er seven informative, hope-filled weeks we made it. Well, at least we made it to the end of the first term of UX.
Author: Jan Morris
Jan Morris a "Jack of all trades" worked with small with businesses, start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, and globally renowned industry leaders. His skills include Photography and Photo Editing, Web Design and Development, Video Production and Editing, Branding and Identity Design, and digital design deliverables.
UX Reflective Journaling Week 6
Of all of the design skills to master to become a good designer, typography was always the hardest for me. I believe the reason for this lies in the generation in which I entered design.
UX Reflective Journaling Week 5
We have arrived! Welcome to week five. As a designer the remaining the module and weeks feel a bit more familiar and safe for me.
UX Reflective Journaling Week 4
Week 4 not only represents the end to a long week, I think for me it represents the most challenging one to date. I wanted to take a little more time with the main assignment since it required research and practice to get it right. One thing that a learned quickly, was that based on…
UX Reflective Journaling Week 3
I think this was a rather great end to a very informative week. During this week’s readings, we can an opportunity to dive deeper into human psychology. And around why people make mistakes and how we can design to help avoid them. It was interesting to learn that slips tend to happen more to people…
UX Reflective Journaling Week 2
Week 2 started off a little shorter than most, due to the memorial day weekend. The unofficial end to summer meant distractions were inevitable. Still, I managed to carve some time out of play to get some reading done. What stuck with me after the readings though were chapter three of ” The Design of Everyday Things.”
UX Reflective Journaling Week 1
So here we are, after one week of taking the UX course. Full disclosure, before deciding to take this course I attempted to apply for a few full-time UX jobs. With my design experience, I felt like I had the necessary tools and experience to “Fake it till you make it”. I was mistaken, there are so many nuances in UX that one has to learn, and so far I am glad I decided to go down this path of learning and enlightenment.
Music education leads to smarter kids.
Music is an extremely important subject for all children to learn and can lead to better brain development, increases in human connection, and even stress relief.
Animation station: My love letter to animation
Animation for me and most tends to remain in the realm of design and creative magic. It may sound like the ravings of a madman but many us of who can still remember what their favorite morning cartoons were, they gave of something to look forward to, they gave us hope, they made us laugh,…
Prepping images for animation. Adobe Illustrator to After Effects.
Prepping images for animation in After Effects takes a bit of planning, but from my experience, these critical steps will save you from thousands of headaches later.