What the client sees: - The final design What the client doesn't see: - Hours of research - Time management - Technical challenges - Striving for original work - Endless iterations from our end All of this stuff is why you're paid well. It's not just the final outcome.

A skill every entrepreneur needs to succeed: Being wronged and moving on.

Asking for one-time payments is almost becoming an unfair advantage

"I can replicate that logo in 2 minutes." Sure. But you didn't think of the original idea. As designers we are paid for our creativity, experience & knowledge. We are not just paid for out time. Your creativity is priceless.

Progress is not linear. You need to work a lot upfront.

Canva @affinitybyserif Everyone under the canca announcement thinks this is great. Everyone under the affinity side of this announcement is horrified.

New: randomly sort your fonts to get a fresh view of your library — perhaps you’ll discover some new favorites! Or get a quick look at Latin character support and view multiple font sizes at once with the new Text layouts: Characters & Waterfall Enjoy 🦊 typefaceapp.com/changelog/type…

Here's a new post (with a new little demo video) about using instance layers in #paragraphic to create live updating copies and variations of layers. paragraphic.design/instance-layer…

New #vectoraster 8.6.0 update released today, with new dynamic arc shapes, point offset transforms and other fixes and improvements. Update today or get it at lostminds.com/vectoraster8

Working on adding node previews in #paragraphic, just like the ones in #patternodes. To help understand step by step what is changed by each node in the generation sequence for a layer. More info and tester signup at paragraphic.design

Another update and example video of #paragraphic, showing of using selective transforms and input nodes to create interesting patterns from basic shapes. youtu.be/XRnh8Wm7lp8

Element indexes are very useful for selecting and modifying things in groups, but they can be tricky to understand. So now I've added a helpful little display setting that shows the index numbers of elements in selected groups. #paragraphic

Maturing as a graphic designer means recognizing that gathering assets is a skill in itself.

New #paragraphic video on making a randomized line ray burst design. #plottertwitter youtu.be/9QNq_zimP0U

The #paragraphic sample files have now been updated with inline comments to help introduce concepts and features to new users. If you're a tester, update to the latest testing version and check them out at: paragraphic.design/sample-files/

Parametric vector design app #paragraphic is now available in early access! Try it out free at paragraphic.design

#paragraphic 0.8.6 update adds new Color from list input node, fixes a bunch of bugs, improves performance and you can now use arrow keys to step values in fields. More at paragraphic.design

#paragraphic 0.9.1 update adds new tiling preview, seamless repeater and other improvements. Find out more at paragraphic.design This will be our last post on Twitter, you can follow us instead on mastodon.social/@lostminds_sw or bsky.app/profile/lostmi…

"No one fights alone in this family!" This custom design was built to show strength, love, & support for someone battling cancer. Need a bold design for a fundraiser, awareness campaign, or tribute? Let’s make something powerful DM me to get started! #vectorstyler #tshirtdesign

Really impressed with the updates to Eagle.cool. So excited to see what their 5.0 version adds to one of the best file curation systems out there. no subscription is the cherry on top!