It’s spring break (!) almost. Hope everyone gets some much needed rest this upcoming week.
Anyway, this past week I’ve been working on a mixture of things. I only worked 9 hours, but on Wednesday I worked with De’sha on a new Cascade site set-up request and followed up with client communication.
I also began working on converting some PSY 319K ppts to a new format. In between these various projects I’ve also been working a bit on a banner for the shape KB.
This week, I helped with a Cascade help request, worked a bit on Figma, and made substantial progress on the shape KB.
I implemented a quick hover functionality on my Figma site.
As for the shape KB, I finished the rough draft and began working on the semi-final version. The draft is now up on the STA KB!
Hello!~
It seems like so long since I’ve worked, thanks to the winter storm last week. Although we were relatively fortunate — never lost power or had any damages, and just lost water for a day — it was a really turbulent time, so it feels nice to be back in relative normalcy and to be back at work.
Since I’ve only worked two days or 9 hours this week, I don’t have a lot to share. However, I wrapped up some IDs and am making significant progress in the shape KB. I’m aiming to have it done for review early next week. Here are a few photo IDs and the link to my shape KB draft. Right now the activity idea is to start with sketching different shapes based on different moods/vibes, and then move on to an introduction of patterns and shapes in AI. The last and biggest deliverable of this KB will be applying the knowledge and skills to a visual & text hierarchy.
Happy Valentine’s!!
This week I worked on Figma, the shapes KB, and a bit on Cascade help.
The shapes KB is going to be part of the eventual design elements KB curriculum, and I’m super excited! I’ve gained a new appreciation for shapes and their place in design. Right now I have most of the research done, have written an introduction and objectives to the training, and begun planning some activities. Next week I hope to polish up the actual writing to a more formal and less stream of consciousness-like tone & format, create some lil pngs of each kind of basic shape, and actually design the activities! I think I have a much clearer idea of where this training should go now. Here is the WIP Google doc!
This week I started by wrapping up the AI pixel art training and then started the project time estimates and Figma training. The project time estimates training was a very nontraditional training, and I enjoyed how it compelled me to think more deeply about project time estimates in a more objective kind of way. Beginning the Figma training Wednesday, I spent a lot of time going through tutorials to help me understand the program after my initial stab at a wireframe. Here’s a screenshot of part of what I have so far, but it’s still very much a work in progress. 
This week has been pretty calm! I’ve been working on Photo IDs and some miscellaneous trainings mostly. Here are some of my IDs. I’ve had to reach out to another individual to ask for a resubmission unfortunately 🙁
Also I miss traveling so much, and as soon as I heard about this cafe called Sketch that has a pastel pink room filled with David Shrigley prints I just knew I needed that vibe, so I did the AI Pixel Art training with one of my favorite pieces of his! His art is pretty minimalist and approachable, and the piece I chose only used a few colors, so it wasn’t difficult to render it in pixel art form.
the original:
pixels:
