design, the geek way
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DESIGNTHE GEEK WAY
DESIGNTHE GEEK WAY
HIRAN VENUGOPALAN
WARNING: ITS NOT ANY ROCKET SCIENCE. ITS A SIMPLE TALK, MEANT FOR BEGINNERS.
ME HIRAN VENUGOPALANFREE SOFTWARE ACTIVIST.DEVELOPER, SWATHANTHRA MALAYALAM COMPUTING.FOUNDER CTO, SALTMANGOTREE.
ENGINEER.GEEK.BRAND EXPERT.TYPE DESIGNER.SCREEN WRITER.
? TOOLS.IDEAS.THEORY.TRICKS.
TOOLS
GIMPTOOLS
INKSCAPETOOLS
PHATCHTOOLS
SCRIBUSTOOLS
FONTFORGETOOLS
BLENDERTOOLS
IDEAS
DONT GIMPIDEAS
GIMP IS FOR PHOTO EDITING. NOT DESIGN.
DONT GIMPIDEAS
GIMP IS FOR PHOTO EDITING. NOT DESIGN.WIN GUYS, READ REPLACING GIMP WITH PHOTOSHOP.
BLANKIDEAS
ITS THE BEST WAY TO START.
PLANIDEAS
ITS SUPER POWERFUL.
ANALOGIDEAS
PAPER IS STILL AWESOME ALONG WITH PENCILS.
RESEARCHIDEAS
INSPIRE. COPY. STEAL. INSPIRE. IDEATE. ITERATE.
THEORY
VECTORTHEORY
VECTOR IS BETTER THAN RASTER.
INSTAGRAMTHEORY
DONT ADD ALL EFFECTS ON THE SAME DESIGN!
TRICKS
ORGANIZETRICKS
SAVE THE SOURCE. FOLDER THEM. ORGANIZE.
TEMPLATETRICKS
TEMPLATING IS PART OF AUTOMIZATION.
STOCKTRICKS
KEEP STOCKS. MAKE STOCKS. SHARE.
CLOUDTRICKS
CLOUD YOUR FILES. SPECIALLY FONTS.
SVGTRICKS
LET THE SOURCE BE TEXT!
GITTRICKS
CONTROL THE VERSIONS.
CODETRICKS
MAKE SCRIPTS, ADD ONS.
PENCILTRICKS
HOLD IT, BITE THE RUBBER. IT INSPIRES.
QQUESTIONS?
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