In the creative guide Becoming Me, Andrea Pippins encourages readers to live a creative life through an array of activities, tips, coloring pages & more.
Design Exercises for Inspired Designers
Creative exercises will help stimulate and open your mind so that you can access your creative prowess when you need it most. Many of these exercises can be performed on your own, but step outside the box and invite your co-workers or fellow creatives to join in on the fun. Better yet, kick off your next team brainstorm with a creative exercise to get the blood flowing. Check out HOW’s 30 Days to Creative Bliss challenge or take Jim Krause’s online course, D30: Exercises for Designers, to sharpen your creativity through a series of projects and exercises.
After Effects Tutorial: Make it Rain
I dawned on the realization that teaching myself animation in After Effects limits my grasp on the program’s scope. Tinkering with the program did give me a useful working knowledge of the interface, however, it did not make me the autodidactic expert in After-Effects I hoped to be. I turned to the After Effects...
4 Exercises for Boosting Your Creative Energy
Use these exercises from creativity guru Robin Landa for a variety of projects—logos, book jackets, posters, brochures. Let them inspire you to try other things.
15 Stimulating Creativity Books and Resources
Now through Monday, Nov. 30, almost everything in HOW's official store is 50% off—including many of the exceptional creativity books & resources here.
6 Summer Projects for Your Graphic Design Portfolio
Summer presents a great opportunity for you to add some fun and fresh projects to your graphic design portfolio. Here are 6 design portfolio projects!
Supercharge Your Creativity: Drink Beer After a Run
Studies show that beer and running can boost your creativity. So when you drink beer and run, does it supercharge your creativity?
New Design Inspiration Course
Inspirability gives you a fresh look at how to keep those creative fires burning in the real world through interviews with 40 design luminaries, including Stefan Sagmeister, Paula Scher, Milton Glaser and Chip Kidd, fascinating pictures the designers have taken of themselves and their offices, and samples of their design work. Learn more. At...
Creative Bootcamp: 3 Exercises to Build Your Brain
The good news: You can get better over time at developing creative ideas. The hitch? You have to work at it. Here are 3 creative exercises to get you started.
Learn by Doing: Creativity Exercises for Inspiration
Last year’s HOW Design Live featured dynamic discussions on essential design resources and career advice. It will be hard to beat, but this year’s conference promises to be better than ever. Jim Krause, a relentlessly creative designer and industry expert, gave a stimulating talk last year called “Learn by Doing.” His talk focused on how to find...
Comedy Improv: Ideation Central
Discover how improv training can give you the courage to let go of your worries—and positively fuel your idea-sparking potential.