I don't know if it's a residual feeling from so many years of trudging off to school every September (some years more willingly than others) but something about this time of year always makes me feel like I should be starting something. Maybe that's why I'm taking on an extra self-assigned challenge in the middle of job hunting and settling into a new city.
What's the challenge you ask? Well there are two parts: Redesign and relaunch the Barnes-Roberts Creative website, and get back into sketching.
How are they connected? Through the creative inspiration that strikes only in the wee hours of the morning. Here's how that thought process went:
Problem #1: The Barnes-Roberts Creative website desperately needs a facelift but keeps being sidelined in lieu of things that have actual deadlines. Solution: Give it a deadline! A public one so that I'm accountable.
Problem #2: Find the inspiration to get back into sketching. Solution: A drawing challenge!
(side note: this was partly inspired by a friend's blog that does a fun twist on the drawing-a-day challenge. The blog's on hiatus but you can still see their awesome creations on When Creators Collide)
Combine the two and you get a 30 drawing challenge to countdown the launch of the new Barnes-Roberts Creative site!
To connect the two even more, I'm putting a graphic design spin on the drawing challenge (I'm using this one if you're interested in following along: 30 Day Drawing Challenge). Rather than just drawing each of the items on the list, I'm going add a typography twist by sketching the first letter of whatever it is in some typographically interesting way. Et voilà! Two unrelated goals connected.
A tad crazy? Perhaps. Will it work? Indeed. So get ready for 30 days of sketches!
The official countdown will start this Monday, September 17, 2012.
See you Monday for drawing #1!
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