Week 2 started off a little shorter than most, due to the memorial day weekend. The unofficial end to summer meant distractions were inevitable. Still, I managed to carve some time out of play to get some reading done. What stuck with me after the readings though were chapter three of ” The Design of Everyday Things.”
UX Reflective Journaling Week 1
So here we are, after one week of taking the UX course. Full disclosure, before deciding to take this course I attempted to apply for a few full-time UX jobs. With my design experience, I felt like I had the necessary tools and experience to “Fake it till you make it”. I was mistaken, there are so many nuances in UX that one has to learn, and so far I am glad I decided to go down this path of learning and enlightenment.
Music education leads to smarter kids.
Music is an extremely important subject for all children to learn and can lead to better brain development, increases in human connection, and even stress relief.
Animation station: My love letter to animation
Animation for me and most tends to remain in the realm of design and creative magic. It may sound like the ravings of a madman but many us of who can still remember what their favorite morning cartoons were, they gave of something to look forward to, they gave us hope, they made us laugh,…
Prepping images for animation. Adobe Illustrator to After Effects.
Prepping images for animation in After Effects takes a bit of planning, but from my experience, these critical steps will save you from thousands of headaches later.
Designing with Adobe XD. Book’d a user experience design case study.
A few years ago I partnered with a local startup to create an app called Book’d. The following is a user experience design case study based on that project.
Selling a pre-launch app with video, special effects and 3D. Vidwal: A Case Study
How do you create a convincing app promotional video, for an app that was pre-launch with interactive prototypes or pre-launch version?
The rise of self-employment; manifest destiny or a survival tactic.
In the fall of 2007, the United States came to a stark realization. The realization was that their stable way of life and income was not that stable after all.
Giving back feels good, and it’s worth doing at least once a year.
Giving back feels good, and it’s worth doing at least once a year. A lot of us as creative professionals, tend to get caught up in the day to day hustle.
Getting inspiration from everywhere. One of the unsung skills of a creative designer.
One of the unsung skills of a creative designer is getting inspiration from everywhere. A couple of years ago while working for Dell the team of designers that I worked with was asked to enter a sort of internal competition. The end result, one person’s design would be chosen to be featured at Dell World…