Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
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Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
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Re: Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
#2I use a pomodoro timer to prevent breaks from lasting too long or being too infrequent. (It's important to rest your eyes!) I like this idea though, it would be less, irritating to have your break end when you're in the middle of a doodle than when you're in the middle of an article.
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#3scratch that, just doodling is enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2CZqsAw28 no need to even pretend you know how to draw
Re: Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
#4I use a pomodoro timer to prevent breaks from lasting too long or being too infrequent. (It's important to rest your eyes!) I like this idea though, it would be less, irritating to have your break end when you're in the middle of a doodle than when you're in the middle of an article.
Agreed. The pomodoro technique is great for keeping your breaks time-bound. I often just walk around the office for a few minutes and refill my water bottle, etc. Gives me a chance to stare at something else than a screen.
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#5and the first to do about that is blogging about it.
Re: Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
#6I write with my hands on paper as much as I can to get my eyes off of the monitor and my hands off the keyboard. Yes taking notes on something like evernote is more useful down the road, but for me there is something more free about jotting notes on paper. It gives me a mental break, a physical break, and if I come up with something really useful, I'll type it in a note program. As an added bonus, the retyping of it usually lets me come up with something new to add.
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#7Problem with using physical media - STORAGE.
Trust me, I have literally 1000's of pieces of paper lying around here with ideas, sketches, the works, built up over 15 years. I'm never going to scan any of it.
Get a tablet before it's too late.
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#8scumbag blogger
encourages drawing instead of reading blogs
makes blog post about it
Re: Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
#9Problem with using physical media - STORAGE. Trust me, I have literally 1000's of pieces of paper lying around here with ideas, sketches, the works, built up over 15 years. I'm never going to scan any of it. Get a tablet before it's too late.
The problem with moving to explicitly tablets is that the feel of different papers/pens is radically different than any electronic technology can provide.
There are smartpens now, but there's still a loss of texture when storing images, and displaying them on a backlit screen alters them as well.
That aside, a tablet completely wrecks the point of getting away from all the distractions that come with your computer.
Re: Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
#10scumbag blogger encourages drawing instead of reading blogs makes blog post about it
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