I’ve been loving what I do, and feeling grateful that my work makes user experience more enjoyable. It’s been a great journey and I hope after a few more years, I’ll be able to happily connect more dots on this topic.
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What Design Prototyping Tool Is For You?
It’s still not too late to get into the world of prototyping ;) Axure, Balsamiq, InVision, Proto.io, Origami, Framerjs, which tools best work for you?
Continue readingLife: Things Are Built on Top of Each Other
You can only connect the dots when you look back.
Continue readingHow to Choose A Typeface
A typeface (aka a font family) is a set of fonts that share common design features. For example, Times New Roman and Arial are different typefaces. Times New Roman is commonly used in newspapers; Arial is commonly used on digital interfaces. There are many other beautiful typefaces out there for people to use. How to choose a typeface?
Continue readingCan You Add Meanings to Socks? — A Practice on Denotative and Connotative Images
I did some interesting practice on making denotative images and connotative images. A denotative image is a direct representation of an object from real life, whether it be cartoonized or realistic, made by pen or something else. A connotative image added an extra layer of “meaning” to the denotative image.
To start, I needed to choose an object. I chose a sock. My mission was to quickly do 10 denotative images (using different ways) and 3 connotative images on paper. A lot, huh? I thought so, too. After all, how can socks be sketched differently into that many images? But I decided to give it a try.
Continue readingMindsets for Solving Problems with Creativity
When it comes to trying to solve problems with creativity, it’s very important to keep the right mindset — how you think will have direct impacts on whether you will arrive at innovative and impactful solutions.
Continue readingFundamentals of Graphic Design: Denotation Images and Connotation Images
Discover Creativity & Perfectionism
I joined an online creativity workshop on Udemy by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love. Elizabeth says, being creative doesn’t mean that you have to be an artist; but if you want to stay creative, you need to find a way to make it a routine and form a mindset. Mostly importantly, you need to stay curious. Also, keep in mind that perfectionism is the enemy of creativity — don’t wait till you have everything to start executing.
Continue readingA Doooodle A Day: 9 Months, 2 Sketchbooks and 40K Words Later…
It’s time to look back and appreciate all the effort I invested in this personal project and of course, my accomplishments so far.
Continue readingInformation Literacy
According to Wikipedia, the US CIA World Factbook published that 97.9% of persons aged 15 and over had completed five or more years of schooling in 1991. It pretty much means the Iiteracy rate in the US is high.
But, what about the capability of dealing with those information — find, filter, analyze, create and manage them?
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