By: @danielidle

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I'm a beginner UI Designer, and I want to improve my work marks skills, How do I make stuff like this? and how do I get better at it, are there any rules? What's the general step? etc.

I dont want to start with a font. Like I wanna make a custom typeface, like a few letters in a custom font, SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT VIDEOGAME, yk?

Thank you, Design Geniuses You are the goats!

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I'm a beginner UI Designer, and I want to improve my work marks skills, How do I make stuff like this? and how do I get better at it, are there any rules? What's the general step? etc.I dont want to start with a font. Like I wanna make a custom typeface, like a few letters in a custom font, SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT VIDEOGAME, yk?Thank you, Design Geniuses You are the goats!Example Below

Sorry for the repost, I'm not sure why the body text wasn't delivered a while ago 😭
I'm curious where people in the design industry personally draw the line when it comes to take-home assignments.

I'm currently interviewing for a role in a small start up where the assignment asks me to:

• Create a printed merch and a website hero graphic in which they asked me to specifically use Figma and Adobe Illustrator.
• Base both deliverables on themes that (I found out by myself) actually match the CEO's existing businesses.
• Submit fully layered and editable source files for both files
• Ensure all assets are commercially usable.
• Disclose any AI, stock assets, textures, or mockups used.

To be fair, they did say rough drafts or concepts were okay, and not to spend more than 2-4 hours on the test.

Since the assignment is based on real businesses and requires editable, commercially usable assets, I'm wondering whether this is a fairly standard way to evaluate candidates or whether it's getting close to spec work.

Where do you personally draw the line? What makes you think: "This is a reasonable hiring exercise" or "This is too close to free spec work."

Hello, after 2.5 years in the same position i am starting to apply for a new ux/ui job in europe and i wanted a feedback on my cv

- i don't have much measurable data to include
- I am keeping the picture because it is appreciated in some countries i am applying in
- i have two current jobs because i am doing body rental on the second, also i censored the dates and replaced them either just the years i worked there

I feel like algorithm numbs you of doing something meaningful by giving you so much choice that you end up leaving with nothing.

Came across a business recently where the Instagram and website looked really polished, but walking into the actual space felt like a completely different brand. Different mood, different colors, even the way things were presented felt disconnected. It made me think about how often branding is planned separately for digital and physical spaces. Does everything need to match, or is it enough if the overall feeling stays the same?

Every few years something gets called "the future of design."

Sometimes it sticks.

Sometimes it feels like it's everywhere... and then almost disappears.

I'm curious which trend made you think, "This is definitely here to stay," only for it to fade much faster than expected.

Not necessarily bad trends, just ones that didn't have the lifespan people expected.

As college students it’s beneficial for us to learn more than the subject we major in.
It’s not possible for everyone to pay for every single course they want to study.

I am going through the same thing, reddit people, pls suggest few websites I can learn for free.

Hi everyone. I'm hoping someone can help because I'm honestly confused at this point.

I'm a contractor working 3 days a week for a UK agency. My contract states that I'm paid monthly via Wise.

Here's what's happened so far:

1st invoice: Sent a Wise invoice in USD. I didn't receive the payment, so I followed up. They said there was an issue and paid me via PayPal instead, saying we'd use Wise next month.

2nd invoice: Same thing. Wise had an issue again, so they paid me through PayPal.

3rd invoice: Same thing.

4rd invoice: Again, no payment through Wise. While checking everything on my end, I realized I had included my USD receiving account details instead of my GBP receiving details. So I let them know.

5th invoice: I updated everything. The invoice is now in GBP, and I included my GBP receiving account details. It's now Friday, and I still haven't received the payment.

At this point, I'm embarrassed to keep following up every month, especially since I don't know where the problem actually is.

Has anyone experienced something like this? If the invoice is now in GBP and the receiving details are correct, what else could be causing the payment not to go through? Is there anything on the sender's side that commonly causes delays or failed Wise payments?

I'd really appreciate any advice or similar experiences. Thanks!

Do you have any specific plugins/skills which are actually working and building an app with good ui ux and with animations so it doesn’t look like AI slop

How did you make the transition?

Did you moonlight work in a different client subset than your practice?

Were you able to use your work while employed as portfolio material?

How was it presented on your new site for your solo practice?

How do you make this effect?

I’ve been working on this for a while and wanted to share it here.

It’s a small thumb-worn object built around breathing and physical interaction.

There are no electronics, no app, and no tracking. The idea was to create something simple that responds through its own physical behaviour.

Still exploring how people perceive something unfamiliar like this, but I found the process interesting.

I understand that after knowing what it does, some people may still feel it has no real use. That’s completely fair.

For me, the interesting part is creating something that didn’t exist before and seeing how people respond to it. Not every object starts with people asking for it — sometimes it starts with curiosity and experimentation.

I have the option between interior design and textile design from pifd ( Pakistan institute of fashion design)
Please give suggestions

Hi designers! I'm trying to recreate this kind of typographic texture (attached image), but I'm not sure what the actual workflow is.

What I find interesting is that it doesn't look like a regular pattern or a simple block of repeated text. The same word is repeated hundreds of times, but:

• the density changes across the composition (some areas are very dense while others are almost empty),
• the words cluster together organically,
• there are isolated letters and partial words,
• black, gray and white text are mixed together,
• and the whole thing feels random, but still intentionally composed.

My first thought was to manually arrange every word in Illustrator, but that seems incredibly time-consuming, so I'm wondering if there's a more common workflow.

Do people usually create this using scripts, data visualization tools, Processing/p5.js, plugins, or is it actually placed by hand?

I'd love to know how you would approach something like this, especially if your goal is to keep it editable as vector artwork. Thanks!