Distractions

How many breaks do you take while you're working?

Do you focus in and work for hours at a time, or do you stop every 5 minutes to grab a soda, check Facebook, read the news, look at email, etc., etc.

Distractions you don't choose (a phone call, a knock at the door) can be obnoxious and keep you from getting work done. But distractions you do choose -- the fun distractions -- can be an easy way to keep yourself from focusing in on the work.

If you gave 100% of your attention to the work how would it change?

Dollars and Sense

Steve Pavlina just started a series of posts about passive income. The idea is to create multiple streams of revenue that will allow you to get paid when you're not working - you know, like royalty checks, ebook sales, etc. Sounds like a good thing to me.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2012/04/passive-income-series/

A Great Article for Frustrated Creatives

I highly suggest you check out Raptitude.com some time.

Shoot, why not now?

Here's an excellent article about creativity and frustration:

http://www.raptitude.com/2012/03/why-your-work-disappoints-you/

Coffee 1 Diabetes 0

For all my coffee lovers out there:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-01-16/health/os-coffee-prevent-diabetes-20120116_1_diabetes-coffee-drinkers-islet

Drink Coffee. Stomp out Diabetes.

A Quick Illustrator Tip

If you're aligning objects in Illustrator tap "Control + U" first. This shortcut turns on the smart guides. The Smart Guides will show you intersection lines and cause objects to snap to anchor points, paths, etc.

Leaving them on all the time, however, makes my head want to explode.

Just A Little Tidbit About Contrast

Contrast is more than light and dark.

It's big and small.

It's fuzzy and sharp.

It's detailed and sparse.

And it's all good.

Welcome to 2012!

It's been a while!

Here's what I'm currently working on. This is a run test for a video game character.

Theoretically, that guy should be moving. If not, trying clicking on him.