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Feb
13

How graphic design can ruin writing

ilovephotoshop8 hours of Photoshop, graphic design and images = difficulty getting my mind focused on writing.

The designs that I created today were great (if i do say so myself…) but I was having a lot of trouble pulling myself a way to write. And even when I did, the most writing I could do was on twitter (and even there was hit or miss). After using Twitter to discuss the writing melting powers that Photoshop has on me, @beachpig sent a great message that clearly explained what I am suffering from and what I need:

“Rental creativity…when the Wright side of your brain is tapped out.”

Of course, that led to a great question for my readers: Do you find it harder to do a different type of work after you’ve been focused on one type all day? Where do you find your “rental creativity”?

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  • http://rubken.tumblr.com/ rubken

    We all fill so many more roles than we used to 10 years or so ago. In the past graphic design was the preserve of mysteious professionals and copyrighting was its own preserve. As we spread ourselves into so many more roles we have more scope for rental creativity.

    It is great to have this potential as it makes possible projects that would never have been started before, but being able to use Photoshop doesn’t make me a graphic designer and using Illustrator doesn’t make me a typographer.

    I don’t know if this is a worse or better state than the past, but it’s worth bearing in mind. Specialist skills still have their place.

    CSS is my rental creativity outlet. Enthusiastic amateurism that can eat hours.

    rubken’s last blog post..we are all noticing the lack of problems

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