Tim Siedell (@badbanana on Twitter) interviews Weird Al Yankovic on his creative process- how it's changed over the years and the positive and negative effects the digital age has had on it.

This print nails it, I would say... ;)

Note from Nicole- The title alone should make you want to read this article. Tons of pictures with ideas for stretching your doodles & designs in new directions. Click on the "via vector.tutsplus.com" link above to read the full article.

Note from Nicole- Click on the "via" link above to head over to Daisy Janie and see the great design patterns Jan came up with from this photograph she took and the steps she took getting there.

Thanks so much to Kim for inviting me back to True Up, to guest blog about my new fabric collection, Glam Garden! Last time I was here Kim interviewed me about my debut fabric collection Hot Blossom, and today I’m going to share with you the inspiration and creative process behind Glam Garden.

Note from Nicole- Click on the "via" link above to read the entire post and view all the images.

Visual Recipes Design Process

After a long wait; we're excited to be able to show you a really cool project we worked on several months ago. Visual Recipes is a site with a great idea: Take pictures for each step of your process when making a delicious dish and post it online. Great for visual learners (like myself) and great for the users who get to share their recipes.

Note from Nicole- This website re-design looked interesting, not only because of the great work by fortyseven media, but I think this Visual Recipes site sounds like a great idea! Enjoy! Click here to read the entire post which covers logo design and a series of website revisions.

Note from Nicole- Click on the above "via Jezzeblog" link to see Jesse's entire process to coming up with this great design!

Illustrative Pattern 2

This tutorial documents this patterns creation and will show the fundamentals when it comes to creating a tiled pattern that you can seamlessly repeat. It’s fun, easy, and creatively addictive.

Note from Nicole- You have to download the file to see the process, but his process is shown in-depth. Well worth it! Click on the above "via" link to go to the site.

In this article I will talk about how I came to the name for my freelancing business ‘Just Creative Design’ and also the logo design process that I used to design the award winning logo that you see above.

This logo has won 3 major awards:

• Wolda “Best of Continent” 2008
• Wolda “Best of Australia” 2008
• The Logo Design Love Award

This logo also appears in these publications:

• Wolda 2008 Logo Design Annual
• DG Portfolio 8

The process I used was somewhat disjointed and a very long one at that, mainly because I was designing for myself and I had no idea what ‘brand’ I was after, but this is it. Enjoy.

Note from Nicole- Very in-depth and informative post. Click on the "via justcreativedesign.com" link above to read entire article.

As a designer, I think we all have experienced the hard time of finding new ideas and inspirations. That’s why I’ve chosen to talk about this topic in my presentation at the FOWD conference. In this post, I want to do a recap of my slides – Finding Inspiration From Your Environment. Read on to find out how my work habits and environment influence my design.