I am not a designer

Although I wish I had more design sense, I really don’t have it. Certain skills can be learned, but the truly great designers out there seem to have an innate ability that I’m lacking. Being naturally analytical and mathematically inclined makes up for this to some extent, but I often wish I could trade some of that for a little more artistic talent.

Since I don’t see this wish being granted any time soon, I’ve gone in search of ways to “artificially boost” my design sense including books, blogs, and online tools. I’m also trying to push beyond my current 1% mastery of Photoshop. All of this is slow going and I really don’t have much time to devote to it, but I’m hoping to make some measurable progress in the next few months.

This morning I added a little more visual interest to the site including a logo designed by my good friend Ben Leivian as well as feed and e-mail icons from the Silk Icons set. Then I used an online tool called ColorJack Studio to try to create a palette, but I think it needs some work. Not the tool itself of course, but my ability to make the most of it.

As I said before, this whole design thing is a journey and not a destination. I think I need to stop and ask for directions…

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June 6, 2007 | Filed Under Web development 

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2 Responses to “I am not a designer”

  1. Maurice Fonk on June 6th, 2007 6:45 pm

    I feel your pain. I have never been able to draw, let alone design. Colours interest me though. There is some kind of math behind matching colours, and math is something I can deal with ;)

  2. Patrick on June 6th, 2007 11:03 pm
    My thoughts exactly.  That's why I like the mathematical underpinnings of the online color scheme generators.  They make sense to me because they're purely logical.

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