AaronChampagne

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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   Fuck that. Good design IS modular design. If your designer isn't following best practices like modular design then they are NOT good designers. Learning to work in non-destructive modular ways was one of the most important lessons for me
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   As a designer I like your counterpoint. If I could work with developers like you're describing I'd be interested. I'm nervous about offering help to a project though, because I'm getting the impression that developers are expected to navi
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   I've just heard about 37 signals this past month or two and am thinking about putting out a portfolio for them. Would they actually care about OS projects as a designer?
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   |Most times, when I team up with some designer they'd want to make pretty icons... The designer should know enough to you visual symbols that have real-world equivalents to convey the meaning of the button visually. Envelopes for mail. pho
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   Actually, this git thing does sound cool. You mean to tell me there's an easy way of tracing different versions of a design?
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   Having someone to direct the efforts of other designers would definitely help. Style guides would also help.
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   This would kill it for me. I've spent my whole adult life learning to use graphite and charcoal, oil paint and clay. Having my entire effort refused because I don't know what a GIT is just doesn't work for me. Having communication barrier
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   I am trained as a designer but I actually work as a lookout observer for Alberta Forestry. I spend 6 months a year alone in the woods. Designing and illustrating fills some of that time :)
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   by AaronChampagne 16y ago

   I can vouch for Reddit's community being a result of it's "poor design". Most people are turned off by giant walls of text. Reddit is actively trying to build a community out of people who are going to take the time out of their day to so
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    by AaronChampagne 16y ago

    http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/a/alignment.... Here's an article for the interested. Often times, designers will use a grid, like http://960.gs/ offers, to help make layouts with good alignment. Left, right centre alig