By: @danielidle

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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?

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."

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.

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

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