10 Tips to being a better creative!

Thanks to We The Spies for her "50 weeks of blogging!" challenge, I hoped on the blogging train a tad late in week #3 for the topic of "10 Tips to...", to help other creatives utilise their talent!

1. Declutter! This includes organising a desk space that inspires your creativity, as well as allowing yourself to actually think and get your ideas out clearly. This also includes the desktop on your computer! We all know how messy that can get. 

2. Resources! Allow yourself to be the best you can by not limiting the programs you have. Definitely get Creative Cloud from Adobe which allows you to custom download which programs you need every month. Definitely worth investing!

3. Get in the zone! For me, this usually includes pumping an awesome set list and a coffee or three. 

4. Organise your ideas! Apps such as Mindly and Timeful help to organise my brain, especially when I'm on the bus and have a great idea. Pinterest as well is a wonderful way to theme your ideas together too!

5. Create in short spurts! As a said in my previous blog, create until you are tired, but stop after that - otherwise you'll be going around in circles.

6. Teach yourself! You are the best teacher you have, and anything you learn by yourself, you're more liking to remember it too. Don't be afraid of Google! As long as you know what you want to create, but don't know how, Google will surely help.

7. Show it off! Get feedback through online platforms such as the Loop, Behance and Instagram! Or even start a blog, Tumblr or even a mentor in the creative industry.

8. Design for you! (And no one else) .... until you have a client, then of course listen to their needs and apply what you've learnt. Be selfish like an Artist, but listen like a Therapist.

9. Find inspiration in other outlets! If I get stuck I turn to photography or drawing as a way to combat my creative rut. Even going for a run or swim at the beach, and make enough "you" time, so you don't go too crazy. It's all about the balance! 

10. Enjoy! Don't forget to enjoy what you do, because in the end, this is your time and your portfolio. Make it the best you can, and only put pieces in it that you are proud of and that show off your skills. Never put anything you don't personally like (yes, we all have those half-assed projects lying around haha) 

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