Wallas' Creative Steps

So I wanted to make a quick post on Wallas' creative steps. Essential he breaks down the creative process into four major steps; Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and verification. Although these steps don't have to occur in any particular order, they tend to follow each other.

I wanted to relate the process in making my postcards. During the preparation stage, I gathered information, in this case the class assignment, and began to gather ideas on what I wanted to create and what problem I wanted to address. After taking the photos, I began to get a more clear idea of what my ideas were and how I wanted to address them. This would be the incubation step as well as Illumination step. Remember, these steps do not have to go one after another. It is a circular pattern. I have not yet reached the verification step because my ideas have not come to full completion yet.