as a digital designer,?

Question

what types of information do you research? what are your sources? how do you use the internet?

Answer 1

Common research subjects, for me, are various costumes, uniforms and period clothing. There are some instances and clients for which historical accuracy is extremely important. Colors, fabrics, cuts, the arrangements of buttons, etc.

I have had a couple of projects that required me to find images of construction machinery and techniques of the late 19th and early 20th century.

For my own personal interest, I have been making a long series of sketches of American Civil War subjects.

I have an extensive "morgue" of images culled from magazines and books, of animals, people, sporting goods, tools, etc. The net offers me a much more comprehensive resource for my research. If I need to produce an image of a fox protecing her kits, from all my sources, including the net, I can find a head from one image, the body from another, the tail and foot placement from, still another, and so on, so that the end result is a perfecty accurate and ORIGINAL graphic.

Using applications like Illustrator and Photoshop, I can take the inspiration and resource of the entire net to produce the best products for my clients.

Answer 2

I usually make a list of all the words, actions, situations, ideas associated to my project. The visual comes when I understand the components and what I want it to suggest.
After search on google(and other search engine)
Or you can go on web site offering "stock images" or libraries.