Hi! I am currently a college student (taking up a natural science program), and I have recently been interested in graphic design. I am a total beginner. I am currently only using canva, trying to recreate some designs I find in Pinterest as a form of practice. I have zero technical knowledge in terms of graphic design. But I am starting to love building concepts and communicating ideas visually. Logo creation is also something that interests me.

My question is how can I improve? And where should I start in learning graphic design? Can you give me honest feedbacks and tips please. Thank you!

If a project is fully completed and the payment is ready to be released, but the payout has not yet been initiated, can I change my payout method from my currently connected Stripe account to Payoneer?

And also, do I have to initiate the payout? I just want to do the work for the client from Dribbble, but my new bank account will be ready in 1 month

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m a Communication Design student currently conducting research on how travelers experience local culture, accommodation, and community-based hospitality while travelling.

I’m looking for people who travel for leisure to share their experiences.

The survey focuses on things like:

• What you look for when choosing accommodation
• How important local/cultural experiences are to you
• How you currently discover local experiences
• What prevents you from having more authentic interactions with local communities
• Trust and safety when staying with local hosts
• What you would expect from a community-based hospitality platform

⏱️ It takes around 3–5 minutes to complete.

Your response would genuinely help me understand the real problems travelers face, rather than designing based on assumptions.

👉 Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScp5mm31Rk-XpxODPfdOYylzXPBzzju-7FIsHR-diAYxAi0zA/viewform?usp=header

If you've travelled recently, I'd really appreciate your perspective. Even if you've never stayed with a local host or participated in a cultural experience, your response is valuable—that itself is useful research data.

Thank you so much for helping with my research! 🙏

Someone actually had the idea it would be great to ship a drug against morning illness during pregnancy in poison-green gelatine capsules that taste like scoubidou rubber bands.

Never knew how important pill design could be and how bad it can go wrong :D

Edit: spelling

Is something between 58-64k reasonable?
For entering the seniority?
I’m in the processs with a scale up, and I want to say something that is down to earth.

I’m working on a small project around Indian 80s/90s nostalgia and I’m trying to understand what people actually miss — old movie tickets, school stationery, magazines, TV shows, toys, postcards, etc.
I’m collecting responses through a short survey if anyone’s interested: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13CbmdpCo9nwdYR-MteDXxGLQM4-OcBNcjFWSRfHOj-M

I have 2 options:

1st Studio: Went today to do an interview. She didn't even know I was coming because she didn't read my confirmation email (where she decided the day and the hour). Mind you, she sent that on a Friday and scheduled the meeting on a Monday without asking if it was okay for me. I responded 20 minutes after she sent it. And it didn't feel like an interview. She talked more about the studio, didn't really have questions for me. Pretty informal, i butted in when I could to talk about myself. She showed me her other projects, that weren't on their instagram or their website. I wasn't really digging neither the instagram or their web (which she admitted was quite abandoned, just like the website which showed none of their work). The place was super small, it was only her, and she had two other coworkers but each worked in their own space. She told me the schedule could be flexible, as long as I covered the internship hours I was required. As for the quality of her works, it was pretty good, she told me I'd mostly be doing branding projects and social media. She mostly worked for friends or friends of friends. Pretty chill.

Therefore, my conclusion was that it was a more modern, newer studios than the ones established in my city. They had good works, but didn't show it properly online. Disorganised, so I'm pretty scared of that. It wasn't exactly what I had expected and imagined, but i thought that maybe I could do more cool projects here, more modern? Alternative? But I kinda pictured the work environment or style just from this one meeting and I have a feeling it might be chaotic, and might lead to more stress than I thought.

2nd Studio: The owner is an established person in the design field here in my city. I've visited their studio and it's super cool. Everyone works there together, it has an open plan office-studio vibe. It's kinda prestigious, because the owner has been working in the field for 30 years and has a good reputation of being kind and helpful. The only thing I could complain about was that their projects lean on more classic design. More basic, not very modern, young or social media focused. But their website and instagram has way more better presentation than the other studio. I've known people who did their internship there and they came out happy. The schedule might be a bit less flexible (but to tell the truth, the 1st studio just told me to do whatever I wanted), this studio at least gave me an idea of the hours I had to study, and were open to discuss with me my availability. They didn't ask for an interview, just asked me when I wanted to start. Maybe they'll ask me for one along the way, but they explicitely told me they were happy to welcome me with open arms.

So basically I'm between a fresh studio who does more modern projects (from friends, friends of friends), social media, they do branding for bars, restaurants, cafes, events. But looks to be a bit chaotic and disorganised and doesn't have the prestige of the other one.

And the other studio has prestige in my city, is more mature and organised. But isn't very innovative? Their more classic design, but they do it well of course. I just think they're a bit more boring.

I don't know what to choose. The ideal would've been a mix of the two: a studio with prestige, with a good work environment, and cooler more fresh projects. My goal is to learn, but maybe choosing the first studio could prepare me for the social media based world we live in, but the other studio comes with a good environment, and a wise teacher that could teach me things from their experience of the past. What do I choose, the future or the past?

I’m currently in my final year of CSE (Data Science) at one of the top engineering colleges in Karnataka.

I never really considered design before engineering, but during college I got heavily involved in it. I was the Design Head for my college TEDx club and am currently the Design Head of our theatre club. Through these experiences, I’ve realized that I genuinely enjoy design and would like to pursue UI/UX or graphic design professionally.

However, with AI growing so quickly like Google Stitch generating UIs, vibe coding tools, generative design, etc. I’m confused about how viable design will be as a long-term career.

I recently came across NID and was wondering whether pursuing formal design education would be worth it, or if I should first take courses, build a portfolio and try getting into the industry directly.

Would love to hear from people already in design.

In my town, this idea has actually been doing surprisingly well, which I’m really happy about. I still want to improve the design, though.

I’m not a professional designer. I made the cards myself, and throughout the process I’ve been reading articles, learning about design, and trying to improve them as much as I can.

So I’d really appreciate some honest feedback and suggestions from people who know more about design than I do. I’m mainly looking for ways to make the product look cleaner, more polished, and more professional.

The language on the cards isn’t English, so that’s something to keep in mind when giving feedback. Also, the cards are made from paper, so I’m working within some physical limitations.

I’m not looking for opinions on the business model — I know the idea works in my market. I’m specifically interested in improving the visual design and overall presentation of the product.

Any constructive criticism or suggestions would be appreciated.

Here are the logo, wordmark and the product.

Im not a designer its not my job so please be nice, never thought i would say this on reddit post but in other design subreddits i have been doxxed for some poor designs, thanks in advance

I am ready to replace my Apple Magic Mouse. I am looking at the Logitech MX Master 4, the Logitech MX Vertical and the Logitech Lift. I mainly do work in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

I have never used a more vertical mouse like the MX Vertical and Lift. How do they compare with the Master 4 which is more of a standard mouse in relation to design work? Which do you use and prefer?

Trying affinity for the first time (have used illustrator but cant afford it anymore)

Want a contrasted pastel / canvas look for this one

My colour theory is terrible and I’m technically behind on affinity so unsure on what tools there are

This might be a somewhat unusual question, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about seriously.

I want to become a UI/UX designer, but I've had several experiences with hiring managers telling me, directly or indirectly, that because of the way my face looks, I wouldn’t be suitable for roles where I’d have to be visible to clients.

I'm not talking about being on camera occasionally. I mean situations where being present in client meetings, video calls, presentations, etc. is considered part of the job.

After hearing this multiple times, I’ve started wondering whether I should build my career around roles where I can contribute primarily through my design work without having to show my face.

For those of you working in UI/UX:

• How client-facing is the average UI/UX designer role?
• Are there UI/UX jobs where you can mostly work behind the scenes?
• Is it realistic to build a career where most communication happens through written messages, presentations, prototypes, or async collaboration?
• How much does physical appearance actually matter once you have a strong portfolio and experience?
• Are there specific types of UI/UX roles or companies I should target if I want to minimize face-to-face/client-facing work?

I’d really appreciate hearing from people who actually work in the industry, especially anyone who has managed to build a career without being particularly client-facing.

I’m not looking for sympathy, I'm genuinely trying to understand whether this is a realistic career path for me and, if so, what I should focus on.

I made a Chrome extension where you can easily add and keep your design inspiration images, locally in your bowser. You can then use an LLM (your own API / purchase credits) to describe those images and add details such as captions, tags, etc. Describing images lets you automatically sort images into collections, use text or similar image search, filter using tags, etc.

I'm a UI/UX designer, I hoard a lot of design inspiration. I made this for myself so I can find the right image reference when I need. Also, I'm planning to use this to feed my AI design agents.

If you hoard images like me, you might find it useful. Let me know if how you feel about this. If you have any suggestion or facing an issue, let me know.

Learn more about the extension here - https://moodbase.site

PS: If I'm using any of your design shots in this screenshot or in the website without permission, sorry about that, I'm still in the testing stage and will curate a list of design shot with permission if I ever launch this as a product. If you want your shot removed immediately, let me know.

Help, I don’t understand what this course is about? I’ve emailed future students and they keep telling me very vague answers. I’m not willing to go to an open day just to find out this information

Hi all,

This post is inspired by my own personal stories recently cause I'm so fed up, and want to hear your thoughts.

Today one of my friends was going to order a drink from a local shop here in Canada (their mom dragged them there, to be frank). The images of the products are obviously AI-generated, which was a turn off and prevented them from ordering (even though their mom still ordered).

Another incident was when my sister sent me a video last week recording an animated 30-second commerical on TV, also completely AI-generated (can't believe that slop was green lit by their marketing team), advertising a foundation with educational resources for kids.

Finally, another example happened a few months ago where many local food vendors for our night market (which is closing due to lack of funding), are using AI images for their menus which looks so uncanny. I just see so many of them on TikTok.

My point is, it's just going to go downhill from here and small businesses just don't care. Profits > Good design. And they're moving so quickly, that as a junior designer, it makes me just upset to see it's normalized.

FYI: I'm not even a big hater on AI itself. I enjoy using it for my design workflows and will continue to use it. However, seeing garbage out in the world with little care makes me not want to support local businesses here anymore. I don't know, thoughts? Do you agree or disagree?

(Also, please keep this conversation civil. This is to spark debate. Nobody on Reddit wants to receive cruel messages).

I got a question. Probably a stupid one.
I'm trying to create my portfolio with only personal projects since I don't have clients yet.
Since I have few social media designs, I was wondering where I could take free license pictures. I already searched on Adobe Stock, Unspash and others, but I seem I can't find anything fitting my idea. I was wondering if it was legal to use Pinterest pictures in my designs writing down in the portfolio a disclaimer I don't own their rights.

colours.viesual.net

I am a part time developer, full time designer. For a side project I needed a colour palette where every shade of each Color has the exact same lightness and “colourfulness“. with standard HSL oder HSB color picker this was almost impossible to do systematically. So I fell into a rabbit hole and built an engine and tool around it and just want to share the project with everyone to use it. I’s way too over engineered but that’s the fun with private projects anyway. It really helps me to do the job now. I haven’t found any other tool that achieves color palettes in this way, it uses the OKLCH colour space and with a few modifications and other features around it.

Maybe it’s useful for someone else too. It free, no Account necessary, just a private project I share.

You can read more about it here: colours.viesual.net/about

My grand father left this armchair in his basement for years. Does someone know if it has value? Is it from a particular designer?

Here's my portfolio: https://kartik-architecture.vercel.app/

The four concept apps were designed with AI tools under my direction. I'm targeting early-stage SaaS and AI startup founders and want to know if this would make one reach out.

Would you contact me? What would stop you?

What's the first thing that looks AI-generated?

Which project is the weakest, and why?

Harsh and specific is welcome

Throw away account so work doesn’t find me.

I’ve been with the company 6 months, it’s my first job in graphic design (apart from freelance) after gaining my BA in graphics and MA in communication design. I’m in house, which suits me & the way my brain works down to the ground.

All was fine until a month ago where we bring in a new company director. We no longer get design briefs. All we get is the outcome he wants, generated with AI for us to re-make, and then ‘make it wow’.

We no longer get actual feedback. He admitted to my face that he doesn’t actually look at what we make, he just pops it into Claude and gets it to give us our feedback. Which, 90% of the time contradicts what he’s asked us to make, because he hasn’t actually set a proper brief. Or suggests impossible changes (legal things sometimes). And he’s not happy until these changes are made, even though he hasn’t actually looked at the work himself.

Example: I had to make wheelie bin stickers the other day (exciting I know), but each is colour coded to its contaminants etc, and the brief was literally just: “wheelie bin stickers: \[object\] \[colour specification\]” so I did that, with official illustration work sent from a source provided. And he got Claude to send me a 10+ bulletpoint critique on what needed to be changed, including changing the colours of the stickers that needed to be the same colour, so we know which had hazardous material in it. I don’t think he even reads what he generates Claude to send us.

In the middle of all of this is my manager, who he sends the feedback to, who has to send it to us (the design team).

I’m also concerned that he’s feeding company material to AI when it hasn’t been released yet?

Basically what I’m asking is: how do I approach him and tell him that we need him to use his own eyes to feedback to us? And we can’t work to a brief which is literally just making content ‘wow’? Asking him abandon AI completely is out of the question. He’s built all the new company websites using AI, causing 4 people in my office alone to lose their jobs.

TLDR: how do I ask a company director to stop giving us feedback generated by AI and to actually look at the work himself?

I am tired of seeing design work which is made during boring times, most of them never get used. Can you show me some real work which is approved by clients.