Creativity

Close Photoshop and Grab a Pencil: The Lost Art of Thumbnail Sketches -Joshua Johnson

This article begins by introducing the idea of wire-framing and thumbnail sketching. It explains the basics and simplicity to thumbnail sketching.
What makes thumbnail sketches useful to artists and designers is that it allows the mind to begin with many different ideas, rather than having one set idea from start to finish.  
Many think that the step of creating thumbnails is a waste of time. Often times, however, taking the short hour or so to create thumbnail sketches, could save you hours or even days on your project in the long run. 
Another misconception in regard to thumbnail sketches is that they are used only for plotting layouts. This is wrong. Thumbnail sketches work perfect for logo design, character design, web pages, etc. 
The article then continues to list some important tips when creating thumbnail sketches.

Thoughts on Creativity and Design Process -Abduzeedo

This article goes through a step by step process to getting your creative juices flowing. This process is made to help everyone with inspiration. Everyone's individual style of creativity is different, but by following some of the tips and rules within the article, everyone should be happy with their creative thoughts.

According to this article, you should feel free to try out many ideas. Some will work, some will not! 

It then goes into the delivery of the ideas.

The Process of Creativity -Jason Gross

In this article, we learn that people from all job areas practice creative thinking. It is not limited to strictly the design type jobs.

A good way to work on a problem is with a second approach. When you are stumped for quite awhile on a specific problem, sometimes a different perspective will lead you to the solution.

Next the article goes into the concept of purging thoughts. This is very helpful in the design process. It works by taking other concepts and altering them the slightest bit. Such small, simple details could make or break the project!

Why Man Creates -Paracelso Zeppelin

This short film was a more creative way of explaining the design and creativity process. It was more of an animated story that explains the steps, which include: The edifice, fooling around, The process, judgement, a parable, digression, the search, and the mark. 

The film includes clips and soundboards from historical situations where creative processes was most likely used!

PERSONAL THOUGHTS:

This articles were very helpful to me. As an artist, I generally lack in imagination. Seeing many different approaches to the creativity process, I not have many options to brainstorming and producing my final works. 

I have learned to think outside the box in many ways, and I plan to take what I have learned through these articles with me during future projects of all sorts.