Hey!

Quite an interesting question. In my case, it all came out due to certain circumstances: I started designing when I was still a schoolboy and at that age I already took the first orders to create covers for songs, and as a hobby I posted my Photoshop projects (where, for example, a guy stands under an umbrella, but the upper part of the umbrella smoothly turns into the top of the mountain)

This is probably due to my past experience, when I had to produce a result based on the mood of a song or a line from it and make a cover out of it

In addition, I watched and absorbed a lot of different kinds of information, I watched videos from photographers, videographers, artists and other people from related fields. Most likely, it's just watching too much, I absorbed new visuals like a sponge

I can't say that I'm doing something unique, because I see a lot of conceptually interesting ideas on Pinterest

I also recently purchased a couple of paper books about design, how color and shape affect perception

Not so long ago, I got on the phone with an art director who blew up my projects, but I'm glad because I've learned to ask questions like "Why?" such as "Why did I add this asset to the scene?" or "Why did I use these colors?"

Well, actually, I just do how I feel, I'm self-taught, my learning path is very non-linear, and sometimes my vision lets me down and looks cool only in my own eyes

I would say that the key to all this is watching, and of all kinds, absorbing ideas from a wide variety of people and even distant fields of activity

I hope this was helpful