Puzzle Wallpaper

I love the idea of this wallpaper created by CinqCinq - puzzles and games which can be filled in by both kids and adults. The games include word-searches, naughts and crosses and a maze. I like how that the wallpaper would be a focus point of a room, would be a talking point and could also persuade some interaction. There's something about it which brings back thoughts of when I was younger and loved puzzle books and a pack of crayons - but from the photos is feels to me that this idea doesn't work - it looks like kids have used markers to draw over the walls.

Colour By Numbers

Colour by number sheets were very popular when I was younger, and they still are today. There's simple sheets like the example below, or much more complicated ones such as manga or a photographed scene. I find it relaxing and therapeutic to colour in one of the sheets, as I'm still creating something, yet it's not too taxing on the brain. I love colouring in (I once won a Butlins award for my colouring in!) and sometimes I like to go wild and swap the numbers and colours around to try something new out get some inspiration for new design work.

It was in these first practices of colouring in that probably influenced mine, and many other childrens love of art, so I'm going to explore them a bit, possibly make my own but with a twist.

Kerning Game

This game is a really good test to see how good you are at kerning. I got 96/100..was a little wonky on one but got 100% on most! Give it a try!

Kerning game crafted by Mark MacKay for Method of Action