A serious question for designers, artists, architects, and otherwise

[DS1]

Poll question: A serious question for designers, artists, architects, and otherwise

creatives.

In which block of hours do you do your best thinking/work?

Please select the bracket that best matches the time when you do your best work.

edit: every html/css designer should see this site at least once

http://www.csszengarden.com

It's the same html on every site, the only thing that changes is the style sheet - and graphics.

[miss_kitty]

1. I picked 11 pm to 2am

but generally it's like 9pm thru finish-so if it's something I can't put down, I will stay up until my work is not up to snuff.

[DS1]

6. I don't really start until I lay my head down on my pillow

around 1 am. And lay awake thinking about concepts and sketching them out, until 2 am. If I had a more hours lenient job, I'd probably stay awake until 10 the next morning programming something and making it work.

[jpgray]

2. If I can get up and get started, around 4-6 am is best for me

No one is awake, I can take a walk if I have to, have coffee, watch the sun rise--all that helps me out. It's mostly about having quiet, a peaceful distraction-free atmosphere and no extraneous people moving around.

[scarlet_owl]

3. I usually do my painting in the afternoon or early

in the morning if I can't sleep.

[asthmaticeog]

4. Within a few hours of waking up.

I credit my morning caffein jolt with some of that, but continuing to drink coffee throughout the day brings diminishing returns.

[politicaholic]

5. In the morning while I'm still sober...

and into the afternoon. Then 6 o'clock comes and...well...let's just say that when I create at 2am it's more like a psychotic outburst than art.

[DS1]

7. psychotic outburst

interesting, but not what I'm getting. what I typically get at those hours is something that would kick fucking ass, but take about 2 months to program. ouch.

[khashka]

8. 4 am knows all my secrets

It's when I finally give up and just do it. And when I wake up in the morning bleary-eyed - hating myself for writing that, for designing that.... I also feel secretly proud. I'm so inhibited and repressed... but at 4 am it's all open. And that's when my best work is done.

Khash.

[enigmatic]

9. Middle of the night

I've written my best poetry, prose, and songs then.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. It just comes to me at random times

But usually late at night because that's when I actually attempt to be creative.

That site is great. Really good wxample of the versatility of CSS.