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Web Design: Pen and Paper Before Computer

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Before plunging into the idea of web designing, there should be proper planning first. You need a pad and paper to take note of all your ideas and at the same time, sketch it the way you want it. This can surely help you build an effective web design.

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With the advent of the new technology, when was the last time you wrote somethingusing a pen and paper? It would not be surprising to know that you use themseldom, especially that we are now entering the digital age where technologies suchas laptop and tablet blossom across the world. But the crucial thing is that, theuse of pen and paper is definitelya lot more efficient compared tousing a computer when it comes towriting, sketching, designing, and otherkinds of activity which entails brainstorming.

With the use of pen and paper, your own creativityis unleashed in a fast manner which canmake your work more efficient that ever. Another great thing is that, you can savetons of your time and energy, while having the chance to decrease that head-scratching moment. Below are the reasons behind the claims, thus, dig out yourpapers and begin doodling on them now!

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It Combats Designer's Block

The very first reason why, as a designer, you need tosketch on a paper first before youstart designing on a computer asyour ideas would flow in a morenatural way. This is obviously not a preference issue but this is apredefined habit of humans. After all, sketching on paper is a lot user-friendly thantyping on the computer, as you can write or draw anything on the paper naturallyand freely. Take some time off from the computer screen and bring out your penciland sketchbook, and start sketching anything that would come into your mind. If youwant to come up with a logo, you can begin with a circle, and after a few minutes,you will notice that you have already made several variations.

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Greatly Saves Energy and Time

This becomes more beneficial for web designers. In the case of web design, thereare always so many things to be planned, for example, homepage, contact page,product page, even details like how the link button would look like. Andsketching your ideas on Photoshopand modifying them when changesare necessary would prove to betime-consuming and exhausting. Thus, why would you allow yourenergy and time to be wasted on the computer if you have pens and papers thatcan do the job? You can always sketch on the paper the way how you want to, thentear down the idea anytime you want without the need to press buttons there andhere- a total productivity. Moreover, you can sketch faster and more ideas wouldpop up in a short period of time and you can change them to spawn more ideas-talk about being creative.

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Gives A Clear Perspective

There are a lot of professional web designers, as well as graphic artists who usuallybring their sketchpad when having meetings with their clients. And this is becausesketching is faster than when using computers during brainstorming sessions. Inaddition, in the design industry it isnecessary that the designerclearly understands what theclient need and want to see, and in this case,a pen and paper come handy. Always bring your sketchpad along with you whenhaving client meetings. Your drawing in http://www.gridbooks.com/ sketchbooks doesnot need to be perfect, it just needs to be a rough representation of what the clientmay see as the final product.

Along with the intensive advances in the new technology, it is our duty to keep upwith it without leaving the traditional things we have left behind, especially thosewhere our creativity stems from.