I’m finally at the end; the last course in the Google UX Design Professional Certificate offered by Coursera. In the seven course program, I have completed six, which means I’m at the finish line now with: Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs.   In Design a User Experience for Social…

In case you haven’t been following along so far, I’m currently taking the Google UX Design Professional Certificate offered by Coursera. I’m finally nearing the end of the program, and I’m now starting course six: Responsive Web Design in Adobe XD. Responsive Web Design in Adobe XD is a continuation of the previous courses where…

So I’m finally getting towards the end of the Google UX Design Professional Certificate and now I’m onto course five, Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma. In Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma, students will create high-fidelity mockups in Figma, make them interactive, conduct more research, then present their final, polished high-fidelity prototype.…

If you’ve been following along so far, you’ll know I’m halfway (ish) through the Google UX Design Professional Certificate which is offered by Coursera. Here, I’ll be reviewing the course Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts. Yes, the course names are long. This course focuses on the test phase of the UX design process where…

So after completing course 2 in Google’s Foundations of UX Design certificate program, Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate, I’m not ready to start on course number 3, Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes. It’s been a lot of work so far, and it’s a bit overwhelming when I realize I’m only on…

After completing Google’s Foundations of UX Design, I’m now onto the second course in the Google UX Design Professional Certificate, which is Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate.  The title is a bit long, but at least it gets to the point. This course deals with how to complete the first phases…

I’ve been interested in learning more about UX for awhile now, and after some Uxcel.com lessons, I find myself becoming more critical of bad user experiences I find online and in games. So, after months of seeing ads for Google’s UX design certificate program everywhere I looked, I finally gave in. Google’s UX Design program…

Let’s do an experiment. I want to see if I can recreate an existing stock photo, taken by a real photographer, using the AI image generator Dall-E. Is it even possible to recreate a stock photo using Dall-E or can we only create something similar? Well, through a lot of trial and error, I found…

Since I last experimented making art with Dall-E I’ve been wanting to try some more interesting prompts. I want to see if I could create an image from a specific idea and have that image (or something close to it) be generated by Dall-E in a way that I can actually use it for a…

A question that many creatives has been asking themselves lately is if AI generated imagery will replace our jobs. Dall-E, specifically, is one of the most impressive visual generators that can take a simple prompt and make something well crafted and unique. But can we utilize Dall-E for graphic design or is it destined to…

There are plenty of ways to choose brand colours that are good and appropriate when designing or redesigning a corporate identity. You do research, look at the competition, develop a brand strategy and personality, then make a highly informed decision on the specific colours that you want to use to represent the brand on all…

Interested in becoming a graphic designer but not sure where to start? Well, here’s a guide on how to start in graphic design for total, complete newbies. In other words, if you’ve decided to start a career in graphic design but have no idea where to begin, this is the perfect place for you to…