subject: Creative Web Designing Is Not On The Web But In You [print this page] Creative Web Designing Is Not On The Web But In You
Every textbook all across the world can only teach you the logistics, semantics and syntax of a particular subject. It is more of a theoretical concept. Web designing also falls under such category. But no book or teacher in this world can make you the greatest web designer. Of course they can only provide you with the necessary tools and act as guides to help you sharpen your knowledge. Design processes are generated based on an idea. Idea is a notion which has to spring up from within and this is something that most good developers have in common.
Great designs are not about techniques alone. They all rely heavily upon the idea. And it is true that inspirations come all of a sudden out of the blue. This doesn't mean you sit idle and wait for the bulb to appear above your head and glow. Don't feel discouraged by this fact because you are not alone as most people when it comes to idea, sits with a blank canvas on top of their heads.
It is all about Input, Synthesis and Output when it comes to idea. The best way to get them is to for once switch off your computer monitors and sit with a blank page and a pen. The time invested in scribbling helps you to put things in better words and pictures during the actual creation and the best part is while creating your web pages on the computer you'll have a better idea of what you are doing thanks to the scribbling notes. These notes help you to meet the requirements of the web design. Idea generation is all about rapid iteration, sketching and thinking aloud. The tools you use to scribble facts and ideas need not be precious but they should help you to process your thoughts quickly. For example you can use markers and other colored glittering pens while expressing an important fact about the project you have undertaken. For more outputs you need more inputs as both the terms are directly proportional. Ideas certainly don't materialize in vacuum and for this you need to rapidly think and jot down whatever comes to your mind about the subject in your scribble pad. And of course you need to relax and be comfortable while you do so. It is essential to maintain an inquisitive mindset which ensures steady flow of newer triggers and stimuli that enables your thinking to evolve into an idea.
Every designer has the prior knowledge and unique experience. And believe me or not it all comes down to the fact of knowledge. Reading and learning about various subjects helps you a lot while you sit down with a scribble pad to get an idea for your website. The facts remain deep within you as knowledge from all the experiences and things you have learnt, seen and felt and the best way of synthesizing these facts into a perfect idea and then into a web design is by writing. And by writing, a simple scribble would suffice to solve the jigsaw puzzle.
