I think everyone decided to show up to class as zombies today. We were all physically there, but were unresponsive for the most part. Maybe everyone just had a severe case of the Mondays.
Anyways, during class Jimmy showed us two more TED Talk videos. The first video was a talk given by John Maeda and he explained his thoughts on the "laws of simplicity." The statement that struck me the most during his TED Talk was that simplicity in life is more enjoyment and less pain. The second video we watched was a talk given by a comic book artist by the name of Scott McCloud. The thing that struck me the most during his talk was that during the creative process you can view the computer monitor as a page or as a window. This idea is very important to the design world and made me totally see graphic design in a new way. During the design process, if you only see the computer monitor as a page instead of a window you are limiting the design as well as your creative potential. From now on I will make it a point to view the monitor as a window and not contain my design to a page on a computer screen.
Scott McCloud on Comics TED Talk
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