With RefactoringUI and Erik's course, I think the 3rd I would use to complete my top 3 is Shift Nudge (https://shiftnudge.com/). There's a fair amount of overlap between all of them, so if you want to Pareto minmax it, I would recommend starting with Refactoring UI, which should help provide practical solutions to many situations and get rid of the most egregious horrors you might commit. Of course, UI design goes... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Find some fundamental videos on Youtube or take an online course. Bring Your Own Laptop is good but honestly just plug "Learn UI" into Youtube and find someone that presents to your liking. They're all sharing the same stuff and there's thousands of them now. Figma offers a ton of videos that teaches you app and gives a sense of the basics. You'll quickly see lots of the same principles apply from print design. If... Source: 11 months ago

The only one I was tempted by was https://shiftnudge.com/ but even that doesn't seem advanced. Source: about 1 year ago

Never heard of Domestika until now, but I imagine skillshare is better? If you have the money https://shiftnudge.com/ is a course that has caught my eye. MDS is a solid designer and is very good at explaining how and why different design techniques and concepts work. Source: about 1 year ago

Also very worth checking out if you want to make a bit of an investment is Shift Nudge, awesome course. Source: over 1 year ago

So, assuming you’re going to apply to design programs, be proactive and start designing stuff on your own. You can find design briefs at goodbrief.io, fakeclients.com, and sharpen.design. Source: about 1 year ago

Are design contests worth entering? If your hope is that a company will see your contest entry and decide to hire you, probably not. Contests may be helpful, though more for developing a designer's skills and giving them a winning or placing entry that they can use to promote as opposed to gaining organic notoriety from the contest itself. It is true, though, that being able to promote oneself as an... Source: almost 2 years ago

• use sites like https://dailylogochallenge.com, https://goodbrief.io, https://www.briefbox.me, and https://fakeclients.com to develop projects for fictional clients (more on which types of fictional clients and pieces to include is in the next section). Source: about 2 years ago

Work/Portfolio – Basics• do not overload your portfolio with too much of one type of client, application/use (brochure, signage, packaging, etc.), or style – showing a hiring manager your ability to adapt to the needs of different types of clients and projects is a key in getting hired• avoid rebranding existing companies, especially large, household name entities• thumbnails tend to work best when they are filled... Source: about 2 years ago

But yeah, logos should fill a need, send a message. Try generating a brief on https://fakeclients.com and test your design skills from the description it gives you. Source: over 2 years ago