Comments on: Don't create art in the computer. http://sparkyfirepants.com/client-profile/dont-create-art-in-the-computer/ Visual design for your genius content Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:58:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: They laughed. They cried. They wept. | Sparky Firepants: Art is Work http://sparkyfirepants.com/client-profile/dont-create-art-in-the-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-14 They laughed. They cried. They wept. | Sparky Firepants: Art is Work Sat, 16 May 2009 17:06:30 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=528#comment-14 [...] talk was about not creating art in the computer, based on this blog post. The title sounds very rules-ish, [...] [...] talk was about not creating art in the computer, based on this blog post. The title sounds very rules-ish, [...]

]]> By: Kelly Parkinson http://sparkyfirepants.com/client-profile/dont-create-art-in-the-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Kelly Parkinson Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:57:16 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=528#comment-13 Oh my goodness. This is the sweetest post ever--and I LOVE getting to see behind the curtain of how my bird was born. Also, I agree with everything you say here about stepping away from the computer. For writing, I use a sketchbook and start mindmapping ideas and noticing connections and drawing a bunch of lines and arrows between thoughts. It looks like I have no idea what I'm doing, which is true. I never know what I think until I mindmap it, and then I start riffing off each of the little bubbles. Some of my best copy happens in that notebook, in the margins of a mindmap. And some of my worst copy happens when I've spent too long staring at a document on a computer. Plus, scribbling in a notebook is just fun. Oh my goodness. This is the sweetest post ever–and I LOVE getting to see behind the curtain of how my bird was born. Also, I agree with everything you say here about stepping away from the computer. For writing, I use a sketchbook and start mindmapping ideas and noticing connections and drawing a bunch of lines and arrows between thoughts. It looks like I have no idea what I’m doing, which is true. I never know what I think until I mindmap it, and then I start riffing off each of the little bubbles. Some of my best copy happens in that notebook, in the margins of a mindmap. And some of my worst copy happens when I’ve spent too long staring at a document on a computer. Plus, scribbling in a notebook is just fun.

]]> By: Robyn McIntyre http://sparkyfirepants.com/client-profile/dont-create-art-in-the-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Robyn McIntyre Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:15:36 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=528#comment-12 Couldn't agree more. There's somehow more of a connection when you're using a pencil that allows you to "feel" more quickly whether you're going in the right direction. And that connection is very satisfying - a feeling that should not be overlooked, since it's a large part of the reason we make art in the first place. Couldn’t agree more. There’s somehow more of a connection when you’re using a pencil that allows you to “feel” more quickly whether you’re going in the right direction. And that connection is very satisfying – a feeling that should not be overlooked, since it’s a large part of the reason we make art in the first place.

]]> By: Nathan Bowers http://sparkyfirepants.com/client-profile/dont-create-art-in-the-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Nathan Bowers Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:13:38 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=528#comment-11 Best post ever. I can't even be creative in front of a computer anymore. I go to a coffee shop, have a some tea, and just thing about stuff, and draw, or sketch out a blog post outline. Then I come back to the computer to scan, refine, and make "production ready". I love you Sparky! xoxo Nathan Best post ever.

I can’t even be creative in front of a computer anymore.

I go to a coffee shop, have a some tea, and just thing about stuff, and draw, or sketch out a blog post outline. Then I come back to the computer to scan, refine, and make “production ready”.

I love you Sparky!

xoxo

Nathan

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