It's a Sketchy Process: From Germ to Blog or Social Post
Creating content for a blog or social media requires skill, process, and creativity. But my favorite part is the initial germ stage: the first raw ideas. It could be a walk in the park, driving home from the store, or a dedicated brainstorming session that jiggles a concept to the surface. Capturing thoughts from your brain to a list makes them real. After that, I want to see them.
It's time for a rough sketch.
This first rough sketch helped frame the composition and capture some of the details for last week’s Recharge video post.
For you, a sketch translates your message visually. For example, a thumbnail drawing demonstrates the impact of images, type, and composition on your idea before illustration, photos, or video.
I am attracted to a drawing because of its purity and invincibility. Good (and even some bad) solutions are nearly perfect when first conceived.
Before the outline, script, or storyboard, it's simply a fun idea. No software challenge, time constraint, or budget can defeat it.
Until they do.
Like in nature, reality chases down the weak. It culls the unsupported. For good reasons, reality whittles the list of ideas. But for some, a metamorphosis awaits.
In the next stage, I add details to the concept. Words. And more sketches. The idea inflates like a blow-up toy, and then "Poof!" A story is born.
Writing down the idea made the concept real. This mid-project illustration shows how the rough sketch made the video come to life.
