Your ideal working environment
I'm sure everyone has their own preference when it comes to their ideal working atmosphere, and I'm curious to see what everyone else prefers.
When I'm at home working, I usually turn down the lights, or turn them off completely. I always need some sort of ambient background sound, so I typically turn on some music. I've found that deep-bass trance/electronica works the best as far as staying focused. If I listen to my regular music, I have a tendency to get distracted when the songs change, whereas some techno (go go iTunes radio!) can be an endless beat and keeps me focused.
Anyone else have a similar preference? Turning on a movie, music, etc? I know I can't be the only one.
When I'm at home working, I usually turn down the lights, or turn them off completely. I always need some sort of ambient background sound, so I typically turn on some music. I've found that deep-bass trance/electronica works the best as far as staying focused. If I listen to my regular music, I have a tendency to get distracted when the songs change, whereas some techno (go go iTunes radio!) can be an endless beat and keeps me focused.
Anyone else have a similar preference? Turning on a movie, music, etc? I know I can't be the only one.
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nothing like a haxor Harvard education to back me up in case the dope smoking artist thing falls through.
Anyone else paused music to talk to someone only not realise they havent turned it back on about 15minutes later?
Happens quite a bit actually, especially when I'm really focused. Kinda suck though since it interrupts my moment of Zen
music would be playing and the house was empty of the band that lived there along side me. i've been hard pressed to find a more perfect work environment but i still get by.
really interesting question and some cool answers.
Now, to be honest, I work in my 'perfect' environment. Surrounded by awesome people (sup jouste?) and work on fun things. If I were to make one complaint, it would be to be able to have complete ownership over the work I do. But, for me right now, such is life.
My FAVOURITE working environment though is to have a bunch of people I get along with around me, having an interesting conversation that I don't have to be a part of but can just listen in on. (Like when I was in my class at school) This somehow is the best way to keep me focused and happily working away.
Working with wood all day long ain't fun.
trust me.
Working with wood, eh?
12-6am, alone, headphones on listening to metal.
Hanging out with a bunch of friends talking about random nonsense then quickly forget about it as we move on to another random topic.
Neither one of these are totally ideal situations to be in all the time...But what can you do. I also have come up with the tune and words for almost all of the best songs I've written in the shower.
As for a work environment though, I like to be surrounded by friends who are better than me at art. I like to be as sponge like as possible and absorb everything I can.
I change my answer to this
-i hate the buzzing that computers or pretty much every hardware makes so i need either music or something else that is louder like rain drops on windows "awesome" !
-i work best in the 8-2 in the morning time block
-i hate cubicles or anything that would imply office culture i want to be somewhere cozy when working so at home is the best.
-and indeed something to eat in arms reach preferably something healthy also something where the the temperature state doesn't matter (nothing that would melt or has to be eaten hot)
-i also like to have a movie on it doesnt distract me at all really
Natural light in the room
Nice weather outside (I live in the UK, so this is guesswork
AC that works properly (again....guesswork)
A good amount of free space
hookkers n blow
Used to sit in a dungeon but got forced out of it... and got used to the light so thats a no biggie for me but here´s a few things i need.
Lots of space. I really dont enjoy feeling cramped and closed in. Some headphones on with some tunes in them. Better than listening to 20 other guys sitting around you hehe. I usually work better with a movie etc running in a small window in a corner somewhere (Music doesnt cut it). Don´t know why. I guess it´s related to that "doodling makes people focus and learn more"-research thingy.
But yeah. Huge desk, lots of screens, big space. Solitude. oh yeh!
in the corner facing the wall, headphones on, listening to some history/fantasy audiobook making some cool shit.
at home:
alone in a room, going back and forth between the pc and the drawing table, drawing standing up, pacing. listening to some soundtrack on a loop, lately its been the bourne identity ost (super badass)
just in general i find art is more introverted, so i like doing it on my own, alone, i'm not much for doing art in a group of people, you kinda can't help it at work, but at home i like to be in total isolation, i think that really helps eliminate distractions and helps you figure out what it is you want to do.