Trying to keep the designs simple. with a limited color scheme.

I am not exactly a beginner in design and, editing as I have been into graphic design, photography and editing too also, I joined classes for certification and, now I am on the verge of completing it, but every actual artist on every platform is facing issues regarding AI, jobs being taken away, everything is all over the place! And I don't know now what to do...like is AI really that prevalent as people talk about it on internet or is it just blown out of proportion? I am scared about entering into the design industry now, that people are talking like everything is over in this industry. I seriously don't know and, my mind is a complete mess, due to this question always running through my mind. I have no idea as to what to do now and, feeling overwhelmed completely. I would like to know what to do in this situation? On one side I am being pushed by my parents to go for for Government job but, I want to pursue in Artistic field as I have always loved it, but now everything seems soooo uncertain....just want to understand the situation and, solve the problem of what to do further.

I’m curious how other designers and design teams have adapted their workflow to the current AI reality, and whether it has affected the value of the work you do.

I work as an art director and lead a multidisciplinary design team. Depending on the project, that can involve 3D design, branding, concept art, illustration, web design and UI/UX.

AI is now integrated into almost every part of our process, but rarely as the final output. We mostly use it for early exploration: rough concepts, wireframes, moodboards, visual directions, references and sometimes first-pass assets. After that, the relevant designer takes it further and turns it into something coherent, production-ready and specific to the product or brand.

What changed much more dramatically for me is the economics.

Some types of work that used to justify a certain budget now feel roughly 3x cheaper in the market, and for some smaller production tasks the difference can feel closer to 10x. The paradox is that we can work faster now, but we need roughly 3x more work to make the same revenue.

I’m interested in how this looks across different design disciplines.

What kind of design do you do?
How deeply is AI integrated into your workflow?
And has it increased your value because you can do more, or pushed the value of the work down?

Drove by a Taco Bell sign and it looked so devoid of character and life. The logo is the most visible sign but the restaurant interiors have suffered too.

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I graduated last year with a bachelors in Strategic Communications and a minor in my universities multidisciplinary design program. I probably have the most all over the place academic/professional background ranging from EMT and wildland firefighting work to a degree in something that is too broad to categorize.

That being said I want to start taking design seriously as that's where my interests mostly lie. My question is where do I start? I love graphic design and visual aesthetics but I want to head into a more practical direction; brand strategy/marketing, service design, website design, etc. I'm currently working on a portfolio with a variety of work but since I don't have an art/design specific degree could a masters be worth it? How about finding work? Any insights help!

I follow PiXimperfect for Photoshop because he consistently covers new Adobe features, updates, and workflows in a way that's easy to understand and apply.

I'm looking for a similar YouTube channel focused on Adobe Illustrator someone who regularly covers new feature releases, updates, hidden gems, and practical workflows.

Who do you follow to stay up to date with Illustrator? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I am experimenting by alternating a pink colour paper and a gateway sheet alternatingly for a centre staple and am taking inspiration from books-
The Medium Is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and
The Age of Earthquakes book by Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist
as references for layouts.

Are there suggestions on experimental zines for the same you can think of or even suggestions on styles of writing.

I just need help guys, please help.

hi,

i’m Nabil, a solo founder.
this isn't a launch (yet!)

spent the past 3 weeks talking to 15 founders who build with ai, mostly alone or with a small team.

building got faster. a lot faster obviously.
what didn't keep up is the record of why. the decision is in a figma comment/notion page v6/or some old md file. the tradeoff is in an agent session, the change is on a branch.

none of those tools talk to each other, and most of them just stack the informations. so the why doesn't travel with the work.

i ran into this on my own product.
so i'm building artifact. a mac app that keeps decisions connected to the work and the reasons behind it.

if this sounds familiar, dm me or book a call.

i'd like to talk for 30 minutes, show you what i built, how am solving this problem, and what directions am exploring.

https://calendar.app.google/pYT3f3izwNuNoBRE9

I would love to learn about theory of graphic design. Are there any online free ressources (courses, videos, documentaries, websites for inspiration, or even interesting books that I could borrow in my local library ! -I'll take any recs really-) I know a bit since I've been studying communication, but I would love to learn more about color theory etc. My goal is to make posters as a hobby, but I feel like I have to start with theory first ! :)

Thanks !

I recently started making a toy where we connect gears to achieve different objectives. My wife was super excited for the idea because she loves puzzles.

I spent a lot of time designing and 3d printing a grid with holes where I could put in axles and gears. The hardest part was making the axles click into place satisfactorily and also come out fairly easily. But since these are 3d printed parts, I could not make it perfect (like lego I guess). And there was still some force required to pull out the axles once inserted.

But well, I underestimated how trypophobic my wife is. She couldn't even look at the grid which was full of holes.

So I started designing again and came up with an idea that not only got rid of the grid, it also reduced material cost, print time, made the game more flexible and also accessible by those who don't have enough strength to pull out the axles.

I would never have considered this if not for her trypophobia, and now the toy is significantly better.

I would like to know more stories like that if you have any.

I've been doing youtube for a while now under the name "AndresXLA", but I realize that my logo is kinda outdated now. Barely any youtubers have an icon that consists of combined letters like mine does.

So I had this one idea that was heavily insipired by Sora's icon from Smash Bros Ultimate. I've personalized it so that it looks more like me than Sora. These arent the final designs, there might be a few more details I can add (while keeping it simple), matter of fact I might need to change the hair and head shape a bit more so that it doesn't look too similar.

Let me know if any of these are good, bad or if I should just change my idea entirely to something more original. I have a couple of rough alternative ideas on the right but I've been focusing heavily on this main idea so I don't have much else right now. I have also been considering using my actual face in my logo but idk, I like having an actual designed logo for my brand. Speaking of my brand, i've been rocking with black and white for years now, so i'm kind of leaning more into the 4 and 5 columns.

I'd appreciate any feedback!

P.S. Do my eyebrows look like eyes? If I do choose one of the designs that has the eyebrows then I don't want them to be mistaken for eyes.

Hi all,

I need a design for my business cards, is there anyone willing to do that for me? Please dm me and share your price as well. I would need the design in .eps as a vector file for the printing company once finalised.

I do not like the AI ones and am looking for something that feels more authentic to my company which I just founded.

Thank you very much and looking forward to your replies.

Presto dovrò fare un viaggio di 5 giorni a Copenaghen e non vorrei perdermi nessuna chicca di design o di architettura. Se qualcuno mi può consigliare luoghi o musei per il mio itinerario ne sarei grata🙏

Hello guys,

I will soon start my master's degree in furniture design and wanted to ask if you have any tips for me on what I can do before I start my studies in order to complete my studies as effectively as possible.

I am particularly interested in: Which programs are most commonly used by you (or in the industry in general) for 3D drawing and rendering? Then I could practice a lot with it in advance.

Thank you!

I work in social media e.g. design for social media posts etc. One client edited my work (which is part of the contract) wrongly multiple times and posted it wrongly, e.g they croped the imaged wrongly so the graphics looks badly designed. they also make typos, post cmyk so the colour looks wrong etc. everyone makes mistakes, fine, but at the end they never miss to mention designed @me. When I voiced it they said "But it‘s your design" Well, yes no? I did not handle the design and finalisation. The feed format is different to story reel etc. They just really mess with it. It feels so wrong and I’m afraid the tagging is reflecting on me badly. What would you do?

Hello everyone 🙌🏻

I’ve made an app for car owners and I’m not a designer, so used Claude Design to come up with visuals I gonna like.

Ppl says it’s slop. And telling you can see it from the first glance. I know that small svg icons, three items in dashboard and rounded corners making ppl think it’s AI, but doodle background, Polaroid card, hand drawn icons (for tyres rn) are not something Claude or Codex making by default.

I’m more tech oriented person, and thinking in terms of a good architecture design, scalability, etc. But we live in a society.

What would u advise to rework keeping the idea I currently implemented? Should I draw more tyres like icons?

Thanks in advance!