shutting up is worth a thousand words

I hit a creative block the other day. I was in a bad mood and hating everything I was working on. It was finally time to pack it up, so I did - glad to be rid of a crappy day.

I was expecting today to go about the same, but suddenly I found myself motivated, in the zone, and the creative juices flowing.

What changed?

I honestly think it was taking time to stop and look at others’ designs. We say this kind of stuff all the time, but it really is so true - if you’re looking for inspiration, look no further than Google. Allow yourself time to ogle someone’s website or carefully study a photo, a photoshop brush, a tutorial of a cool technique… basically ANYTHING to get your head back in the game.

Yes, let’s.

photojojo:

You can do more than dispose of your disposable camera, LOTS more. We rounded up the coolest ones!

Top 20 Creative Ways to Use a Disposable Camera

Here’s the first 10! Check out our roundup for instructions.

1. Smack it to get a double exposure.

2. Use 2 disposable cameras to make 3D images.

3. Make it high-speed to capture balloons popping et .

4. Get experimental and damage the lens for sweet results.

5. Damage the film for even sweeter results - throw it in a pool, etc. You can do things to it that you can’t to a normal camera!

6. Make it a community project: tie it to a park bench with instructions and come back later to see who used it.

7. Send it on a world tour - Matthew McVickar mailed his disposable camera with instructions for mailmen to photograph with it.

8. Use cell phone lenses to get rad looking fisheye shots.

9. Use it again by making it reloadable!

10. Use lens and flash filters to make your photos 10x more colorful.

This is why I love you, Photojojo <3

Wordle

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

Try it. It’s freaking fun. =)

laughingsquid:

relumine by mischer’traxler:

I find myself curiously perplexed by this photo. I like that. =)

theprojekt:

Herbert Baglione @ Winterlong Galerie

Fantastic.

(via artlove)

laughingsquid:

Angry Birds Cake

YAY! \(^_^)/

Source:

thedailywhat:

DIY Idea of the Day: Turn lonely, “mateless” gloves into adorable squirrel plushies.

[sra-interesante / femmebot / craft.]

COOL!!!

(via mememolly)

thedaintysquid:

! (by Marc Brubaker)

I love this. Now I wanna go downtown to shoot photos to make my own!