Comments on: The Hardest Part

By: personals

personals — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:07:05 +0000

I notice your work includes alot of white, yellow , green and orange my personals thought on that is thats the colors to go for it’s very bright and cheery very nice design.

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 23 May 2005 01:54:47 +0000

I’m not sure which is harder. Getting started or accepting when good enough is good enough. Great article Scrivs. (How long did you think about writing it?)

Alot of great comments too. I grabbed my wife and read her some of the comments (JamesZ, mahalie, John N., David P. and Joe C.). She was sure that I had written them myself, since she has seen and heard all of this in me.

I’m not sure if were in good company or just birds of a feather. But, it is comforting to know I’m in the right direction. Good luck to all of us in getting it done.

By: Joe Clay

Joe Clay — Sun, 22 May 2005 07:01:39 +0000

That’s a great idea. I find I always start new site designs by looking for a suitable masthead image in iPhoto. Maybe next time I’ll start with just the content. That is a good idea, and Josh’s site is a perfect example of what can happen.

Although I must admit, you are all making me want to redesign to something simpler (especially since IE doesn’t like the way I reference anything in my CSS, not that I need it to!) before I go all crazy with it. Though I still do like my design, I just need better content for certain areas. Oh well, it’s gotta stand for at least a month or two!

By: David Powell

David Powell — Sat, 21 May 2005 19:56:38 +0000

I found that writing out what i want to do is really helpful for me.

By: Steve Ametjan

Steve Ametjan — Sat, 21 May 2005 08:05:41 +0000

Unlike most people, my biggest problem is not creating something on the screen, after I have sketched out the ideas that are floating in my head, but just getting the ideas out of my head. Most of the time when I have a problem developing ideas into designs, is when I can feel the cold hand of ADD wrapping around me. I get so distracted by everything that scratching a pencil to paper just loses its interest and I move on to something else. I’m notorious for neglecting my duties at work for a chance to check my blo.gs page and see who’s updated their blog… hell, even when I see that I’ve updated, I have to read my own post as if I didn’t know what it said…..

wait… what was I talking about again?

By: John Nunemaker

John Nunemaker — Sat, 21 May 2005 02:34:58 +0000

The hardest part for me is finishing the project. I am always raring to go at the beginning and I still enjoy the middle, but I hate wrapping up the little details.

By: Mstyle

Mstyle — Fri, 20 May 2005 23:53:22 +0000

What i have learned by now ,the most important thing to do ,as mentioned, is to just start somewhere. The design often happens from there ,step by step or by making that one change ,that one thing that fires your creative engine and shapes what you were looking for.

In other cases , when we have a certain feel with the topic, the picture is somewhat there allready, so there’s basically no real whitespace moment.

I think we need both situations so we don’t become lazy designers working off a routine.

I hate the whitespace ,we all hate it. Just don’t fear the whitespace. You know scenario 1 or 2 is just a step away if you make it so.

By: Ollila

Ollila — Fri, 20 May 2005 19:58:16 +0000

Great post and great comments from all. I can relate to everything said.
I’ve been meaning to get my own blog, as well as portfolio site up for about 7 months now. Purchased the domain 7 months ago and have done nothing except put a simple coming soon page and a installation of TextPattern.
After reading this I’m going to force myself to start getting something up. I’m sure it will be a work in progress.
Thanks Scrivs and the rest.

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Fri, 20 May 2005 18:53:29 +0000

Be careful! Once you discover how easy it is to start and adjust as you go, you’ll discover that you’re starting things left and right. Suddenly the hardest part will be finishing!

By: Brian Rose

Brian Rose — Fri, 20 May 2005 18:27:08 +0000

For me, it’s about fear. It seems that simultaneously, I can have too many ideas and no ideas at all. (How does that happen?)

This is a perfect description of my biggest issue when it comes to getting things done. And you’re right, it’s all about just getting something down.