Do you have what it takes?

http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2003/09/12/art-direction-do-you-have-what-it-takes.htm

This article poses the question our design class raised for all of us... do you have the creativity to design successful layouts for newspapers? The article offers the following two links:

http://www.ronreason.com/simple/index.html
http://www.ronreason.com/simple2/index.html

They're quick "quizzes" that prompt you with a design scenario, and encourage you to take 30-seconds to sketch out your design solution to the situation they create. Take a minute and try! I was suprised at the solutions they offered to having poor quality images, or no images at all.

Don't feel bad if you're ideas aren't half as creative as theirs are...you're not alone.