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im a designer/photographer by 'trade' took prepress as a job, really enjoy it. Only occasionally get allowed to be creative. Generally i have to copy old labels or make up someone's hand drawn design. Which i don't mind, as they always look better made up.
My boss give me design work to do but his idea of what looks good doesn't match mine, so i always end up with designs that look crap. He's happy, but i think "god, what if someone sees that?"! He always likes to add some strap line, that's not clever nor funny and just degrades it further.
Anyway back to your point.... There's nothing wrong with getting ideas from other sources. Fabric, paintings, sculptures... the patern on the sole of your trainer....they're all sources of inspiration. No one comes up with an idea completely off the top of their head. It's always come from somewhere, whether thay like it or not. Subliminally almost.
just keep going at it. Total creative control can be a hindrance. Sometimes your best work will come from when the client gives you lots of constraints.
Buy a book called "a smile in the mind" its about CLEVER design. WIT.
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