Proof of Concept

If I have one advice to give to aspiring new (or old) creative is this — try creating something physically. Be it a new painting on canvas, printed zine, profile, book or portfolio and anything & everything that you can think of.

I’m a book/publication guy. That’s the one thing if I ever had been to ask leave everything and pick only one, what would it be? It would be that.

I had this idea about a month ago to make a physical version of what I would describe as a pack of “who am I” that consist of 3-piece items: a call card, zine-profile and a portfolio-poster. The picture above was a test print on my inkjet printer after spending about a couple of hours curating the design and content. Manage to complete at least the cover and back-cover (content inside pending at that time) and printed them just to see how it would look like.

That was the actual size plus-minus a few mm difference.

Couple of days later, completed everything and sent to print.

It was satisfying to such an impromptu (slightly planned project.

I guess that’s what being a creative is all about.

Create something out of thin air, from digital to the physical world.

Try it sometime.

Find your niche, passion or new hobby.

The feeling is superb.