My G&L Tele is out of its case leaning against the wall most all the time for this very reason. 5-10 minutes of working on my Knopfler bends and I'm good. Time well spent.
Why I take sketch breaks instead of surfing the Internet
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#12My G&L Tele is out of its case leaning against the wall most all the time for this very reason. 5-10 minutes of working on my Knopfler bends and I'm good. Time well spent.
I've got a couple of guitars sitting close by, but I don't use them often enough during the work day. Have been thinking about doing something other than surfing for breaks, might have to start working some Knopfler bends myself!
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#13There is a Ted talk that goes over why Doodling should actually be encouraged:
http://www.ted.com/talks/sunni_brown.html
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#14Relevant NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1017270...
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#15Problem 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.
You know you can get a scanner with a feeder right? You just have to drop the paper in the feeder and it will produce a set of pdf documents.
It is more expensive than normal scanners but in your case it would properly be worth it.
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#16Am I the only one who first read the title of the post as "stretch breaks" instead of "sketch breaks"?
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#17Problem 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.
This is so true. I was given an iPad 2 earlier this year and I love it. Reading, surfing, planning, wireframing, does it all.
But doodling? Brainstorming? There is no app in the world (yet?) that can match a pad of paper and a good, comfortable pen.
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#18My G&L Tele is out of its case leaning against the wall most all the time for this very reason. 5-10 minutes of working on my Knopfler bends and I'm good. Time well spent.
I do the same with my bass when I am working at home. My only problem is that sometimes I get so excited playing it that is hard to stop.
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#19The first word of your post needs another vowel :)
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#20I've been doing this for a few months. Painting would be ideal, but my new location doesnt allow for it.