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Check out this book, The Principles of Beautiful Design. I have it and has awesome design principles, color schemes, etc... It is more based on designing a website as a whole rather than a user interface in particular...but great information none the less.

Blender is a free program that has been used in indie games and even some films. It recently got a grant from Epic Games and has a new release candidate out. You might want to have a graphics card to fully take advantage of it's realtime renderer Eevee.

Go to /r/blender for any questions.

*The Design of Everyday Things *Thinking with Type *Making and Breaking the Grid *There is a great email newsletter HOW Design has called "The Daily Heller". Sign up for that. *If you are interested in UI or Digital design, I recommend hack design.org.

It sounds like you lack design foundations. Pick up or borrow from you library The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams. It'll teach you the basic building blocks that go into a good aesthetic.

When I was starting out, I got a lot of use out of Universal Principles of Design. It breaks down a lot of terminology and best practices with clear diagrams and examples.

As for learning UX design, my best learning experiences came from practice, practice, practice

These are the two that are most highly regarded.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Right-Side-Brain-Definitive/dp/1585429201

Keys to Drawing - Bert Dodson http://www.amazon.com/Keys-Drawing-Bert-Dodson/dp/0891343377/ref=pd_sim_b_6

I usually note down skills i want to learn, for example Graphic design, then look for prerequisites of that skills, then find tutorials & add them in my curation.

Then niche down each part of graphic design like layout, typography, design theory etc, then find tutorials for that & save them, & almost create a playlist before I move ahead.

What I've noticed is I fail when I don't know where to go next, so I plan ahead. I now have a big curation that I share with others so they don't have to go through the hassle of looking through things like I did.

https://www.notion.so/dhruvindave/Bookmarks-04aee8d928c04fe19d34fb6bc2fb8ac9

I usually note down skills i want to learn, for example Graphic design, then look for prerequisites of that skills, then find tutorials & add them in my curation.

Then niche down each part of graphic design like layout, typography, design theory etc, then find tutorials for that & save them, & almost create a playlist before I move ahead.

What I've noticed is I fail when I don't know where to go next, so I plan ahead. I now have a big curation that I share with others so they don't have to go through the hassle of looking through things like I did.

https://www.notion.so/dhruvindave/Bookmarks-04aee8d928c04fe19d34fb6bc2fb8ac9

I usually note down skills i want to learn, for example Graphic design, then look for prerequisites of that skills, then find tutorials & add them in my curation.

Then niche down each part of graphic design like layout, typography, design theory etc, then find tutorials for that & save them, & almost create a playlist before I move ahead.

What I've noticed is I fail when I don't know where to go next, so I plan ahead. I now have a big curation that I share with others so they don't have to go through the hassle of looking through things like I did.

https://www.notion.so/dhruvindave/Bookmarks-04aee8d928c04fe19d34fb6bc2fb8ac9

I usually note down skills i want to learn, for example Graphic design, then look for prerequisites of that skills, then find tutorials & add them in my curation.

Then niche down each part of graphic design like layout, typography, design theory etc, then find tutorials for that & save them, & almost create a playlist before I move ahead.

What I've noticed is I fail when I don't know where to go next, so I plan ahead. I now have a big curation that I share with others so they don't have to go through the hassle of looking through things like I did.

https://www.notion.so/dhruvindave/Bookmarks-04aee8d928c04fe19d34fb6bc2fb8ac9

It can seem overwhelming for sure. Breaking it down can help. You've got a two different scenes using perspective. Both are probably vector, done in Illustrator. Look up using perspective grid tool tutorials. Also look up shape builder tool tuts and maybe Pathfinder tuts to get an idea of how shape works (if you need it). That will get you some info on just making the flat shapes.

Then you can look up tutorials on adding depth to vector art https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/techniques-transform-flat-design-vectors

Is a good quick overview of some techniques to use with explanations. Von Glitschka has some great tutorials on making and detailing vector art.

Maybe try a mix of both?
Have a running project that's more complex, maybe something that also involves animation (there are plenty of no-code options available to design web animations).
And use something like the Breakfast Brief Challenge (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/the-breakfast-briefs-challenge) for small daily design prompts.
Practice is the way to go; so the fact that you already figured that out is a definite advantage for your career in design!

The lines radiating outward from the start are vector sunbursts (or starbursts), the line-work itself looks fairly clean in this piece, so I'd agree with bog_otac in that it is reminiscent of art deco design. I tend to prefer sunbursts with rougher, uneven strokes (usually called 'vintage' or 'hand-drawn sunbursts').

They are pretty easy to make in illustrator. If you want to make some from scratch, there are lots of quick video tutorials. Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but hope it helps!

Thanks for sharing your work! I'm assuming this could be a logo of a mountain cabin or resort based on your title. Here are my quick two cents -

What I like

1. I quite like your typeface! I think is geometric nature quite complements the shapes ofr your logo
2. The cold blue colour works quite well. I personally like the lighter gradient blue but then that's just my personal preference. Also works in evoking mountains and a cooler climate region.
3. The name gives a slightly playful vibe, which works with shapes that have curves in their design.

What can be improved

1. The symbol of the house and mountains, in its current version is quite generic and doesn't catch my eye at first glance. Also they seem to be too many elements in the symbol. I would prefer you go back to the drawing board and sketch out more versions of the symbol to keep it simple.
2. Currently the way the colour is used on the logo will give rise to legibility issues. Stay away from colour overlays in a logo since this will not be visible at small sizes, especially in print application. Try using a single colour, or if the logo is being used exclusively in a digital medium, you can use a gradient. Also the light blue of the right mountain is very close to the house colour so another reason to rectify this issue.

Look up a book called Logo Modernism for inspiration in shapes. Check out resources from thefutur for logo design to help you in your thought process. Hope these help!

I started reading this and thought, "Why does that name sound so familiar - ustwo?"

They made Monument Valley, an AMAZING Escher-esque puzzle app game (also randomly featured on House of Cards).

They also made Rando, a cool app where you could send a random picture to someone random in the world and get one in return.

you can use https://jspaint.app/ and drag the selected picture while holding the shift key. granted, it does look a little less smooth than this but it does create an interesting effect.

This is the actual article.

https://www.mockplus.com/blog/post/the-best-uiux-design-books-resources-for-designers

The link in the post is to someone's Tumblr that then links to this. (In the EU at least you have to click through and make decisions about data sharing before visiting Tumblr.)

1. Find a texture you want to apply. The one pictured here looks like concrete or similar.
2. In your design tool, import the texture layer above your illustration
3. Make sure that your texture is 100% desaturated
4. Set the texture layer's blend mode to "Multiply"
5. Apply a Brightness and Contrast filter to the texture. Play with those values until you get a look you like

Here's an example: https://imgur.com/Thzp42c

InDesign is easily the most popular (and relevant) desktop publishing program, but it might be looking into Affinity Publisher's beta. I've used Affinity Photo quite a bit and was pretty happy with it, especially at the price.

Hello, I am a graphic design student and these are great questions. Please note that practice does make perfect. I recommend using canva.com for making the business card. For images, I would suggest pexel.com. These are free services and it could give you a great head start.

As far as branding goes just keep it simple but somehow unique to you. If you need inspiration go to google there are plenty of examples there.

There's actually a figma plugin designed to make exactly this https://www.figma.com/c/plugin/743134103711120154/Hero-Patterns-for-Figma

https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle/

Or

https://www.mural.co

Both make great flow charts. Once a box or line is created you can easily move them around AND they stay connected. Great for working things out.

The Logo, Font & Lettering Bible" by Leslie Cabarga has been a favorite since I got it fifteen years ago. It's the most timeless must-have on my shelf

It all depends on your display setup, how much desk space you have, and how much you want to spend.

That being said, I always recommend this one as a catchall for most users: https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Intuos-Medium-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B00MJSAIH6

Hi Doc,

I would suggest this book this book for learning about typography. I would also try copying good design work you find on Dribbble. I've heard some people got their start that way. Lastly, I'm making a course called Design by Numbers that might be of interest to you.

Good luck!

I'm a native English speaker and that's still awkward for me to read.

I'd suggest instead just using a different source. The Elements of Typographic Style was essentially mandatory reading in my program.

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Version-Anniversary/dp/0881792128/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446828418&sr=1-1&keywords=elements+of+typographic+style

For those in the same situation as myself, these are the resources that I found most useful until now:

• the book Spatial Design (from the series Basics) by Ulrich Exner - to order from here http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Spatial-Design-Ulrich-Exner/dp/376438848X
• the online course on exhibition design taught by Raluca Dumitrescu - to register here www.udemy.com/exhibition-design
• Paul Orselli's blog about museum exhibitions - to read here http://blog.orselli.net

At the moment, I am searching for a good website/book to teach me the basics of technical drawing. If you have any recommendations, please let me know.