240/365 – Where Am I?
Actually, a great question to ask yourself and an interesting answer to find. Once you know, you can start and complete whatever you want.
209/365 – The Research.
To create is to live. To live is to search. To search is to live. To live is to create.
208/365 – I Am What I Want To Be.
The more I think and write about this topic, how to have, generate, develop and deliver ideas, the more I understand about myself and some of my processes. To me, ideas are a way to express my “want to be”…
190/365 – Draw Your World.
Never forget where you come from. Never let it go. Never regret it. Every single step we have done in the past was a small window into our future and we were already designing, although we didn’t know at the…
174/365 – Classic.
When you don’t know where to start, go classic! Going classic means going back to the basics, to what’s simple and essential. Classics help us create without putting too much effort, without struggling and with a low level of stress….
171/365 – Feelings are Important.
I consider myself a shy person. The kind of person who doesn’t show up at parties, who don’t take the lead in a conversation, who likes to follow more than lead. Shyness is often a way to protect our feelings…
163/365 – Test Everything First.
Something you want to be working when is the right moment is the technology you need to use. We still test all the markers we use way before using them, to make sure we have what we need and it’s…
151/365 – Instructions.
Instructions. The best way to have ideas: TRY THINGS OUT. The best way to see if it’s worth it: SHARE IT. The best way to see if it’s good: DO IT AGAIN. The best way to refine it: SLEEP ON…
149/365 – Do What You Like.
What’s REALLY important is that whatever you do, every day or often, in life and as a job, is something you like doing. It isn’t given that this happens and we shouldn’t only aim for it in everything we do but…
141/365 – Don’t Be Shy.
Sometimes our ideas don’t come out just because we are too shy to show them to the rest of the world. Being shy isn’t so much about how we feel about our work as…
139/365 – Trust the Process.
So many times the process saved my life just because I trusted it, and the latest was today. I sometimes forget how important it is to have a process in place we can rely on and relate to at any…
117/365 – Ordered Chaos.
There’s something fascinating in chaos and in what chaos can bring you. We tend to think chaos is equal disorder and means something is unplanned and unorganized. Chaos is indeed a state of confusion, but who said confusion is a…
67/365 – Make It Yours.
I’m a big fan of copying. Copying isn’t just tracing a different reality but it is YOUR version of a reality. For exactly that reason is important: it shows a variety of perspectives, richness of opinions, strength of styles. I…
53/365 – It’s That Simple.
Ideas can be as simple and powerful as a brush sign. I look at the beauty of a simple line traced with a brush and admire the complex perfection that’s hidden behind a sign of a moment, an unintentional action…
41/365 – About Drawing.
Drawing is my great passion. Everything related to illustration and visualization of something speaks to my life. I’ve always been passionate about drawing and using visuals to tell stories, share moments, explain thoughts. It became my work and it is…
18/365 – Close Your Eyes
I put so much effort into what I do that sometimes I forget to let it go. This often happens when I start drawing: it is so important to me that the final result is clean, close to perfection, showing care but also…
3/365 – Repetition
I find so true that when you want to really own something, in terms of know-how and mastery, you need to do it again and again over time, in other words: Practice. I love the concept of repetition and that’s…