I know that some of you have been jealous of my flat files setup. This morning I decided to tackle the task of organizing and moving two of my drawers for easier access when I have my car in the garage. See what you think of this--I asked Chat GPT to give me ideas for the best way to organize my source materials for my collages The stencil drawer is now at the top and the folders with the sorted collage materials is now in drawer two.
Ooooh, I covet flat file drawers. Slobber. And that you organized them. This is too much!🫠
The irony is I bought two sets for $100 40 years ago and the second set were left on the side of the road near my house
I keep my images in CD folders, numbered and also saved in my Computer Storage.
I hope it helps.
I organized them based on how I create my collages:Nature, People, Travel, Art and artists, Countries: Japan , Trinidad, Egypt, international newspapers these all go with my theme of inspired by place
That's a smart system, organized around what you're actually making instead of how stock libraries want to sort things. Bet it's way easier to find what you need when the categories match your process.
I went down the same road with ChatGPT trying to sort my reference shots by subject and lighting angle. Ended up with a folder system so specific I can't remember which folder anything's in. What categories did it suggest for the collage materials, out of curiosity?
Yes, Tomasz Bitra, I agree that Muffy came up with a good organizational system. And I'm guessing your system allows you more time, Muffy, to be involved in the creative part of the process.