chariisGRACE:
Hightser

Can a laptop of 60K get me started?

Hightser:
To our senior and junior UI/UX designers, please drop your comments and contributions here, how is the journey so far?


To our amiable developers, feel free to contact anyone here for partnership or employment.

To anyone intending to dive into UI/UX design, feel free to, the time is not late. A dedicated time and resources can make the year fulfilling for you as you may have acquired a new skill.


Modified: There is this misuse of web design by most of our developers or so, so many articles on the internet, especially Quora point to the fact that a web designer is actually a user experience and user interface designer but most developers on nairaland and Nigeria tend to call themselves web designers especially those CMS users.

Please I would like someone to expatiate on this, is there something I'm missing?

Hightser:


Hello chief, UX/UI design is a soft skill just like other skills.
UX skills involve:
User experience design.
User interface design.
Usability and testing skill.
User research skill.
Interaction design.

Incase you don't understand any of the over listed, you just have to Google each word to get an answer.

Overview: According to Quora, UX design services concern understanding the user's journey, needs, and requirements and converting it into a product.

It starts with a problem and ends on a prototype. A UX designer focuses on understanding the target audience, asking relevant questions to the customers, defining the user flows followed by user testing to cover and fix all the glitches and flaws in the website design.

UI design services focus on all the visual designing elements for the website. It includes typography, graphic elements, images, videos, color theory, layout, etc. It mainly concerns giving an attractive representation to the website to attract many possible eyes.

In summary, UI is the graphics, elements and buttons visible on a website or app while UX is the feeling users get when they navigate a website or app.


Well, these two are the most popular of the skills in UX/UI design.

Getting started: materials and sources can be gotten from YouTube and Udemy, when I started, YouTube was my first landing page but then I felt something was amiss, I bought a course on Udemy and some hidden materials and links were part of it.

Any laptop can do as the softwares you need are mostly web based and not installation based.

Figma, Adobe XD, sketch, prototype.io are the most popular of the softwares, they perform the same function but some employers prefer some based on reasons known to them.

But be assured that figma and Adobe XD are the most popular and figma has a collaboration support for multiple people working on same project.

Pros: you will have to sit for longer hours trying to join elements and buttons together to create a meaning.

You should learn how to combine different primary colours to create amazing colours.

Typography is something you need to give serious attention.

Give or take, 3 months of constant practice of say 6 to 7 hours a week should get you started, depending on your level of comprehension, for me, it took less.

You will need time and patience to build your portfolio.

Advice: Twitter is your best bet to network with fellow junior designers.
Dribble and Behance are place you would see beautiful designs you can try to redesign during your learning period.

Don't forget to network.

Let's talk about pay, according to online sources like glass door, a UX designer salary is about 60 to 70k USD per anum, but that's if you are able to get a remote job, for beginners, you could get a 70k naira job and above for a start and scale it from there.

Also, you could network with developers and they would give you jobs when ever they get an offer to develop a website or app.

Note: I'm not talking about nairaland WordPress developers or the " I will design a website for you for 20k naira" crew.

Shalom.

hollyslim:
I'm a uiux designer too and I'll love to connect too. I started learning in January and I'm currently doing an internship with Zuri and I'm just very super excited about it. But today, someone told me I'm just wasting my time. I haven't touched my laptop since morning. I feel bad. Can someone tell me this isn't a bad career choice afterall?

SKhanmi:


Was the person around when you choose to learn UIUX, when you started the internship? Ignore and avoid the person. If you're getting discouraged now, I wonder what your response would be after you see the results of your first real life user testing or when you start applying for jobs. Self motivation is key in all professions. Tie your mind and continue.

hollyslim:
I'm a uiux designer too and I'll love to connect too. I started learning in January and I'm currently doing an internship with Zuri and I'm just very super excited about it. But today, someone told me I'm just wasting my time. I haven't touched my laptop since morning. I feel bad. Can someone tell me this isn't a bad career choice afterall?

Hightser:
To our senior and junior UI/UX designers, please drop your comments and contributions here, how is the journey so far?


To our amiable developers, feel free to contact anyone here for partnership or employment.

To anyone intending to dive into UI/UX design, feel free to, the time is not late. A dedicated time and resources can make the year fulfilling for you as you may have acquired a new skill.


Modified: There is this misuse of web design by most of our developers or so, so many articles on the internet, especially Quora point to the fact that a web designer is actually a user experience and user interface designer but most developers on nairaland and Nigeria tend to call themselves web designers especially those CMS users.

Please I would like someone to expatiate on this, is there something I'm missing?

Lima98:
without a laptop can someone participate in ui/UX design

Hightser:



Yes, just view peoples design with your phone

Emeraldfynest:
Hi, I'm also in the Zuri Training. Hope you don't mind if we connect? You don't have to feel bad really, UI/UX is a good career choice and while it may look crowded, there's always enough space for every bird to fly. Just keep doing your thing and strive to improve better daily. People are making it big here. Find what motivates you and use that to push yourself daily. It's an interesting field. Hope you've picked up your laptop now and working on your current tasks already

hollyslim:


Lol. why won't I pick up my laptop, Zuri is not playing with me at alll. No time to grumble. And no, I don't mind at all. I've sent you an email in fact.

hollyslim:


Lol. why won't I pick up my laptop, Zuri is not playing with me at alll. No time to grumble. And no, I don't mind at all. I've sent you an email in fact.