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DESIGNTHE GEEK WAY

DESIGNTHE GEEK WAY

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WARNING: ITS NOT ANY ROCKET SCIENCE. ITS A SIMPLE TALK, MEANT FOR BEGINNERS.

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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.

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