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Stephen Aguila's avatar

“Most designers consume more than they create. They scroll through thousands of shots every week and start to lose their own point of view. When everything looks good, nothing feels right.” - A dagger 🗡️ went through my heart. This is 100% true for me. I need to design more than I consume. Thanks for the realization & the good read!

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Noa Carle's avatar

Really enjoyed this! Great insights that I'll carry with me.

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pankaj's avatar

Too good!

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Hoor's avatar

Amazing. Thank you.

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Peppe's avatar

This hits hard. Thank you Fons!

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Fons Mans's avatar

Great to hear Peppe! More coming 👊

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spoonyvu's avatar

Great insights about taste

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Fons Mans's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Pew pew's avatar

first

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Fel's avatar
Nov 2Edited

Too much AI.

There’s some value, but hard to parse through the slop. I’d have appreciated reading your own thoughts even if briefer back of the napkin thoughts

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Simon Lind's avatar

Great read. “Build small personal rules. Consistency in decision-making trains instinct.” Curious to hear which rules you’ve built for yourself.

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Yashswani's avatar

"Great design invites strong reactions. Indifference is the real failure." oooof!

that hit so hard

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Md Shamsuddin's avatar

This is a real gem. From now on I will share this writeup as a must read for any struggling designer, any newbie and any designer asking for way to improve.

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Alex Villacres's avatar

If you were starting out fresh and not known, how would you go about finding skilled folks to critique your work? Is it just posting until you have an audience?

Great read, excited to see more of what you put out.

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DB4G's avatar

Needed this!

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