whats your favorite place to get down desiging?
do you have background noise?
favorite chair?
strange unusal customs? hehe
personally, i love curling up in my office chair which is battered and oly has one arm, it smells of rot but i still love it. put on some quality emo music get a slice of cake a huge bowl (if you'd seen the mugs in my house you would understand) of coffee and just open my ps and relax. i bloody love designing!
Design Space
whats your favorite place to get down desiging?
do you have background noise?
favorite chair?
strange...
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Xdreamer
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Posted 13 July 2004 - 12:37 PM
I just noticed that I'm more creative here at my room than in my office. I got three cats around which take some attention. I'm really in love with coffee when I open photoshop. Without I don't see a reason to do something *gg*. I'm often listen to ambience/chillout music for getting my brain there I want it :-]
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Vicki
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Posted 13 July 2004 - 05:00 PM
My laptop is always at my dining room table..hehe.
I dont have a good chair, but I want one of the office chairs
I put up a mirror on the wall across to reflect the tv which is horizontal to my computer..so i can watch tv sometimes.
I dont have a good chair, but I want one of the office chairs
I put up a mirror on the wall across to reflect the tv which is horizontal to my computer..so i can watch tv sometimes.
-Vicki
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#5
bigyou
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Posted 13 July 2004 - 05:22 PM
i also have a desktop computer so I don't really have the choice of where to design. But I generaly like to work past 8 or 9 pm. This is when I'm the most productive. I work in low lighting with my headphones one. It creates a nice feeling that kind of fuels me.
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psyris
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 04:20 AM
i design usually when im in a cafe drinking coffee, i find it relaxing, which makes it easier to think of designs, but yeah they end up just being sketches, usually cant get them into the computer
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Planque
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 10:19 AM
I always work better at night, with some chilled music on. I find I smoke a lot when I'm designing too, I rarely smoke any other time. But I get that warm feeling of satisfaction inside when I'm doing good work. And does anyone else get sucked into that time warp when they are designing? The one where ten minutes is actually an hour in real time. And an hour is actually 4 in real time?
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davidude
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 03:37 PM
I design best when I'm in my own little world... headphones blasting some music or another, scrunched over my laptop with my face 6 inches from the screen, pencil and pad neatly next to my chair... you get the idea. Unfortunately my most productive time seems to be from around 11 PM to 6 AM.
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davidude
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 04:55 PM
I'm all for that bigyou. We could start a trend... imagine the possibilities
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Logistikal
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Posted 21 July 2004 - 07:31 PM
Working during the day is so boring though. Plus, natural light burns my eyes so I must remain in my basement until the sun goes down;) I love to design at night...I can't explain it. Some other musts for me include my iPod, a pen and notebook, and my special keyboard:)
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HoneyBrown
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Posted 28 July 2004 - 11:37 PM
Lately it's been 8 or more hours straight at my computer at work...I've even been eating lunch at it. Mostly scanning and retouching photos. Of course there's always time for a little surfing.
Getting home I try to workout, shower, then back to the computer for personal work. Loud music, frosty beverage...no shoes!!! Break @ 10:30 for "The Simpsons", and then usually back at it.
My dogs say I haven't been giving them enough attention...
Getting home I try to workout, shower, then back to the computer for personal work. Loud music, frosty beverage...no shoes!!! Break @ 10:30 for "The Simpsons", and then usually back at it.
My dogs say I haven't been giving them enough attention...
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belladonna
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Posted 29 July 2004 - 03:51 AM
Same thing here, Im useless during the day, but I start designing at 7 or 8 pm and can go on all night... I think its because at night there is more silence, and less people thoughts in the air. I don´t like cofee, but Im really addicted to Coca Cola and Te . What I find really difficult is to balance my time at the PC with other activities, for example, I recently started taking belly dance classes, and Im having a lot of fun at them, but in some way making other stuff makes me want to be less time at my PC... does this happens to someone else or its just me?, maybe I only need vacations 
. What I find really difficult is to balance my time at the PC with other activities, for example, I recently started taking belly dance classes, and Im having a lot of fun at them, but in some way making other stuff makes me want to be less time at my PC... does this happens to someone else or its just me?, maybe I only need vacations
#19
creativerx
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Posted 31 August 2004 - 01:55 AM
I'm the same way Belladonna. I get very obsessive compulsive with my designing, to the detriment of lots of other activities I could and should be doing. And I easily lose track of time when I'm focused. During my day job, I am aware of every minute. But designing to me feels like breathing. I'm compelled to do it. And I'm only truly happy when I'm being creative. As others have stated, my creativity ramps up significantly after dark. And I definitely have a bit of "sacred space" (my home office) where I love to spend time and create. It's like a sanctuary to me. It's not very feng shui, but it feels very zen to me!
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BrianWakeland
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Posted 02 March 2005 - 08:25 PM
As a musician, all my designs are music-inspired, and most of my music is landscape/image/design-inspired. So I can't design anything without my iTunes library or my iPod. art is always art
PS: and I can only work at night yes. That applies to most of the stuff I do actually. During the day, I'm a complete worthless piece of crap
art is always artPS: and I can only work at night yes. That applies to most of the stuff I do actually. During the day, I'm a complete worthless piece of crap
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