Comments on: The benefits of sharing creative source-files with your peers http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/ Personal blog of Chris Murphy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: 2clicks http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-7900 2clicks Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:16:45 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-7900 Hi! I read your article after downloading the Lime material (php, psd, and all) and have to say thank u for your generosity. Im a web/graphic designer and blogger. But im trying to develope my own theme for my blog. I do not know so much about PHP and integrating it to the graphic interfase but I love to investigate, and try, and try, and try. ^_^ So thanks for the material, it will be very useful for learning pourposes. May the source be with you, Chris! ;) Hi!
I read your article after downloading the Lime material (php, psd, and all) and have to say thank u for your generosity. Im a web/graphic designer and blogger. But im trying to develope my own theme for my blog.
I do not know so much about PHP and integrating it to the graphic interfase but I love to investigate, and try, and try, and try. ^_^

So thanks for the material, it will be very useful for learning pourposes. May the source be with you, Chris! ;)

]]> By: Ben http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-7427 Ben Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:14:35 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-7427 Well, I for one have benefited greatly from your willingness to release your work. I'm using your files on my blog right now and working with your sources has been a lot of help to me as a learning Wordpress hack. Having the original psd's has been awesome too. Very helpful and generous of you. Thanks! Well, I for one have benefited greatly from your willingness to release your work. I’m using your files on my blog right now and working with your sources has been a lot of help to me as a learning Wordpress hack.

Having the original psd’s has been awesome too. Very helpful and generous of you.

Thanks!

]]> By: Chris Murphy http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6889 Chris Murphy Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:32:44 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6889 From my perspective, the only practical way -- we as an industry -- are going to improve the quality of work that appears online, is to ensure that designers and developers learn from our mistakes, capitalize on our advances and build on what we leave behind. From my perspective, the only practical way — we as an industry — are going to improve the quality of work that appears online, is to ensure that designers and developers learn from our mistakes, capitalize on our advances and build on what we leave behind.

]]> By: zane matthew http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6875 zane matthew Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:26:54 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6875 very well said im new to the word press community and viewing others php files is a big help very well said
im new to the word press community and viewing others php files is a big help

]]> By: David Kappa http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6848 David Kappa Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:01:20 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6848 I found this post to be incredibly interesting from a couple of perspectives. The first angle I look at things is from the perspective of the aesthetics of the designer. What designer can honestly say they havent at some point in their career (and I feel it is actually a regular event) seen someone else work and said to themselves "damn, thats really good" and elements of said site have inspired them to create their own, yet similar, elements for their own projects? I some sphere's of psychology it is taught that there is no such thing as an original idea, concept, design, or anythingelse. You place the life experiences, things seen, heard & felt into the blender that is a persons mind, hit the button and what comes out is the "New Idea". The other avenue is that of which I in my talent am more geared towards and that is the view of me as a coder, I am happy with my coding abilities, have been for a while. I am fortunate enough that when I set my mind to it I pick up new or reinvented coding techniques fairly quickly, however I am not much of an artist, creating new visually pleasing, effecient items is not something that comes easily. However taking something that exists and replicating, cutting, cropping, nipping, tucking something so that it results in something which appears new and original is something I have managed to become efficient at, is that still plagerism? I don't know that is for each person to judge for themselves, personally I feel that if the end result is something that fits into your own style and not that of someone elses then you havent broken any unwritten laws of design. As for the quickly growing arena that is open source design I find this to be a much greater boon for all designers out there than any of the drawbacks associated with it. For those still learning and climbing their way up in their skills it gives access to knowledge, inspiration and what should only be an occasional shortcut (note on that last one, by shortcut I mean copying maybe a line of code from a whole page). And for the very experienced it gives an arena outside of their clients, who tend to play it safe, where they can push the boundaries of current design and help shape the web of tommorow as the use of these open source templates makes these newer ideas saturate faster and therefore become a mainstay faster so the whole web improves in look, feel and quality at a greatly increased rate. Well that turned into more of a ramble than I intended, Amazing job you have done with this design, I am intrigued how the other colour schemes you mentioned in another post are going to turn out. I found this post to be incredibly interesting from a couple of perspectives.
The first angle I look at things is from the perspective of the aesthetics of the designer. What designer can honestly say they havent at some point in their career (and I feel it is actually a regular event) seen someone else work and said to themselves “damn, thats really good” and elements of said site have inspired them to create their own, yet similar, elements for their own projects?
I some sphere’s of psychology it is taught that there is no such thing as an original idea, concept, design, or anythingelse.
You place the life experiences, things seen, heard & felt into the blender that is a persons mind, hit the button and what comes out is the “New Idea”.
The other avenue is that of which I in my talent am more geared towards and that is the view of me as a coder, I am happy with my coding abilities, have been for a while. I am fortunate enough that when I set my mind to it I pick up new or reinvented coding techniques fairly quickly, however I am not much of an artist, creating new visually pleasing, effecient items is not something that comes easily. However taking something that exists and replicating, cutting, cropping, nipping, tucking something so that it results in something which appears new and original is something I have managed to become efficient at, is that still plagerism? I don’t know that is for each person to judge for themselves, personally I feel that if the end result is something that fits into your own style and not that of someone elses then you havent broken any unwritten laws of design.

As for the quickly growing arena that is open source design I find this to be a much greater boon for all designers out there than any of the drawbacks associated with it. For those still learning and climbing their way up in their skills it gives access to knowledge, inspiration and what should only be an occasional shortcut (note on that last one, by shortcut I mean copying maybe a line of code from a whole page). And for the very experienced it gives an arena outside of their clients, who tend to play it safe, where they can push the boundaries of current design and help shape the web of tommorow as the use of these open source templates makes these newer ideas saturate faster and therefore become a mainstay faster so the whole web improves in look, feel and quality at a greatly increased rate.

Well that turned into more of a ramble than I intended, Amazing job you have done with this design, I am intrigued how the other colour schemes you mentioned in another post are going to turn out.

]]> By: Chris Murphy http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6834 Chris Murphy Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:14:52 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6834 Hi Matt, glad to hear from you again, and thank you for your comments. While I have yet to release this latest theme to the public - I will be releasing the complete package of Photoshop files the theme was built from. I have a few other projects for which source files will be released. In fact I'm thinking of building a repository of this sort of material. Who knows :D Hi Matt, glad to hear from you again, and thank you for your comments. While I have yet to release this latest theme to the public - I will be releasing the complete package of Photoshop files the theme was built from.
I have a few other projects for which source files will be released. In fact I’m thinking of building a repository of this sort of material. Who knows :D

]]> By: Matt Wilcox http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6819 Matt Wilcox Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:21:28 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/2007/08/03/the-benefits-of-sharing-creative-source-files-with-your-peers/#comment-6819 I think this is a great move. I've done similar before, but not to this level or extent. I've shard the PSD document is use as a template, and I've shared techniques and files for things like colour pallets on my site, but taking that extra step and including _finished work_ is something that would have been a complete no-no before I started contributing to Open Source projects. I do think it's the right choice though, and it really is a good feeling to think you might be helping someone out. Next time I do a design I think people will be interested in, I will follow your example and include source files in my write-ups. Kudos to you! I think this is a great move. I’ve done similar before, but not to this level or extent. I’ve shard the PSD document is use as a template, and I’ve shared techniques and files for things like colour pallets on my site, but taking that extra step and including _finished work_ is something that would have been a complete no-no before I started contributing to Open Source projects.

I do think it’s the right choice though, and it really is a good feeling to think you might be helping someone out. Next time I do a design I think people will be interested in, I will follow your example and include source files in my write-ups.

Kudos to you!

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