HOW TO GET IDEAS
1. Visual brain dumping
a.
How to make a visual brain dump:
i.
Start sketching
ii.
Set a time limit
iii.
Keep moving
2. Forced connections
a.
How to force a connection:
i.
Choose a connection
ii.
Make two lists
iii.
Combine style, messages, or functions
iv.
Choose one or more viable ideas
3. Action verbs
a.
How to activate an idea:
i.
Start with a basic concept
ii.
Apply a series of actions to the core image or
idea
iii.
Step back and look at what you did
4. Everything from everywhere
a.
How to get everything from everywhere:
i.
Be a sponge
ii.
Keep a sketchbook
iii.
Observe other artists and designers
iv.
Make a database
v.
Work with a concept in mind
5. Rhetorical figures
a.
Basic figures of speech
i.
Allusion
ii.
Amplification
iii.
Anastrophe
iv.
Anthimeria
v.
Antithesis
vi.
Ellipsis
vii.
Hyperbole
viii.
Litotes
ix.
Metaphor
x.
Metonymy
xi.
Paradox
xii.
Paronomasia
xiii.
Personification
xiv.
Polyptoton
xv.
Repetition
xvi.
Synecdoche
