17 Jun 00:50

Jan Kloidt

yeh i will!

17 Jun 00:50

Jan Kloidt

and turn them into designs, like walking houses etc

17 Jun 00:50

Amit Dutta

DO IT

17 Jun 00:50

Jan Kloidt

am planning to do some sketch trips soon and sketch all those out

17 Jun 00:49

Amit Dutta

Or rather a developmental understanding we all have to go through I guess....ok I'm out...have a good one guys. Thanks for the feedback

17 Jun 00:49

Jan Kloidt

i live in an old german city with some crazy medieval architecture and woodwork

17 Jun 00:48

Amit Dutta

BIG mistake

17 Jun 00:47

Hobitt

and books about real life and fiction

17 Jun 00:47

Amit Dutta

Most beginners make the mistake of being engaged in the work, and not their lives..

17 Jun 00:47

Amit Dutta

Being engaged in your life, helps your work...it's that simple

17 Jun 00:47

Jan Kloidt

years of looking at stuff that most people dont look at

17 Jun 00:47

Amit Dutta

What Hobitt said

17 Jun 00:47

Hobitt

REAL LIFE

17 Jun 00:47

Amit Dutta

Yeah, and it's not totally superficial like a lot of people on the circuit can be

17 Jun 00:46

John

From where do they pull those from?

17 Jun 00:46

John

But seriously, where do they get their design originality?

17 Jun 00:46

Jan Kloidt

so. much. energy.

17 Jun 00:46

Jan Kloidt

ian mccaig is the best

17 Jun 00:46

Amit Dutta

He brought his hoodie and crazy humility :)

17 Jun 00:45

John

@Amit: There was a knight in the conference? Did he bring his suit of armor? Haha!

17 Jun 00:45

Amit Dutta

I know :P

17 Jun 00:45

Jan Kloidt

thats cool :)

17 Jun 00:45

Amit Dutta

Honestly Jan, I don't like it. :)

17 Jun 00:44

Jan Kloidt

i like how it looks somewhat overdesigned but still feels real

17 Jun 00:44

Amit Dutta

But don't try so hard....

17 Jun 00:44

Jan Kloidt

yeh

17 Jun 00:44

Jan Kloidt

http://hurridoodles.tumblr.com/image/136180776039

17 Jun 00:44

Amit Dutta

My advice, and the advice of Iain McCaig and Sir Richard Taylor amongst others I heard at a conference lately is.....do your own fucking thing. Bring yourself into the picture...don't try and be someone else. Make things personal and fresh. If you think it's cool, someone else is bound to

17 Jun 00:44

Jan Kloidt

found an image recently that had exactly that

17 Jun 00:42

Jan Kloidt

really wanna combine that into sth cool

17 Jun 00:42

Jan Kloidt

i mean wow has some awesome shapes and all, i just noticed my stuff sometimes looks like a toy when i want it to look real

17 Jun 00:42

John

@Jan: Agree. Anything you consume bleeds into your design language.