An Idea Everyday helped me on many levels, personal issues, professional issues, it was the best thing I could do. But I’m good now, I feel great. I’m ready for the next step. I want to run and train more, get the most out of me. I also want to put more time in a work, that takes more then one hour. I want to collaborate with friends, and for all of this I need more time and sleep.

I can proudly let you all know I’ve succeed in all my examinations in January. So another step closer to my degree. A big release of pressure for me. I hate to fail, and for a moment I thought I failed.

So please, let me go for a run.

I didn’t expected thousands and thousands of appreciations/likes/Reposts/Blog posts/Retweets, but you made it happen. Another proof the Art Community is the best community ever! Thank you!

Because I simple don’t see a line, as I said before. I always ask myself, why not tell the truth? About anything. If my mom ask me if I Drunk to much beer last night, I tell her the truth. I don’t see a reason why to lie. Did I do something bad, If so. I don’t want to extend my punishment any further and tell right away. I don’t understand how people can lie? Sometimes you hurt people, I know but I believe you can solve anything, it might take some time. But it will go over if you want.

Back to the fun Party story. I tested my official pokerface by playing poker with some friends. First I practiced online with some friends on Partypoker.com . Once I knew how and when to pull a bluf, I knew I it was time to pull the pokerface, bluf, lie in a real life poker tournament. Wow, to my surprise it was pretty hard in the beginning. Hiding your double aces, playing slow without that silly smile or over-acted “I have a bad hand, please raise me” face.

My first bluf failed dramatically, I folded after my first bullet. But once I knew everyone saw my failed bluf face, I turned it into my weapon. Act little bit silly, throw the most weird bet, fuck the rules, and after few wins, before I knew I was on the finale table. Then heads-up and before I knew I won the actual tournament. Thanks to some lucky hands and turns, but definitely thanks to my terrible pokerface. Nobody knew if I was actually bluffing or playing some nice hands. Unfortunate you can’t use this weapon online, but it’s a great way to learn some techniques.

What’s your pokerface? Are you a good lier? Let me know

I’ve selected three sets of prints. 3 different sets, one based on typography, another one on colors and energy. It’s up to you which set you prefer, or do you want them all? Everything is possible!
Here is a preview on the different sets; (all prints are A3.)

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Set 1:

Set 2:

Set 3:

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Here are some snapshots from the first orders this weekend. With the profits I will host an exhibition or publish a book. But for now on, it’s to early to call things serious. But I have some plans!

This month I want to surprise you! If you pick one poster, I will pick 3 random (Probably my favorite) posters and send you 4 posters! All signed by me and I might even add some other surprises too. What do you think?

For 9 Euros you can grab your surprise package in my shop. Go Shopping now.

Enjoy the surprise and thanks for the lovely support! All profits go to my first exhibition!

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While, I try to keep up with answering your emails and ideas, I found one solutions on many questions. You want a poster, but print it yourself. Well I’ve made a package with 15 High resolution images, for you to print at your local print shop or at home! You can find the package in my shop, for only 2,5 Euros. Almost for free!

Buy Do It Yourself – An Idea Everyday Package

Selected Ideas for this Package(15):
- Actions Have Reactions
- A Day Without Laughter Is A Day Wasted
- A Minute of Perfection
- Breathe
- Have No Fear
- It’s never To Late
- Morning Keep The Streets Empty
- Never Do The Same Thing Twice
- President
- Save Gorillas
- Style is Knowing Who You Are
- The Person Who Works The Hardest Win
- Work Hard Be Nice
- You Know That You Have seen This before
- Your Best Work is Ahead of You

Stop thinking, stop writing down why you should not do something or even think about it. Give your idea a chance. I can formally say, almost all. If not all my successful projects, are the ones I didn’t prepared. Projects I started from scratch, because I had this feeling something good will come out of it. The famous “This is it” feeling! But there are some things you have to know, before you decide to use this technique. From my experience, here is a list of things you should know;

Since you didn’t prepared this project, it is highly possible that you forgot some important things or come across problems you have never battled before. See this as a good thing. Next time you know this and you will be prepared. It’s not because you fail once, you are a failure. Let’s celebrate a failed project and turn your next, into a succes!

I don’t want to say you shouldn’t have any expectations, it’s important to believe in your project and know you will do anything to make this work. But if you start with sky-high expectations, you might lose your actual idea, what you actually wanted to do with this project. And when an idea becomes one blur in your mind, I assure you it will fail.

Take a deep breath, remind yourself why you started this project and why it gave you “This is it” feeling again! Try and recall that feeling once in a while. The best thing to do this, is to write it down! When you are relaxed and focussed, there is a bigger chance you will find the correct solution for your problems and make this project happen. And when it does, I assure you it’s all worth it.

You launched your project, people start to interact and your project starts to live. When this happens, prepare yourself, because you just entered a new stage! The stage where you decide to learn from your mistakes or enjoy the moment, because from this moment on. Your project is growing and anything is possible. It’s up to you how you want your project to grow.

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But at least give your ideas a chance, I hear a lot off people around me saying they have so many ideas, “BUT”… there is always a “but”. “I have no time”, “I don’t know how to do this”, “I don’t think I can do this”, etc. Try to kill your “but’s”. You live only once, you are who you are and if you want to give your ideas a chance, act and do what you want. If you don’t have time, make time. If you don’t know how to do something, learn it. Thinking you can’t do something, is not acceptable in my opinion. Just remind yourself what you want to achieve in live and work for it.

Do you over think your ideas? Or can you find yourself in this text. Let me know what you think in the comment section below!

Thanks for reading,
Bram

But not every artist is a graphic designer. Artists, in my opinion are the one who say, fuck you to the whole design community with all their rules and styles, and show them what they really think about it. But nice things happen when they accept their both weaknesses and collaborate.

Myself, I love to experiment. I prefer to be an artist, but today you have to accept the following fact: More you know = Better! That’s the reason why I do, or at least, try to do as many different things as possible. In my eyes there is no limitation in doing.

So yes, I collaborate on web design projects and corporate projects. It’s fun, it helps me explore new areas and it gives me a chance to get to know more about this, then reading a blogpost or two.

Here is a project I worked on with the Italian producer IRKO. As a producer and creative thinker himself, he accepted the fact I had to do my thing and I want to thank him to give me so much freedom! You can visit www.irko.it for the live version(The developer is still tweaking on the website).

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