darren r hill

the creative minimalist

Tag: design

  • Time for a Fresh Look! 🚀

    Time for a Fresh Look! 🚀

    under destruction toward construction text in front of a building site

    Hello worlds 👋

    So, here’s the deal. I’ve been looking at the current layout and, it’s starting to feel a bit like that comfy but worn-out jumper you just can’t part with. It’s familiar, sure, but let’s be honest, it needs a little TLC.

    That’s why I’m diving head-first into a redesign! 🎨✨ Expect things to get cleaner, fresher, and hopefully more exciting. But here’s the catch: as I’m sprucing things up, you might notice a few wayward bits here and there. Buttons may not work as expected, or some text will be out of place – although nothing new there. However, these hiccups are all part of the journey to a shiny new space.

    I’m hoping this redesign won’t take too long. I’m working hard behind the scenes to make sure everything runs smoothly and gets back to the normal vague state complete awesomeness in no time.

    So, bear with me as I embark on this makeover adventure. I think it’ll be worth it. The plan is to make this site more of a hub for all things the creative minimalist.

    Thanks for your patience and support. May your creativity shine forth.

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  • The acts of creativity thing

    acts of creativity arc

    So I might be doing a thing. If it is a thing it will be all about creating. Every day I am aiming to create something. It might be art, music, or some prose. I want to discover my ‘voice’ if there is such a thing, and one way to do that is to create and see where it takes me. I have several projects in need of work but I won’t limit myself to those. I don’t want to restrict the creative flow just see where it takes me. I don’t like restrictions they… well… restrict.

    Today’s creative practice, or act, was the logo above. I used Adobe Illustrator and reminded myself how to subtract a shape from another shape. As you can see these acts of creativity don’t need to be too demanding or difficult. The only rule is to do something each day, an act, a practice, a ritual of creativity.

    So if this does become a thing it will be a thing with minimal rules. The act doesn’t need to be completed. It could be 50 words, 100, one or two thousand. It might be a musical theme, a song or a soundtrack. It may be a page in my art journal. But I will create something… if this is a thing.

    I have been in a creative rut for too long. I have spent too much time thinking about processes and lists and projects without actually doing anything creative. This thing is a way to get me out of the rut. Each day; an act of creativity.

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