There is a theory that the most successful and prolific designers are those who implement experimentation and exploration into their design process. It is those designers that end up innovating and making the most memorable of all design. Sagmeister, Josh Davis, Milton Glaser, David Carson to name a few. More and more studios are encouraging this type thing to keep their designers fresh AND keep them happy. This talk will explore Myron’s personal beliefs on creative process. The importance as a working designer to: • Maintain a personal practice without limitations be it art / tutorials / tests • Include an experimental component into your creative process. • To be ok with taking risks and making something ugly to reach innovation. • Encourage designers to fail and salvage beauty from mistakes.

2. SENIOR INSTRUCTOR - VFS DIGITAL DESIGNART DIRECTOR / MEDIA ARTIST / ANIMATOR / ILLUSTRATOR / EDUCATOR

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4. AUTOMATIC DRAWING
Automatic Drawing
Jean Arp
Automatic Drawing
Andre Masson
(1917-18) (inscribed 1916). Ink and pencil on paper, (1924). Ink on paper,

5. EQUISITE CORPSE

8. Exquisite Corpse Exercise
February 2013

10. RE:ENTRY
November 2002

11. RE:ENTRY
November 2002

12. RE:ENTRY
November 2002

13. TRAILER PARK BOYS - SEASON 2 WEBSITE
Flash Animation - 2002

14. CBC - STREET CENTS BUMPER - BUYER’S GUIDE
Flash Animation - 2004

24. ?

26. Work
"Failure is only the opportunity to more
intelligently begin again."
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with
no loss of enthusiasm."
"The things which hurt, instruct."
- Henry Ford
- Winston Churchill
- Benjamin Franklin
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways
that won't work.
- Thomas A. Edison

28. DOES THI

29. FLORIAN SCHMITT
ERIK NATZKE
JOSHUA M. SMITH - HYRDRO74
BRADLEY GROSH - GMUNK
DAITO MANABE
KYLE MCDONALD
NANDO COSTA
ERIC CHAN - EEPMON
SARA BLAKE - ZSO
GRANT SKINNER

30. STEFAN SAGMEISTER

31. MARIAN BANTJES

32. JOSH DAVIS

33. JAMES PATERSON

34. Studio
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100.0
2007 2008 2009 2010
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29%
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36. GIANT ANT

37. GIANT ANT

38. GIANT ANT

39. WORLD FAMOUS

40. ASSIGNMENT #46 - Blow Something Up
Christopher Harrell

41. ASSIGNMENT #17 - A nature documentary (real or imagined).
Christopher Harrell

42. WORLD FAMOUS
Viral Campaign for The Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah

43. TANGIBLE INTERACTION
Vancouver, BC CANADA

44. TANGIBLE INTERACTION
Vancouver, BC CANADA

45. TANGIBLE INTERACTION
Vancouver, BC CANADA
Arcade Fire, Coachella 2011 Chanel Digital Graffiti Wall, 2010

46. TANGIBLE INTERACTION
Vancouver, BC CANADA

48. LYNDA BARRY

49. a jellyfish city living inside a giant jellyfish

50. DRAW BY NIGHT
2009-present

52. DRAW BY NIGHT - COLOGNE, GERMANY
2012-present

55. POSSIBLETHOUGHT
2001

56. CIRCLE TEST - JORGE CANEDO ESTRADA
Animation Test - 2002

57. WRECK THIS JOURNAL
Keri Smith

58. One Sketch A Day
AVisual Journal

59. Craft Fairs
Drawing Festivals
Hackathons

60. own

61. RD

64. @notsosimpleton
notsosimpleton.com