This is a challenge I got from a designer friend of mine Tim McMahan posted on his blog a few months back. I’ve been feeling lately like I need a jolt of creativity, so I thought I’d try it out. It was a good, fun challenge. Let me know if you try it, too.
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To Do This
1 – Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 – Go to Quotations Page and select “random quotations”
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.
3 – Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 – Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.
5 – Post it to FB with this text in the “caption” or “comment” and TAG the friends you want to join in.
(If you spend more than 5 minutes, you’re doing it wrong.)
((why couldn’t all of our school project’s have been cool like this?))
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Here’s my randomly generated, creatively branded Band Name and Album Cover:
Filed under: Ordinary Life | Tags: blogs, Calvary, creativity, design, friends
A blog carries with it a sense of personal branding. It’s like you’re saying, “this is a part of who I am, what I’m about, what I represent, and what I’m interested in sharing with everyone else.” It’s a piece of how you present yourself as a brand to whomever happens to stumble upon it. The design you choose can speak just as much about who you are as the words you write.
One of my fellow pastors at Calvary, Ryan Guard, has a great blog. He just needed a good graphic that tied in a little bit to his personality. A couple weeks ago when he made the switch to using WordPress, he sent out a plea for help for a better graphic look. I thought I’d hook him up with some simple jpeg goodness. This was the first idea that popped in my head and fortunately Ryan liked it, too. What do you think?
I wish I could get the same inspiration to make up a custom graphic for my own blog. But, I’ve got nothing. So, I’ll just stick with the cool rocks and water for now. Maybe someday creativity will strike and I can be a little more intentional about my own personal branding…
