The next homework is about UI elements like buttons, checkboxes, dropdowns, and notifications. I’m curious: what takes more time—designing a button in at least three states, or implementing it? Probably designing...

17/23 Figma lessons

I'm currently doing homework on prototyping in Figma: a game screen with character selection by clicking on buttons 1, 2, and 3. Don’t just explain it—show the prototype in action. Figma is pretty cool.

Deceptive simplicity.
How long does it take to design the first mobile screen in Figma? 14 lessons with good teacher.
I did it.

Another reminder of how grateful I am to live in this decade. When I first tried UI design, it was a mess of countless Photoshop layers and artistic way of working. Now, I have Figma, UI kits, Material UI, and minimalism. My fears of creating designs that couldn’t be implemented have faded away.

Maybe I started this journey on the wrong foot, but I want to be able to design whatever I need in Figma for my portfolio. So, instead of diving into React hooks, I’m generating images, icons, aligning items, justifying content, and picking font sizes. Wish me luck. "Mobile first" huh?

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