I've been spending the last couple hours randomly typing in website names just to see what comes up. I've come across a lot of really imaginative sites.
What do you do to keep your imagination fed?
Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
Art galleries are great fun for me. Cruise on in and scope out the variety. I also look at lots of magazines. Mostly home decorating...gardening and remodeling books. It is also great fun for me to go downtown Seattle...or any city really and check out all the signs. For me...inspiration comes from getting out. Away from this computer.
Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :
Probably like alot of people in here I like to
look through old Signcraft magazines,
hot rod magazines, and Kustom Kulture eye candy.
Music is also a good fuel for me, the heavier the
better!
[ March 09, 2002, 08:25 PM: Message edited by: Stevo Chartrand ]
Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
Every hear of Pat Metheny?
Unquestionably the greatest jazz guitarist and composer. Heavily influenced by Miles Davis; yet completely original approach. Incredibly prolific and always cutting new ground. Impeccable recording quality / production value.
Check out one of these titles if you want to spark your imagination:
Still Life Talking (Pat Metheney Group)
Secret Story (I could write a book about this one)
I Can See Your House From Here (with John Scofield; one of Pat's teachers and mentors)
Under the Missouri Sky (With Charlie Haydn...both are Missouri boys)
Trio
The list could go on and on (and on), but these are my personal fav's.
[ March 10, 2002, 06:29 AM: Message edited by: Jon Aston ]
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
Brother Jon, You into Jazz Guitar? I bet alot of the six-string guys out there think that guitar was always a great jazz instrument. Truth is the rock behind moving the guitar into the jazz arena was Freddy Green. Freddy played rhythm guitar for Count Basie for 46 years. He was known for 2 things: he never missed the beat, and he never took a solo. 3 things if you count that he carried on an affair with Billie Holiday. Yeah, music can give you a little to think about and conjure up some visual images. Dr. John has some tunes, vocal intonations, and piano riffs that can drag me back to a N.O., that I knew when I was a kid.
[ March 11, 2002, 04:02 PM: Message edited by: Santo ]
Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
Santo, my brother!
Thanks for the tip re Freddie Green. I have a soft spot for those kinds of "unsung heroes". Here's one for you that has nothing to do with 6-string or jazz...
Think about just about any classic MOTOWN tune. Are you catching the groove of that bouncy bass-line? Is it coming back to you? Chances are that you are hearing the work of one Mr. James Jamerson...more-or-less unknown studio musician who made the MOTOWN sound what it was in a very big way.
[ March 11, 2002, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: Jon Aston ]
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
I was raised on New Orleans R & B. Arron Neville has a great voice and is from a great talented family. Brother Art Neville is a fine keyboard player and also a ballardeer in his own right. His work with the Funky Meters is legendary. Mick Jagger once remarked that he wished the Rolling Stones could play Honky Tonk Woman as well as the Meters.
On another side of this I like to check out archeology pieces and sites. I've visited most of the major sites in Mexico. Palenque is my favorite. Followed by Uxmal, Monte Alban, Chitzan Itzan, and Tulum. I've watched the Great Serpent desend the steps of the Pyrimid of the Sun at Chitzan Itzan on the Yucatan Peninsula. That will really get your mind to thinking visual thoughts.
[ March 11, 2002, 05:41 PM: Message edited by: Santo ]
Posted by AlanD (Member # 1461) on :
I found a neat little book called the "Idea Index" that has 0ver 300 pages with different approaches to graphic effects and type layout. Just found out there's another called the "Layout Index". Not many words to read, but loads of ideas that can be adapted to sign or logo design. the books with description and reviews at Amazon.com
