I am still very busy, what with the Very Big Project and all, but for once I feel like I’m actually getting somewhere with it. That is either because going to that conference this weekend allowed me to “get some perspective” and “come back with a fresh outlook,” or simply that all the various visual elements are starting to come together to give the thing some backbone, some real body and reality.
If you’ve ever started something, and looked at it when it was halfway through, and been about ready to toss it in the trash… Well, then you know where my mindset was. I can be freakishly patient most of the time when it comes to artistic things, but sometimes it’s hard to see things clearly when they’re not whole, and completed, you know?
Not that this project is completed, of course, it’s just that there’s enough of it done for me to be sure of where I’m going with it.

It doesn’t help that I’ve got that whole “dayjob” thing to do at the same time as the VBP. Thankfully I got to do a fun info-graphic this week. Info-graphics can be the best, creatively, because there’s so many elements to play with. I’m serious, really! They may be stodgy old charts and maps traditionally, but that’s exactly what makes them a challenge to make fun and pretty.