{"id":8401,"date":"2010-10-13T23:35:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=8401"},"modified":"2023-04-06T21:54:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:54:24","slug":"the-science-of-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/the-science-of-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though I was not creative back then, it does not stop me from wondering, <em>am I really creative?<\/em> <em>Why I am not like other designers who are a blend of creative juices where ideas flowing in and out as easy as breathing?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To tell you frankly, there is actually no reason but a statement that explains it all. Creativity means a quality that you put into any activity not only in website design, but also cooking, dancing, singing, or anything at all. Your attitude and approach you follow is your creative instinct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/new-creative-ideas\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 Things to Replenish Your Idea Vault (When You Run Out Of Ideas)\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Things to Replenish Your Idea Vault (When You Run Out Of Ideas)<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/new-creative-ideas.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-17512 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/new-creative-ideas.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 Things to Replenish Your Idea Vault (When You Run Out Of Ideas)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis post is a reflection of my state of mind. As I am writing this, my mind has...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Creativity should be an untamed river that does not run in a streamlined flow and it should not be limited. And there is no doubt about the fact that a creative mind is half mania.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\" Every day is an opportunity to be creative \u2013 the canvas is your mind, the brushes and colors are your thoughts and feelings, the panorama is your story, the complete picture is a work of art called\u2026\"(Innerspace)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Dispelling the Myths<\/h2>\n<p>Creativity cannot be learned for sure. We are born with creativity within ourselves and one would be utter misinformed if he\/she thinks that creativity is something that can be imbibed. This is the major myth that surrounds every individual.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\" It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life.\" \u2013 Barthold Georg Niebuhr<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/science-of-creativity\/Death-of-Creativity.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" alt=\"Death of Creativity\"><\/figure>\n<p>Creativity accompanies new remarkable ideas and risks. Try something original and be prepared to face the challenges. Scott Adams, a cartoonist has put it right, \"<em>Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.<\/em>\"<\/p>\n<p>Creativity can never be achieved by imitations, and what is already been introduced. There is nothing \u2018right\u2019 and \u2018wrong\u2019 in a creative piece of work however It is more than random and lastly, there is no place for logic.<\/p>\n<p>It should be part of your everyday life because the more curious you are in your everyday life, the better you get to produce refreshing ideas and products.<\/p>\n<p>Being a critique of your own is the best practice, but somehow it proved to be harmful if you evaluate your work excessively.<\/p>\n<p>It will result in you losing your initiate direction and eventually everything goes straight into the dump because anything safe is not interesting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\" Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.\" \u2013 Mary Lou Cook<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Kick Start Your Creativity<\/h2>\n<p><strong>There are some or loads of creativity within us<\/strong> and to know which level you are, the key is to unleash the hidden genius within you as in your specialty. Some discover it soon, and some take ages and might not discover one.<\/p>\n<p>This is the core session in this article. With great efforts, I incorporate everything that should help you bring out those creative instincts.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/science-of-creativity\/kickstart.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" alt=\"kickstart\"><\/figure>\n<p>The first and the foremost way will be <strong>thinking positive<\/strong>. If you already have a preconceived notion that you cannot come up with something creative in your design, you are doomed\u2026 you won\u2019t be able to.<\/p>\n<p>Creativity, in my belief is a product that uses its surroundings and it is your senses and instinct amongst the contributing factors that kick start the creative drive.<\/p>\n<p>Being a web designer is of course, is a work of inspiration. <strong>Environment plays an important role<\/strong> such as relaxing chair, good music, nice ambiance, with a lot of inspirational stuff like magazines, junkyard mails, books, boxes, decor, or whatever that surrounds the area may act as the props to develop and nourish creativity at each and every stance in your project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking inspiration<\/strong> is another thing, sustaining the level of positivity brings up new ideas but at the same time, directing your ideas towards a specific goal. Identifying your thought whether it is goal-oriented then make a choice amongst the thoughts that directly or indirectly lead to the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Creativity is not something that comes into practice by just swaying a magic wand. It is also a product of using different techniques regularly to train creative thinking in your day-to-day life and making it a habit. Make a storehouse of all your creative ideas.<\/p>\n<p>You never know when you may get the chance to incorporate them somewhere in your new project. Get a hold on the habit of jotting down the points and writing them down anywhere you want to because creativity often occur when you least expect it.<\/p>\n<p>Unlock your brain cells and let your mind wander the world of imagination. Do not put limitations in the process of creating new ideas. The mind is an incredible thinking machine that can come up with a lot of incredible ideas that you would not have thought of.<\/p>\n<p>So, just let it maneuver its way. The next important step that must not be ignored is that you never suppress any creative idea if you think it might fit somewhere in your project. If you put it into the reject list and only later you realized it would have fit into a particular page, a huge loss is on your part my friend, for the same idea will never knock one\u2019s doors twice.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\" Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.\" \u2013 Joseph Campbell<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Considering the validity of the above quote, a challenge drives us crazy and if a designer is bombarded with new and refreshing challenges each and every week or once in a fortnight then, it may bear good results.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\" What a man really wants is a creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.\" \u2013 Fay B. Nash<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Accompanying every other activity with a reward is another psychological technique that would act as a booster in increasing the level of confidence and as a motivating factor in coming up with new ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Now, that we have covered the general tips to give a boost to your creativity, its time to focus on web designers because most of the readers of this post would be web designers. Since the topic talks about creativity as a science, there ought to be a well-defined process and strategy towards the same.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the exercises that would help you keep track of your creative instincts and come up with lots of creativity is listed as below:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Inspirational Grounds<\/h3>\n<p>It is a part of every designer\u2019s habit that he\/she spends time online surfing the Internet if he\/she could find something or other inspirations. Our world of the Internet is flooded with a lot of stuff such as:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Interior designs,<\/li>\n<li>Photography,<\/li>\n<li>Clothing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Book covers, posters, and the billboards that one comes across as a part of the daily routine tend to be the major sources of inspiration.\n  Nature is, by far the most outstanding medium for drawing out inspiration.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Get hold of a Paper and a Pencil<\/h3>\n<p>There must t be a lot of questions arising in your mind about the point that mention pencil and a paper in a designer\u2019s context when everybody is acquainted with Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>There is no denying the fact that within every designer, there is an artist and sketching is not everybody\u2019s cup of tea, but paper gives you the liberty to create anything and is a reliable source of inspiration too. <em>What\u2019s next if sketching is not your style? <\/em>Try mapping. Taking notes for everything:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The target audience,<\/li>\n<li>The real message<\/li>\n<li>Any special instructions?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The key idea is to keep asking until and unless you get all the answers to be able to start the process. Every human being has a different idea and separate ways of perceiving things. To be able to come up with a solid creative idea, you will need a base. Mapping down each and every requirement of the project is essential and the more you pen it down, the easier it is for you to deal with it.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Improvement<\/h3>\n<p>Always remember that \"<em>there is always a better way.<\/em>\" Curiosity and the instinct to come up with new and refreshing ideas have always helped in keeping the mind agile. In every project, there is always room for improvement. Brushing up your Photoshop and creative skills will be a plus.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of design articles and posts that you can easily find on the Internet explaining the new techniques and a whole set of creative ideas from the pioneers of the web industry.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Experiment with colors <\/h3>\n<p>The web design industry has always laid a lot of importance when it comes to colors, and their use in designing a website. The use of appropriate and fantastic colors adds meaning to the design.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the vibrant red, yellow and orange color scheme is used for a lot of eating joints, for example, McDonald, Burger King, Pizza Hut because these colors stimulate hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Try and use innovative color schemes to your website and this will definitely add a different touch to your website design.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\" Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.\" \u2013 Cicero Roman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you want to experiment with a unique color scheme, then, leave your system and step out to experience a whole new world of colors. One of the best and the most accessible areas where you can get inspiration are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Book store<\/li>\n<li>Ice cream parlors<\/li>\n<li>Graffiti<\/li>\n<li>Buildings<\/li>\n<li>Paintings<\/li>\n<li>Flower shops<\/li>\n<li>Garbage\u2026 Yes, in the dump.<\/li>\n<li>Comic books<\/li>\n<li>Album and old cassette covers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>5.Typography, and the Background<\/h3>\n<p>Gone are those days when typography used to be the play of print media.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You cannot understand typography and typefaces without the knowledge and you can\u2019t keep that knowledge for only yourself. Type design is a cultural act, not just a few lines of data in the corner of a hard disk.\" \u2013 Jean Francois Porchez<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Typography has always maintained a special place for our designers and there are limitless typefaces that you can experiment with. Again, selecting the right background that can completely merge with the basic design and the theme of the website is very important for a designer.<\/p>\n<p>The interior designs can be a lot of help to the designer. A very subtle approach would be ease in selecting a background that does not overshadow the main eye of the website.<\/p>\n<h2>Too much of everything is harmful<\/h2>\n<p>Science has its own pros and cons and since we have defined creativity as a science, therefore, it has become mandatory to equip you with the same.<\/p>\n<p>Once Martin Luther King, Jr. said, \"<em>The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be\u2026 The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.<\/em>\"<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/science-of-creativity\/fruits-of-labor.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" alt=\"fruits of labor\"><\/figure>\n<p>There is no doubt that we have a pool of creative web designers, but the excess of everything is bad. In order to stuff in a lot of creativity, you may try out different ideas in a project, and not organizing your direction will lead to a horrifying disaster.<\/p>\n<p>It is harmful not only to the project but your mind as well. When a mind is cluttered, it will not be the focus and this is when we hear \"uh-oh\".<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of instances especially in the web designers\u2019 arena that they love to work in isolation, and this is not a good enough approach anymore. Creativity is born of the combined efforts of a designers\u2019 mind, the project the designer is working upon, and the inspirations he\/she seeks for.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the designers hate sharing ideas and the idea of sharing makes their brain bleeds. Again, bad choice mate. In the long run, it would result in a wall of limited ideas. Over a period of long continuous hours and years of working in isolation, one tends to lose that creative instinct.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not the least, you should remember this fact that you being a web designer cannot afford to shut doors for the outside world and interactions as it would prove harmful to you in the long run, as you have an endless stream of projects in your way, and they would require the blend of your creative, active and healthy mind.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the science behind creativity and learn how to boost your own creative abilities. 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