#040 - Recipe

May 27, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

This was fun. Maybe designing recipe apps is in my future. Or maybe it’s because I just love good pictures of food.

Who knows?

For today’s exercise, I designed an interface that gives the user ingredients and instructions on how to make avocado toast. Yes, I did choose this because of the whole “You millennials can’t afford to buy homes these days because you’re spending too much money on fancy avocado toast and coffee!” thing that has been floating around for a while now. Why not have a little fun with it, make the avo toast yourself, then save that $14+ for when restaurants open back up and you can celebrate with friends at brunch with bottomless mimosas?

#039 - Testimonials

May 25, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

Remember how I said I would record the process of doing these exercises this week?

In all honesty, I’m liking this break of not recording, but I know that it doesn’t really work since I do need to show how I carried out my design. You know, as proof that I actually did it.

Just putting that out there.

#038 - Calendar

May 22, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

Unlike the other two exercises I completed earlier this week, I didn’t record the process for this one at all. It wasn’t intentional, and I’ll be back on track again for next week’s exercises.

#037 - Weather

May 20, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

Another short but sweet one because it’s been a long day.

I recorded the first stage setting up the majority of the layout, but I didn’t record when I spruced it up today. You can view the video here.

#036 - Special Offer

May 18, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

I’m keeping this one short and sweet. Most of the work I completed yesterday was scrapped and I started from scratch today.

This little exercise consists of an in-app offer to get 25% off purchases of serums, eye treatments, and masks.

#035 - Blog Post

May 15, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

I’m proud of myself for this one. Every time I look at the final image, I give myself a pat on the back, as corny as that sounds.

Today’s blog post designed was based on Satchel Stone, the fictional accessory company I made up ran by two sisters named Malia and Sasha. (Shout out to the Obama girls.) The blog post is from Malia’s perspective, and it turns out Satchel Stone has seen an increase in online orders over the last couple of months. It’s a nice surprise, which means that they are able to keep their small staff employed instead of having to lay anyone off.

#034 - Car Interface

May 13, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

I’m going to start this off by saying that some people are very talented and can design amazing car interfaces.

I, however, am not one of them.

Just looking through the various examples of what people have posted on Dribble and Pinterest made me realize that:

I could make an interface that’s simple, straight to the point, and on time according to the posting schedule I have been working with for the last 3-ish months.
Or I could overthink, complicate things, and become so frustrated that it causes me to fall behind.

#033 - Customize Product

May 11, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

I have decided to document my process by using a tool called Loom! It isn’t a new tool, but it’s fairly new to me even though I’ve had the desktop app on my laptop for a month or two. Many people film tutorials with screen recording tools and while I don’t have any plans to do that whatsoever, I did want to have a clearer way to show bits and pieces of putting these #notsodailyui projects together instead of just using screenshots.

#032 - Crowdfunding Campaign

May 08, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

I had two ideas right off the bat for this crowdfunding campaign. One idea was to raise money to donate to a food bank and the other involved raising money to give a school library new books. Real life events have inspired these ideas. Food banks are finding more and more people visiting them due to reduced income, being laid off completely, and now trying to adjust to these changes. It’s a lot for anyone to adjust to, including staff at these food banks who are doing their best to help others and protect their health at the same time.

#031 - File Upload

April 09, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

I talked a bit about this on the Freebies post (if you’ve missed it, you can get caught up here), but we truly are in a very unpredictable time now. Many people are getting sick from the Coronavirus, as well as dying, and people have been told multiple times to stay home. Within the span of a week, things grinded to a halt and panic set in. Literally.

And it sure did by Thursday of that week.

#030 - Pricing

February 12, 2020 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

Life happened and it took me a while for me to complete this. I did the wireframes in December, dabbled a little bit in January, but put the finishing touches on it yesterday. Whew, the inconsistency of it all. I find that my issue is feeling like I have to spend a significant amount of time on creative work in a day and as we all know, sometimes it’s not possible. What I have done, though, is set a goal to at least work on one UI related project and coding for at least an hour, multiple times a week. It lessens the guilt I have about not doing it every day, even when I’m occupied with other life matters.

#029 - Map

December 10, 2019 by Tenisha Rawlins in #notsodailyui

Confession: I’m not into the whole Black Friday and Cyber Monday thing.

Yes, I said it. Don’t get me wrong, there are some decent deals, but I will not be lined up outside of a store at 8 AM to be one of the first 25, 50, or 100 people in line. I think it comes from working in retail for so long and I’m not a fan of crowds. (Not to mention that I actually had to work Black Friday at one of my jobs this year, but that’s another story…)