Today, my teacher assigned us to do a fictional startup for a brand. I had several (ridiculous) ideas but none of them would have been appropriate for the class.. so I settle on creating a coffee shop. I don’t drink coffee. It’s too bitter for me. I prefer Monster to wake me up. Either way, I kept thinking about my partner, who is Turkish and i was like “they drink coffee,right?” And that’s how i decided to make a Turkish coffee shop, with pastries of course. My design process is an absolute mess if you can’t tell. The worse part: i scrapped this idea 5 days later.

Design process paired with the lack of creativity

Like i said previously, i am a not a creative person. I struggle a lot trying to find a singular idea. This is quite an awful experience considering i am in a creative program.

Usually, I like when people tell me what to do for them. It’s easier for me to do what they want and it makes me more confident on what I do. When I have freedom to do something, I just stare blankly at my screen and ask everyone i know for an idea.

I tried doing moodboards, sketching , going on the internet but nothing really helps me. I just get kinda stuck. The only reason why I even got the coffee shop idea was because i thought about my partner, and usually i get inspiration from her, because i lack it.

The design process is one of the biggest thing that stumps me in this program. I mean, in the future, I’ll probably be able to figure out a better way to boost my creativity and ideas but for now, I’m just stuck.

In a positive note, I’m quite excited to make my new idea! It’s more me than the Turkish shop.. more Mexican.

That’s my rant for today. You can hear more about me in this previous post.

See you in the next blog,

Monique

Hey,

My name is Monique and I love creating art! I’m an artist in a graphic design program.

I draw whenever I can. I used to draw so much during high school that I brought a small sketchbook to just draw. I thought art was a central focus in this program but we almost never draw. I know we have a course about next semester but it just feels too long. Also Illustrator/vector art BARELY counts for me. I don’t like it but it’s better than nothing at all, you know? It’s still fun and try my best to incorporate my art style into poster/websites but its hard when I have rules/guidelines to respect. Even so, i tried to sneak in stuff that feels like me in my projects.

This is my art:

I draw too much.

I don’t think I’m very creative even though I draw and think about my own fantasy world. Whenever our teachers gives us a project, even while writing this, I had to ask my teacher for an idea. He says I should tie my art to the program and I can freely talk about anything. I think it’s just some sort of mental block I have for myself to be fair and I get easily distracted. Anyway, I do wish to tie those two things together! I just don’t know how to, for now at least. I don’t really have a clear view of what I want to do or what am doing but I want to have as much as I can and be true to myself.

This is my first blog post, it’s definitely not perfect or professional but I’ll improve, hopefully. Feel free to follow me on Instagram, I post my art there!

Apologies in advance,

Monique

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