The Spotlight features work from our community posted on our Discord server. We post our favourites from the previous week on our Medium Blog and our Instagram. Follow us to see them every week! Featured last week

The Spotlight features work from our community posted on our Discord server. We post our favourites from the previous week on our Medium Blog and our Instagram. Follow us to see them every week!

The Spotlight features work from our community posted on our Discord server. Starting this week, we will showcase our favourites from the previous week on our Medium publication. Follow us to see them every week! Featured this week

Please note that this article is mainly aimed at beginners. Say you’ve never done design before. Let’s say just today somebody asked you to do a logo for them, or you want to make one for yourself. So you’re wondering, What do I do to not screw it up? What…

This second part focuses on how to start doing UI design and prototyping inside Figma and Sketch — NOTE: Throughout this little guide, I am going to use Figma for demonstration. However, keep in mind that almost everything also applies to Sketch (and maybe even Adobe Xd). The reason I don’t include Adobe Xd here is that I’m not familiar enough with it. In part 1, I briefly…

A (somewhat) quick tour of Figma and Sketch showcasing the most important tools and features (in my opinion) for UI design. — NOTE: Throughout this little guide, I am going to use Figma for demonstration. However, keep in mind that almost everything also applies to Sketch (and maybe even Adobe Xd). The reason I don’t include Adobe Xd here is that I’m not familiar enough with it. What are Figma and Sketch?

So, what happened in 2019? The start of 2019 saw the birth of The Spot, starting as an idea from four motivated designers to create something a little bit different and hopefully a little bit better. And so we did. After a couple of days and weeks of brainstorming, we came up with a name…

How do I actually get started? Once you first tell yourself you want to be a designer, whether as a hobby or as a professional, it can often be a bit tricky to actually get started with it. What type of design work do I want to do? How do I start practicing? …

What design software should I use? There are tons of creative software available, for free, for cheap, or expensive, and it can be quite overwhelming for beginners (and even some experienced creatives). …