Double Daily Blogs

 

As part of my New Year's resolutions, I began a daily design blog to keep me working on something every day. The goal is to make something small while still getting a bit of practice with a design technique or program trick. Ten days in and it's going great. I haven't had trouble finding the time to whip up something, anything, and while the designs are simple I'm proud of how they've come out. The blog is part of my flickr account, found here.

It's been going so well that yesterday I decided to start up a second daily blog, this one for quick sketches. Again, the idea is not to produce a masterpiece every day but to get a basic sketch done every day without fail. While I still aim to do more complex and complete designs and illustrations, even if I did just these blogs that's over 700 pieces of work, however small, in one year. That's a lot of practice and it adds up. The sketch blog can be found on a new, simple tumblr page.

I would recommend a daily project to anyone that is looking to improve a creative pursuit. I have started these blogs along with some members of a forum and the public nature creates a sense of obligation that is a lot harder to shrug off than private projects.