Creation Process Illustration

My quick map  of how most of the time I deal with my works from the brief to the final product

Finding a creation process that work for you can be more than time consuming,it takes experimentation and a deep interrogation of your discipline,however having plan B when inspiration won't come natural can save you especially when you work under a deadline.As a guide you should keep in mind your audience, your personal style and how it will or not work in a specific context .

Look beyond your discipline

Something that intrigues you can lead you in a direction,or start a train of thoughts,listing aspect and techniques of your practice can later serve as references,pin down interesting facts, other artist ,event,art works ,photos so you can come back at them later.

Attribute lists / Mind-maps / Synectics / Mood-boards / Brainstorming / Brain-writing / Brain-drawing / Timelines / Genealogy / Visualizing / Sketching / Thumbnails / Storyboards / Blank-prototype: artifacts without content or design applied, animations / Realisation technique or process testing / Development and staged evaluation and reflection

Create A Mind Map 

A mind map is a graphical representation of ideas and aspects around a central theme, showing how these aspects are related to each other. 

With its help you can resume all the relevant aspects and ideas around a theme, bringing structure, overview and clarity to a problem. 

The starting point of a Mind Map is usually the central theme surrounded by everything else,as example the brief,certain problems,ideas,and so on with each one having its own development.The expected outcome T is a structured overview of information  around a concept or a problem, represented graphically.

Brainstorming

The concept of brainstorming was first  invented by Osborn as early as the 1930s and is based on producing a large number of ideas.Followed by evaluation and grouping ideas the brainstorm has a wild nature that need to be structured so only one concept will be chosen.

This method consists roughly of the following steps:

1 Diverging from the problem

2 Inventorying, evaluating and grouping ideas

3 Converging: choosing a solution  

Quantity is wanted this mean that making as many associations as possible can be critical,as the objective is to attain a high rate of association. The underlying idea is not only that ‘quantity breeds quality’ but also that through a rapid succession of associations the participants have little chance of being critical.

This is also my favorite approach when it comes to delivering a good concept when I'm against time,but it can be tricky and can let you unable to make a choice,so having a more experienced teacher can ease the process thru discussion and ideas selection.

Ways to process the findings

Location / Alphabetical / Time / Category / Hierarchy

The ways of which you can  organizing information are finite as the main categories are sorted by location, alphabet, time, category, or hierarchy.These modes are applicable and meat in almost any field from personal notes to multinational corporations. They are the framework upon which annual reports,exhibitions,data,directories,events,books and even warehouses are sorted

Others subdivisions are:

Picturing space / Ideology / Desire / Social control / Hegemony / Culture / Subculture / Youth-culture / Identity & self / Stereotype & others / Gender / Belief / Behaviour / Movement / Motivation / Function / Form / Map / Diagram / Plan / Direction / Sign / Division / Connection / Relationships / Exclusion / Inclusion / Faction / Fragmentation / Texture /