More ways to develop my skills

A good way to develop my skills is to set myself exercises.  I have found some exercises another graphic designer has posted online:

http://www.patrickmann.com/2012/02/3-exercises-to-improve-your-graphic-design-skills/

1. Come up with multiple company names, whether existing companies or purely made up.
   I prefer to create names from scratch as they allow me to have a clean slate in my mind and let my creative skills flow. A random word generator is particularly good for this.
2. Get out some paper and sketch out concepts!
   It’s simple enough. If you’re confident you can set a time limit for the exercise.
3. Repeat daily, weekly or whenever you prefer.
   You should be incrementally doing it faster with better concepts every time.
4. Create a Colour Scheme

Most graphic designers don’t take time once in a while to practice creating colour schemes,  yet it can make or break a design. Colour conveys emotion so it is important to get this right. Pick a theme or emotion you want to convey (eg. Bubbly, India, Winter, Festive). Then simply build a colour scheme, preferably made of 5 colours to reflect the theme/emotion.