What I Learned From the #OneADayInMay Challenge 2021
This year I participated in a challenge called #oneadayinmay, where each day in May, I committed to sketching, designing, or creating a new potential product. This challenge was started last year (2020) by Cami Monet, as a way for her to get herself in the habit of creating something each day and further develop a product line.
This year, each day in May, I shared what I did in my Instagram Stories and one of them is even up in my shop already! It was a lot of fun (and also a ton of work) and I’m really excited about some of the results that came from it!
I created something each weekday, and skipped weekends and holidays, which gave me a total of 20 new designs!
I thought it would be fun to see all the designs together, so below is a compilation of photos of everything I created in May, in the order that I created them! (One of these designs is a secret project, so you’ll notice there are only 19 photos.)
What I Learned
Getting in the habit of creating every day wasn’t as hard as it seemed! I was really intimidated in the beginning, but what I found helpful was doing a huge brainstorming session before the month started, where I just listed out everything I’ve been wanting to create, different ideas for things, design goals, etc. When the day came, I just looked at my list and picked out what I felt like making that day. I can definitely get into a rut of analysis paralysis, where I just have so many ideas I don’t know where to start (and end up not starting anything), and this method forced me to just pick something and DO IT!
What’s Next
As I went along, I made notes regarding what needs to happen next with each design. Some designs are fully complete, and all I need to do is order product. Others need some finalizing before that happens, and still others are really just a rough sketch that needs to be revised. You should expect to see a sprinkling of new products throughout the next few months as I finalize all the details!
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