how to begin - by Celine Nguyen - personal canon

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on copying, technique and taste ✦ plus 6 close readings of great essay intros

how to begin on copying, technique and taste ✦ plus 6 close readings of great essay intros Celine Nguyen Jan 26, 2025 3,863 63 455 Share When I was 22, I met a designer whose work I had admired and respected for many years. Halfway through our conversation, I worked up the courage to ask for advice: ‘I’m not capable of the work I want to do. How can I make better work?’ ‘Take something you like,” she said, ‘and try to copy it exactly. Copying teaches you a lot about technique.’ 1 It was obvious that she wasn’t advocating for theft, for passing off someone else’s work as my own. Instead, copyin

how to begin - by Celine Nguyen - personal canon

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