Tag: learning

Learning New Techniques to help improve design work

If you have not been following me on instagram I have been learning calligraphy for over 2+ years. I also have done custom logos for various clients. The things that I learned in school I realized that they were good for the time I was in school.  Because there becomes a time when you should have left it behind and found a better technique.

An amazing technique I learned was how to properly use anchor points to vectorize lettering. Before I would plot anchor points and it would take me forever. But thankfully I found a video on youtube explaining how to properly use them. I must say after I was just sitting there thinking wow so this is how its done.

Because it was a technique that I was comfortable doing and one that I had learned awhile ago. Compared to the new one that I learned was as if  light bulb turned on in my head. I must say I came across this video which was perfect timing. Especially since I have been learning calligraphy for so long.

This is my first attempt at using this technique. I was blown away by how much quicker it was for me to do this compared to the way before I would’ve went about doing this.

This is the video below that I came across which taught me one of the best ways to go about getting clean vectorized versions of your calligraphy, lettering work.

 

Learning While Learning

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This is a principle that will help you see things in a more clearer perspective. For example you may have a thing that you want to learn or are learning. A good example is learning web design. While your learning web design you should practice what you are learning.

Putting into what you are learning will help you retain and see what you are learning. When you take the time to notice the little things in your process or steps you will be more appreciative. Honestly all of this depends upon you. You and me both have came across a person that claims to be able to do anything.

But honestly what are they good at. They tried to cheat the way learning a skill works. This is the same principle that I apply to skateboarding. You may be able to do an unlimited amount of tricks on your skateboard. But the real question is how often can you land those tricks.

So do not get frustrated with learning and continue to put into use what you learn.

Have a good Monday

Learning is in the Process

At first this was something I never quite understood involving design. When I watched the Eames documentary the architect and the painter I was exposed to it. Because sitting in class in art school you feel as if learning comes from a teacher and not the process.

This is also in relation to learning how to play sports. Not saying that you cannot learn from books but the real learning comes from doing. Nowadays there is unbelievable amounts of free information on whatever subject you want to learn. Because if you want to learn something you have to be willing to go through the process of failing until you become good at it.

In the process of designing you start sketching and then after your done sketching you move to the computer. While working on the computer you see what is working and what is not working. Those moments are where the real learning is taking place in being a designer.

Remember

 

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic. – Charles Eames