I've been thinking a lot on this, and would like some perspectives.
My answer is "Find the best solution to the problem in context of the project and its target users".
This guides my thinking, as it forces me to ask the kinds of questions I need at all aspects of the design process.
How do you guys see it?
I've been volun-told to use AI in my work. This is the first time I've been using AI as a designer, ive been designing for 7 years without it and im nearly at the end of delivering a project with AI
I found it made iterating faster, and pixel pushing faster, but I felt detached. In both a creative sense, and some decision making sense. I was not yielding control of the style or using it to process the information gathered from need finding and thinking about solutions, but I found myself disengaged in ways I've never felt before.
In almost all of my completed works, I could tell you where a design is located on the page. I could point to literally every minute design choice and give you context and explanation for it
For this project, I noticed for the first time I did not know exactly where every design was. Even before final delivery, where I'd have a well polished, lebeled, and organized design, I was so connected to the details that I was easily able to find things. I simply cannot do this this time. I can tell you the rationale of all my decisions, I didnt yield that, but when talking about it it doesnt feel as...meaningful.
I am not saying this to purely vilify AI use in the design process, I can see the efficacy of it, but at what point does it erode you? Skills is the primary thing, but even erode care? I am so much less invested in this project, theres a wall between me and it. A part of me just feels wrong about this and to be honest I have some worry that this chapter of my design career could result in me not growing very much as all previous chapters have led
What do you guys think? How do you deal with this? Do you have an alternate perspective?
I have e2s1 evernight, e2s1 cassie, e1s1 hyacine, and e1s1 tribs
Would cyrene at e0s1 be worth it over tribs
Im also conflicted cos tribs wouldnt have anywhere to go
thoughts?
Hello
I have a high cost cassie comp
e2s1 cassie, e2s1 evernight, e1s1 tribs, and e1s1 hyacine
With cyrene rerunning, and me only being willing to grab e0s1 cyrene if I do get her, is she worth the team upgrade over e1s1 tribs?
I do not understand any part of the network speak I saw in the various forums I read. This is allegedly incredibly easy but I have 0 understanding on how to use this.
I have the windows desktop version, and I activated it and tried to see if my internet thing went green on the 'invitation links' page but it did not.
I am certain im missing something but do not understand what step(s) im missing
here is the link to what im referring too https://github.com/sthbryan/ftm
I switched toothpastes from the one I used in childhood a few years ago and this happened over my use
I switched toothpaste since then but over the 2 years since I noticed something weird its progressed to this
started minorly in 2024 and is where it is now in the image
I want to know what my course of action is. Its been months since switching toothpaste and its not any worse but also not any better.
Thoughts?
Context:
I realize the way I think is unproductive during sparring, in the fact that im in my own head rather than just being present and reacting to what im seeing
I get that part now
But what about the labbing
I was also thinking (not in sparring this time haha) that I still need better skills, so how do I add those things so that when I do spar I have those tools. My thoughts were bag work, shadowboxing, and pad work while imagining the scenario and / or skill you are trying to build
For example, I chase shots too much when nervous and sometimes get faked and hooked for it
So in this case, I'd do rounds of shadow boxing where im parrying and not bringing the arm down too much and sorta just flowing from that
Thoughts? Am I perhaps missing something? I'd love some insight
I was sparring today and I got nailed twice extremely hard on the kidney. One with a side kick when I was entering range and one with a roundhouse when I was chasing what I thought was an opening (I checked a kick and took that opportunity to follow up)
I asked my sparring partners how they nailed me, and one told me it was due to me getting sloppy (losing my posture and swinging wide) when chasing and the other said that my hands were moving up (I dont like getting hit in the head a ton and this is an ongoing issue with my defense) and it leaves my body open
Both hit my kidney clean and the second kick dropped me, was super painful
I got the advice that when I am pressured my hands move up, and that when im pursuing I swing wide and though sometimes I have my hands up they are too high and my body is open. Also was suggested that I need to tuck my elbows and chin when pressured, and generally keep my chin down
Thinking about it, its literally posture consistency issues at all points. The sparring session before that, I was getting critiqued for when I was throwing check hooks, I was lowering the back hand.
I am slowly getting more and more of my strikes to be better hand wise (my jab for example has a lot less issue as does my cross, still can improve ofc) but I want more of that consistency
I think the I should practice these things while doing my bag work and shadow boxing, but I would like to know what you guys think.
What have yall done? How would you suggest I practice these things? For the scenarios I mentioned, what do you guys do?
I am an someone who thinks a lot, perhaps too much, so please bare with me
I am sparring, and recently ive had some trouble just existing without getting blasted to the head a lot
Today it was getting jabbed, the other day it was my body being open, the day before it was eating tons of leg kicks
The thing is, when focusing on taking angles and parries, im often not getting blasted in the head, but something else falls. Focusing on defending leg kicks, but get hit in the head a lot, etc etc
I feel inconsistent and I want to simplify things but Im getting overwhelmed mentally
I think too much, and its been a consistent issue for me. I want to be able to be defensively responsible consistently, but im thinking too much
Ive had some success just entirely focusing on what they are doing, and letting the things ive drilled come to mind, but its like I cant maintain that state of mind
Any advice is appreciated, I am consistently training 3x a week (sparring and partner work on two days and my bag work and movement work on the other day, conditioning outside of my classes)
The title says it all. I am having trouble attempting this. Any advice towards this is appreciated
Its mainly an issue of perspective. I want the area to feel filled with trees, but im not sure what shape or combination of shapes to make the trees from this POV
I got an instant offer on a product design/UX project about a week ago, offboarded in the middle of a task. Starts with A
This was my first project, and I got no feedback as to the issue. I was mostly within AHT, and I specifically got feedback on my response quality being adequate. I am imagining if there was an issue, it may have been AHT. Perhaps the 'focus on quality' was something I should've been more wary of. Live and learn
What I am wondering is if its practical to get into contact with said team again through support or this melvin AI to attempt to get on the project again or if I should cut my losses and move on.
I used a non-whitening toothpaste for most of my life, switched to one for a few years, and I have these white blotches around my mouth.
I think it was caused by the whitening agent, and I think this because this shape was the shape that the water would often take when I was brushing and some of the toothpaste water would get on the side of my mouth
Fast forward, I switched 6 months ago and the issue doesnt seem to have gotten worse
I acknowledge this could be something else and me noticing this was happenstance with the toothpaste, but years ago this discoloration around my mouth wasnt there
I want to know what to do about it. If its due to a whitening agent, what can I do. If my assumption is wrong, what is it, and what can I do about that?
Any help and / or insight is appreciated
I accepted an offer today, but I got it Monday.
I finished the onboarding minus the background check, which I did but its pending
Id like some honesty here, is the time I let this have a chance of me losing this offer?
Or is me doing everything today locking me in, they simply need a clear background check
Older tutorials show this feature yet I do not see it where the tutorials showed it
Here is the UI I see now
Here is the UI I see in the tutorials
Initial view position is at the bottom yet not in the most recent UI. Where is it now?
Hello, DoorDash is what im doing between jobs right now, and there is a $1000 referral bonus, where each individual earns $1000 when the person referred completes 300 deliveries within 60 days in BR. If anyone is interested in this, shoot me a DM.
[DND 5.5E] I need these classes for my players. These classes were in Van Richten's Something something Guide (for damphir) and Ebbaron (for changeling) but I noticed Ebbaron didnt have changeling in foundry. I couldnt find the book for damphir either. Some help would be appreciated.
This is a rant, I am using this to productively let out some of my feelings as opposed to carrying out the maladaptive thoughts I am having
I've been trying to leave this terrible dead end UX job for a year, and very quickly I found out I needed a portfolio. Simple enough, right?
Its been over a year since, and on top of having a job and my desire to pursue my other life goals (being a UX designer has never been more than a means for money to me, my passions lie elsewhere) this open loop of applying and constant portfolio ideation is actually obliterating my mental health and throwing me off balance mentally a ton
I am literally vibrating with rage and frustration each time I work on this fucking portfiolio
Ive designed for about 7 and a half years, and designing and writing the case studies were challenging but something within my wheel house. That was done in a few months. I've spent that added year trying to make an actual website. I tried a variety of ways and landed on Framer, its a cool tool tbh.
I am constantly running into unknown issues, constantly having more and more and more problems trying to get this site working. This isnt a specific problem I have with framer, rather a constant moving goal post that never stops. I made a portfolio site and it doesnt work. I fix those problems and the site doesnt work. I fix those problems and the site doesnt work. Etc etc
I HATE doing this, I hate my job, I hate this fucking career path, Im so fed up with all the work I have to do to even apply. I have applied to so many jobs that I am 100% qualified for and its just crickets. I dont mind the idea that there are better candidates or companies simply stop hiring when they simply were. Its a part of it. But its part of the whole journey that always has moving goal posts. Theres never a point where im not slogging through applying, cover letters, fighting framer to make simple changes, rewriting stuff, 'networking', and all of this other stuff
I wanted a creative job that once I finished my work for the day I go home and do stuff that actually matters. Instead, I have this shackle on my neck that is everything that goes into working as a designer, getting a job as a designer, and all in-between
I could rant about my disdain for this plenty longer, but I will stop here.
