I do not have something immediately on my mind. Eventually, the list will be formatted into a tag cloud, and when clicked, the items therein will actually reduce in size the more they are used (so as to give repeats less likelihood).
In addition to graphic design, I am hoping to incorporate a variety of skills ranging from computer-related (like 3-D models and photo manipulation) to non-computer skills like cooking and photography.
In order to be ‘accountable’ to the daily tasks I will use my website (http://lukedary.com) to do small write-ups about my output, and also post links to the site on my Twitter account under #daily365.
I’m excited to give my creativity a bit of a workout, so tune in on January 1st, 2010 for the first installment.
This is the word/phrase list so far (I’ll add to it over time):
calendar automobiles carbonated beverages furniture fashion lights camera action cell phone writing cooking italian french chinese date/time video music dance hair movies icon letterhead business card container seasons seasonings games flying islands tropical smiles lists storage origami organization budget money servant search fitness packaging photography collage college art science construction water reflection tacky two-dimensional colors folders radio seats white red blue orange green brown pink purple hierarchy hands illumination clouds robot ink architecture portrait landscape division love disgust odor duotone tritone animation comic font handwriting