Principle 1: Draw. Work by hand.
“Drawing is thinking”…
We are all artists, without exception; at least, we are in the beginning. Picasso once said:
"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up".
Art is a language that all can interpret; it needs no translation to be seen or to be heard. Artists have the power to make communication limitless by using their hands in order to speak. There are no boundaries; drawing fills the gaps in our minds, which cannot be filled simply with words and pictures.
This is perfectly illustrated through the work of Spanish artist and graphic designer Pep Carrió who in 2007, challenged himself to create a new image everyday.
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“A sketchbook is like a kind of portable laboratory … a memory warehouse.” Pep Carrió |
This page of his visual diary is a testament of putting thought on paper merely by drawing with no words whatsoever. His unique sketches enables one to imagine his thoughts and emotions.
This particular image shows branch-like lines separating the figure from the rest of the world, a silhouette faced towards an impenetrable obstacle. This may represent a rather obscure time (or day) in Carrió's life which he chose to share in the form of a simple, yet complex sketch.
Principle 3: Develop Visual Language.
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| The purpose of this type of work "is to help my quickly fading memory" Sean Adams |
This principle is about thinking directly with images, put down on paper exactly what we are thinking with whatever there is at one's disposal instead of writing everything down and then spending precious time beating around the bush trying to find a good enough way to illustrate it.
Graphic designer Sean Adams takes advantage of colours and images, but his work remains plain and simple. He uses of the mind-mapping technique in order to better organize his thoughts in his work towards a final product. It is direct, effective, and one could say he ‘speaks’ clearly in his reflection.
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