Repurposing TV Test Patterns to Visualize Creative ProcessRepurposing TV Test Patterns to Visualize Creative Process
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Hot take: maybe the best ideas aren't completely new. They're just used somewhere unexpected.
Take something out of the context it was designed for, put it somewhere it doesn’t belong, and suddenly it becomes something completely different.
I went down a rabbit hole of old TV test patterns and used them as backgrounds for the stages of my creative process. Turns out something made to calibrate broadcasts is also pretty perfect for capturing the very real chaos of making things.
What’s something you’ve used completely out of context?
Inspired by the original test card by @peakstarwave.
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the test patterns as a creative process map is such a good idea.
Damilola's avatar
Wow..amazing!
Toms's avatar
love how it turned out, lovely character work, Sabrina 🙌
Nazar's avatar
Yasno Design Agency logo
never would've thought of test patterns as data viz
Vara's avatar
Using old TV test screens to show creative mess is a brilliant idea. Plain, boring tools often make the most interesting art.
Joyjit's avatar
Really solid storytelling here, the visuals support it perfectly.
Rishabh's avatar
loved the animation
Esther 's avatar
Really nice 👍
MD Robin 's avatar
Good work and nice to see
Ankita's avatar
i run my flat hunt as a sales pipeline in notion. stages, follow-up dates, a score column. works embarrassingly well.
yours is better though. you took an object that was built to show you what's broken and used it to map a process that is mostly broken.
Rahul 's avatar
Pencil & Screen logo
These colours look so cool. Excellent work 😍
Pavlo's avatar
ma fav colours 💙🖤🤍
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Jamiyu's avatar
yes it cool
Daniela's avatar
Great idea! Love it!🙌
Jamiyu's avatar
it really great
Ziva's avatar
omg i love it, finally some originality!!!
Jamiyu's avatar
Great work
Asif's avatar
Saqork Studio logo
creative as creative
Nazmul's avatar
"Maybe the best ideas aren't completely new" is such a great take. We are always told to reinvent the wheel, but sometimes just shifting the context is enough to make something totally fresh. Love the design here.
gargi's avatar
Sometimes creativity is misbehaving with context🙌
Ashar's avatar
This is such a clever way to show process. Test patterns were built to expose what is off, so using them to map the messy middle of a project makes the chaos feel intentional rather than random. I have done something similar with packaging proofs, borrowing a print calibration...
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