Ohhh, so it's not just me that has a mixed relationship with notetaking / creative organisation. I also have a quite a few different notebooks / online tools that I use for art and writing too.
A game changer for me was creating a new google doc each year and called 'Free Writing [year]'. Whenever I need to draft something that doesn't 'f…
Ohhh, so it's not just me that has a mixed relationship with notetaking / creative organisation. I also have a quite a few different notebooks / online tools that I use for art and writing too.
A game changer for me was creating a new google doc each year and called 'Free Writing [year]'. Whenever I need to draft something that doesn't 'fit' anywhere - I come to this doc and just jot it down. That fits quite well with your idea of 'think now, organise later' or as my mind interpreted it - 'create now, organise later'. It's been incredibly helpful!
My writing tends to be much more organised than my art though. What cool ways have you found for organising your art? I've found a lot of my art ideas get forgotten or half produced. Then I find it years later going 'oh, I should have kept going on that'. Would love to hear your thoughts :)
I love the open doc for your freewriting! Our minds need that space to go wild and free before we try to corral and categorize what the work is for.
And what a great question! My art is incredibly unorganized, haha—stuffed in a file folder or scattered across sketchbooks. Organization usually centers around projects—thumbnails, explorations, sketches, finals—but that too can get out of hand. I think having flat files can help organize into different drawers if you have lots of loose paper work, or taking photos of ideas or sketches to input into a digital system!
Ohhh, so it's not just me that has a mixed relationship with notetaking / creative organisation. I also have a quite a few different notebooks / online tools that I use for art and writing too.
A game changer for me was creating a new google doc each year and called 'Free Writing [year]'. Whenever I need to draft something that doesn't 'fit' anywhere - I come to this doc and just jot it down. That fits quite well with your idea of 'think now, organise later' or as my mind interpreted it - 'create now, organise later'. It's been incredibly helpful!
My writing tends to be much more organised than my art though. What cool ways have you found for organising your art? I've found a lot of my art ideas get forgotten or half produced. Then I find it years later going 'oh, I should have kept going on that'. Would love to hear your thoughts :)
I love the open doc for your freewriting! Our minds need that space to go wild and free before we try to corral and categorize what the work is for.
And what a great question! My art is incredibly unorganized, haha—stuffed in a file folder or scattered across sketchbooks. Organization usually centers around projects—thumbnails, explorations, sketches, finals—but that too can get out of hand. I think having flat files can help organize into different drawers if you have lots of loose paper work, or taking photos of ideas or sketches to input into a digital system!