24 mobile apps for artists and illustrators

Design 24 mobile apps for artists and illustrators As always, you try to find a good tablet or phone app so you can draw tirelessly and you run into problems. It is inconvenient to use the application, it is impossible to save or send a sketch. This article presents the ...

People burn out if they don’t feel important. What to do about it?

Design People burn out if they don’t feel important. What to do about it? Kesha Skirnevsky, co-owner of Zebrainy (“Skazbook”), talks about motivation in terms of the structure of the brain. I ran a marketing department at a factory, founded a trailer studio, and now run Zebrainy, a company that ...

Empathy tools in the work of a designer

Design Empathy tools in the work of a designer One of the most important qualities of a designer is empathy, the ability to put oneself in another person’s shoes and feel the same way that he or she feels. Kostya Gorsky tells how to develop empathy and use it as ...

6 mistakes that turn presentations into a murder weapon

Design 6 mistakes that turn presentations into a murder weapon And it’s not just about the wrong design of slides in PowerPoint – we need to learn how to communicate correctly, regardless of whether there are slides behind our backs or not. 1. Instead of telling stories, we make slides ...

How to Choose the Right Typeface: The Complete Guide

Typography How to Choose the Right Typeface: The Complete Guide Choosing a typeface is one of the most important design decisions after choosing an illustration. There are a lot of guides for choosing a typeface, so in this guide we will look at the most accepted methods of selection and ...

ZCool – The Chinese Behance You Haven’t Heard Of, But In Vain

Design ZCool – The Chinese Behance You Haven’t Heard Of, But In Vain ZCool is an online service very similar to Behance, but aimed more at a Chinese audience. It was created already in 2006 and during this time has gathered 82+ million designers, photographers, illustrators, artists and creative people ...

How to Become a Creative Team Leader

Design How to Become a Creative Team Leader At some point, the best employees become leaders. There are several reasons for this: loss of interest, the need for transfer of experience, or dissatisfaction with the current leadership. The work of a manager is different from that of an employee, so ...

8 alarms you have a bad customer

Freelance 8 alarms you have a bad customer A bad client can not only waste your time creating difficulties that must be solved. There is a great risk of losing money. I have a strong gut instinct for bad customers, and every time I ignored it, it ended badly. Over ...

“And the clock is ticking”: Time management for a designer

Design “And the clock is ticking”: Time management for a designer Let’s define what time management is and why you need it. Usually this means managing and organizing time in order to find a free moment. But no matter how hard we try, each and every one of us has ...

4 reasons to start your design in black and white

UI / UX 4 reasons to start your design in black and white Using only shades of gray (before adding other colors to your design) helps you think clearly and prioritize correctly when it comes to UX design. 1. You start focusing on position and padding Having started your design ...