Become a self-tought UI/UX Designer
Master the basics of web & Visual design
Color Fundamentals and Psychology of colors
Gris systems
Composition & balance
Typography
Contrast to organize information,build hierarchy and create focus
whitespace
Drop shadow & gradient
Develop Design Thinking
Our goal as a designer should be to develop useful & valuable products based on user needs.
Design thinking is extremely useful in tackling complex problems
Some good Resources:
Design Thinking pioneer Tim Brown’s blog
Imitate works of more skilled & experienced designers
Go to Dribbble.Behance or Pinterest and literally start copying designs from there and observe carefully each and every element and how it is used.
Don’t get me wrong here !
copying and recreating others work will enhance your creativity and good taste for designs. you will also develop better understanding of what a good design looks like.
Start reading articles , books, listen to prodcasts and watch design related videos.
Enhance your knowledge and then use it for your designs.
Don’t forget-Practice more than you read.
Some good Resources for articles:
smashingmagazine.com
designmodo.com
uxmag.com
speckyboy.com
uxmyths.com
nngroup.com
Learn UI/UX related tools
you can always start with just pen and paper but digital tools make things faster and help your better collaborate with people .
start with any one tool first.if you learn the basics of one tool then you can easily use other tools as well.
Some of the tools you can try-
Sketch(for Mac users)
Adobe XD
Invision App
UXPin
Observe good designs and train your eyes
Check works and different designs online and get inspiration as well as observe how they use white space , typography, spacing, colour combinations etc.
Some of the websites you can check for inspiration-
behance.net
dribble.com
awwwards.com
uplabs.com
pttrns.com
uimovement.com
Find a Mentor or join communities online
Finding a mentor can really help you a lot in your learning process.
Don’t always expect someone to mentor you personally. It may be not possible for good designers due to so much work.
You can always follow their tips and work online or on Instagram page.
Some good designers also have Telegram, or Discord community.Youcan join that as well.
Create Portfolio Online
Showcasing our work online can help us to receive valuable feedback from more experienced designers.
It also help us to connect with different people as well as clients for furture work.
Some of the websites you can use to do it-
