I started to actually create my product today, and it was a lot harder than I had originally thought. The legwork is all there- I have gone through Kemps Model and figured out all the different components of my product but I am still feeling stuck in terms of design. It's like writers blocks but on the instructional design side. What I feel like I need is to create a really basic version of what I want, and then tweak is to be more visually more appealing. I'd like to use photographs where appropriate, and I won't know which photographs to put with the different information until I have laid it all out. I think that way I can move and adjust images as needed.
To help, I did some searching about designer's block and found a great article: http://gomedia.us/zine/insights/graphic-design/10-tips-avoid-designers-block/. I think a lot of these things definitely help me to see more clearly, especially the ones that involve taking a step back. Typically, when it comes to creating something like this, when I step away for 24 hours and come back, I have a whole new take on how it should look, feel, etc., and can tackle a lot more and be much more productive.
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