The Genesis Process or How I Flesh Out My Ideas

Stage 2: Let The Brain Rip

Now that you got your tunes going, you’ve got to let your brain run wild like an unsupervised toddler. No ideas are bad, no names are stupid. You can’t find the gold until you sift through the crap.

Stage 4: '‘Is this Font too small?”

Now that you’ve got your brain dump on the paper, it’s time to be annoying! Ask you fellow designers what they think. “Is the contrast ok?”, “Does this copy sound funny enough?”, “Do you want to get coffee later?”. Ask all the questions that will lead you to further clarity on your progress.

Stage 6: LOCK IN

We’re at the homestretch, baby! Our eyes are on the finish line and now is the perfect time to reassess and create a game plan of how to put a knife in this project. The timeframe for this stage may vary from a few hours to a few weeks but it’s always good to be realistic with yourself and try your very best to accomplish said deadlines for your project.

Stage 1: Always Have Tunes Going

Working in quiet can be a total B. So why not block out the sounds with your favorite songs?

Stage 3: Idle hands are the Designer’s plaything

Scribble, sketch, rip, destroy, build, repeat. Like stage 2, nothing is off the table from actualization. So whether it’s a pen or macaroni and glue, put your hands to work to bring your ideas to life!

Stage 5: Get a Life

Burning your retinas into your laptop for hours on end is the fastest way to end up in a padded room. When you start to feel a cloud of burn out forming, that is a sign to put away the work and bask in some fun. Whether it’s frolicing, Baking, or rewatching Hazbin Hotel for the tenth time, don’t feel guilty! Fun is the perfect place to get inspired about your next move.

Stage 7: Congrats!

You now have a newborn baby design project! Pop the champagne and gorge on your favorite pizza. With the timeless amount of hours and hand cramps you’ve had to put up with, it’s more than well deserved. However, this isn’t always the end. Things change and projects evolve. But for more info, go back to Stage 1.