the best way to get good at something is usually to just practice actually doing the thing in question.
a lot of very capable people outsmart themselves with complex plans that involve working a lot on fake prerequisites.
Thoughts on transferable skills.
I was surprised reading the comments to Riley’s question about best UI animation tool for web. To anyone interested in diving into motion design I would strongly recommend - aim to become a motion expert, not Jitter/Rive/Lottie specialist.
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