Well I made this thread so that everyone can simply share ideas with each other about each of our own creative processes, which in turn may help others become more creative. So lets start; what is your creative process? how do you get started? where do you get your ideas? Is their anything that you do, watch, think of that helps you get your ideas? if so what is it? Do you consider any of your works you absolute best? if so how did you create it? trial and error, random occurrence, etc?
Dear You can do it through your creative ideas Like What is in your domain name what is your thought you put in your site Why You create YOur site Then you put work to think how the design look now . Then you create your design ... Just like my site i m creating my site for designing http://www.itdstars.com Like Me I m creating my site for designing then it is what are say for my site Animated Designs Animated Graphics
that's a wide field! I often start with collecting info and my own thoughts in bullet points, then do a brainstorm. (better be more than one person for that, but even alone you'll have a train of thoughts and unexpected things coming up) Then I'm spotting the results, organize and evaluate it. That's just a start...
How would you decorate your house ? Classic ? Contemporary ? Modern ? Same as a website..do you like.. Web 2.0 ? Blocky Designs.. Modern Designs ? once you find which you want to make, look at some showcases on the net.
Best for all designers, put your heart into your work, and have structure mind for every project. Then you can visualize you project before it started and easily can tweak it during construction.
What I do is everytime I see a nice design on a website I bookmark it. And when I must design something, I just take a look at all designs and ideas come to me.
Logo designers upload their logos in some common websites such as logopond.com logosauce.com .. You can check some logos at there or you could search the terms about the company ,you create a logo about, in google and you may get some inspriations. I use that a lot.
Inspiration is probably one of the best things you can get ideas from. But people often mistake what inspiration is really there for. It's important to not copy someone else's style when looking at design inspiration. You want to keep your own style to keep things original, and of course even try out your own style of techniques. I can get ideas from even watching television or even just driving around. You can get ideas from just about anything if you're creative enough.
I start with colors. What colors would suit my subject? Find nice colors first, and then you shall find a way to organize your website around them.
I usually work first on the basic design requirments on a paper. Colors are the key for good design dont take them lighty.