i admit i am guilty of this most of the time. i quickly rush to the computer and as Chad Engle puts it:

 

 

 

We’ve all done it. We rush right to the computer. We don’t even think, we just blindly move shapes around hoping to come up with something creative. We do eventually, but what if that first “warm-up” period could be faster. What if we could get right to the good designs? You can.

check out the rest of the article about going more organic with your logo, your tee-shirt designs, your photograph idea, whatever.

Sketch out your idea first.

this is posted at the end of the article above, but i really think it is worth posting here too, be sure to check this article out too!

to sketch or not to sketch, that is the question.