#creative problem solving

[beardedmrbean]

[krackedmeggs]

(2017) an illustration seminar project where we drew paper for our parameters. my pulls were…

company: harley davidson

target audience: children

product purpose/tagline: “keeps babies drier”

the illustration i came up with for those parameters was a toddler on a harley davidson big wheel zooming through a water balloon fight and not getting hit. the concept i came up with was really funny to me 😂

[pratchettquotes]

"Mister Lipwig, the world lives between those who say it cannot be done and those who say that it can. And in my experience, those who say that it can be done are usually telling the truth. It's just a matter of thinking creatively. Some people say 'Think the unthinkable,' but that's nonsense--although in your case, sir, I think you have the nerves for it. Now, don't let me detain you."

Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam

[batri-jopa]

Fragile Masculinity: [X]

[knotty-et-al]

Isometric dot grid stencil tool DIY

Do know when you are getting sad because you want to draw nice shapes on a blank piece of paper - but there is no helpful grid - and you have difficulties drawing straight lines - the isometric dot grid stencil tool is there to help!

Today I created an isometric dot grid stencil tool with scrap metal. And I want to write a bit about how easy it is to make. (Beware: You still need a lot of patience to punch all these damn holes into a thin slice of metal.)

[The distance between the dots is 0.5cm btw. [yes, I'm a metric system supporter. ])

Tools I used to create that tool:

- needles (one thinner and sharp needle, and one thicker needle (to dilate the holes afterwards wlth a rotating motion)

- hammer (for making the thinner needle go thru the scrap metal like a knife thru butter (but with more force... ))

- wooden/bamboo/whatever tray with a not too large hole [~ 1-2cm will suffice] (so the needle does not go into the wood, which is annoying and makes the needle unsharp very fast) - For the wooden tray I used a simple cutting board normally used for food preparation - it has a very helpful handle (just a hole with 1.5cm diameter)

- a printed piece of isometric dot paper and sticky tape (to form a tube with the sticky tape, so you can use it as double-sided tape. Add the printed paper to the sticky tube-thingy. Then attach it on the scrap metal. [It will be removed afterwards. (Removing the sticky tape afterwards is still very annoying. Thats why I left a rest on my tool. I put a looot of thought (slight exaggeration) into considering to remove it, but in the end I was too lazy to remove that part of aesthetical annoyance - It has no effect on the practical aspect. I might remove it anytime in the future when it annoys me too much and when I have more nerve to do so. )]

- a lot of patience to make whatever number of holes you want to have in that stencil. [I find this routine work calming actually.]

For the one depicted above I made approximately ~200 holes [I am too lazy to calculate and/or count the holes rn. This approximation might suffice.]

- garden scissors (to cut the scrap metal)

- pliers (to rounden the sharp edges of the cut scrap metal) [last step]

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What could you do with the stencil tool, you migt ask:

One can use it to draw an isometric dot grid on paper (for furtherly drawing shapes in the dot grid.)

One can also draw circles with it.

And one can also attach a piece of paper or other material and make holes into it with a needle or safety pin.

In the photo depicted above I made a cube pattern (with a mistake). I could continue to sew these holes together, so the cube illustration becomes more visible - and if I use a large enough thread so one could feel the lines - it could also be a card/art a blind person could "see" - alias feel.

Also: It is calming to punch holes in paper with that stencil tool.

Maybe I might also consider doing the stitching activity afterwards... Hmmm.

[nuttynutcycle]

Prompt 285

"...is now Public Enemy Number One. Anyone with informations about Hero or their secret identity can and should give that information over to the proper authorites." Only a lifetime of public service kept the mayor's face blank as the shocking news aired.

And only a lifetime of villainy kept the gun steady as the villain continued to film the whole thing

[art-of-mathematics]

What do you do if you don't have a compass (or can't find it) and want to draw uncontable circles with few repeating diameters?

You improve. Well. That is what I did: Found two circular scrap plastics, and actually needed only one: and as half circles are sufficient, that's what I did... to reduce required space of the limited material, I could use both the outsides as well as the insides of the half circles. (Could draw the 5 diameter one in the 8cm actually, but that idea only popped in my mind when I already had a 8cm and a 5cm diameter half circle.)

[dollarandwolfe]

184 Creative Problem Solving (part 1)

With Guy Craig