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If you have issues, or encounter any difficulty at all, call it out here...

I could point you to the right resource you need

Have a simple timetable that can fit to your job, and it would be a breeze for you...

Start sleeping less too

adefemi007:
Combining my day job and learning hasn't been easy

And now, your business go de enjoy...


Imelda, would you be at Lagos DevFest??

missimelda01:
I totally understand, my business suffered at the early stage of learning

You can learn online

missimelda01:
Funny enough I got it from Facebook.

Thank you my guy, it had to come this period because I was this close to giving up

Also, I started the Google UX course...thank you again.

Yea. Awesome. No giving up yet.

The UX Course would be a breeze

How'd you get in, I for say let's talk in the DM, but nairaland ehn

Wow. I'm super excited and happy for you Imelda. Great strides and energy here. You deserve it

6 figures ọmọ. I no get ur contact sef, we must connect o. I need rich friends. hehe

Ur hardwork paid out.

Passion and energy. I no even no wetin to type again. But I'm happy for you.

It's not saturated though. It's because all you seem to be seeing is design. Na why

Learn a lot about the Principles of Design before you jump on Figma

And also the basics laws of UX. Very important, even if its only UI you want to do.

Pragnanz, Teslers, Contrast, Getstalt and the likes of them. Arm yourself with this basics and you would fly

AccessMore na dem win am

Jedalord:
Hey guys!!! Greetings from the other side of the internet...
I'm interested in this field would love to connect and learn in due time when I get a lappy
Looking forward to this interesting journey with you all!!!

Don't wait for a pc.
Start reading articles, everyone you can find. Go to Medium, uxplanet, uxcel, career foundry, idf. Just read everything now you don't have a pc.

Read books too if you are serious. Things would be easier when you now get a pc

Emeraldfynest:
Alright. For the articles, do you mean case studies? Pls don't vex for my plenty questions o

I have just one mini-case study as an article

You could do case studies as articles too, if you want. The questions are okay, the reason for the thread in the first place

Hmm
I don't have any full projects yet. It's just Insha Allah and vibes. Although, I have personal projects I'm working on which would take some time. But I have a couple of shots on dribbble and behance, and articles too.

I'm not done with Genesys yet. It's still a long way to go.

Emeraldfynest:
So the projects in the course plus the one you did at Genesys helped you get your new job right? And do you use only Behance for now? Someone will still have to buy a domain name when building a real website for a portfolio.

Link to the 21 day course?

I'll try that webflow stuff.

Emeraldfynest:
For portfolio, I have seen good portfolios built with Webflow, and Webflow has made a free year plan for students of the Google course. If you go to Webflow university, there is a 21 day course on how you can build your portfolio from scratch, just follow the steps. And Webflow is a no code website builder too.

The 3 projects in the course is enough. If you want to include extra, take up personal ones, maybe to solve a problem,...around you or something.

If you've gotten to the second curse, start practicing short figma youtube videos.

I'm an out-of-school student tho

Emeraldfynest:
Oh, nice. Pls any tips for job application and job search? And asides the 3 projects in that course, what projects can I include in my portfolio to make it stand out, I've not even started learning Figma yet . Are you a student?

What do you guys use for your portfolio?

Uhmm...

Whether you are just starting out, or you are an expert in design, it is important you always remember the basics. Always learn go back to the basics from time to time until it becomes a part of you. Many experience designers are fond of just jumping on figma when they see a project without no persona, user flow or all of that, no process. They feel they know it all already. We need to understand the cost of poor design.

Go back to the basics of UX Design from time to time.

I have not started up work yet. Working in a start up atm. And na just one, one is on hold. I have outsourced the rest.

Lol. Diary na mumbo jumbo

Emeraldfynest:
Impressive to hear you started in March bro, I dey feel your diary . Are you getting the jobs from Upwork?

I use figma. Figma is beginner friendly. Oh really, if you've been doing drag and drop, then UI will be an easy breeze for you.

I think I need to change the title of this thread though, UI and UX and two different but inter-twined things. There's no UI without UX, and UX in the long run results to a good UI.

The reason to learn UX first is to know how to design better UI that would suit the user needs. Even good visuals and beautiful designs also contributes to the overall user experience.

I hope I don't confuse you

TechSkill:
Ah, thanks... That means I will jump on UX right away. Thanks. I love the feel and experience of website pages and I have played around building sites with drag and drop for years.

Is it Adobe XD you are using for your UI/UX? or what would you recommend? Please let me know and I will download it at night today.

While there's some iota of truth, your opinions might be misguided. If you want to do UI/UX or product design, you don't need to go the graphic design route. We talked about this stuff earlier in this thread sef.

I could tell you tons of reasons why you don't need to, but mehn, I de work. Just check online.

I was in your shoes earlier in March when I started, but you absolutely do not need to have any knowledge of graphic design to be a UI or UX designer.

If you can solve problems, that's all you need. Just solving problems, really, solving problem visually, through a better experience, through writing, through images, through illustrations.... ati be be lo

TechSkill:
Wow, I was just coming here to create a center point for all things UI/UX because I realized it didn't exist and BOOM... you have it

I am a newbie to this and I have not started yet. I am putting my hands into graphics design for now because I am of the opinion that one needs graphics design knowledge to succeed in UI/UX.

Do a quick scan from the beginning of this thread, and there you shall find all you need.

A quick tip, grasp the full basics of UX design first, before bumping into UI. It would make your UI learning faster. If you focus on UI before UX, some things might frustrate you, maybe not now, but in the long run.

...not a design advice

Fratello:
Hey guys, I started a UI/UX foundation training with SideHustle, 2 weeks in now.

Please I need some advice and guide? Books, links, community to join.. Basically how to learn better using figma tools and my mind.

If you got any group with bright minds, abeg add me o

If you're a UX Writer, or Copywriter, kindly indicate

Eniwealth23:
Nice one guys...I've been following this thread for a long time. Though self-taught but I took my time to dive into it and to God be the glory I have never for once had regrets.

That's great, really happy to hear this

Hmm

Elrad, I wish I can use a voice note to explain to you.

What you do is, create two frames just like you see in the mockup, and how you want it to look

Then duplicate ur original design and fit the part you want to be shown in the mockup. If you use figma, you can easily rearrange the frames in the layers section by the left, to make sure your duplicated design is inside the parent mockup for the frame u wanna do

I know I didn't explain so well, hmph