How do you handle design when working a project that doesn’t have explicit design guidelines?
I’ve been working on some personal projects, but I am continually getting held up on design. I hate looking at a blank page, not knowing where to start. I’m not a particularly creative person in art and design and I really struggle to come up with new ideas on my own. I don’t enjoy it.
I’m the kind of person who buy 10 plain black t-shirts and 5 pairs of plain jeans so I never have to think about style.
I’m sure there are a lot of us out there; you can make the thing but, not design it. How do you work that part of the process?
I don’t want my projects to get skipped over because they’re ugly and I don’t want to copy other designs pixel for pixel.
Copy designs you like, and keep a couple of CSS files +/- web components that you can carry along with you from project to project. Tweak then as you go.
Like everything else, getting good at making designs that you like will take time and effort, so if you want you get good at it, do it! I find it fun, and my designs aren’t to everyone’s taste (I too like black tshirts), but whatever.
Plus, getting good at making designs that i like has made me better at making designs clients/projects will like, so, win/win.
“Good artists copy, great artists steal”