#designblr

[mangotalkies]

28.05: planning a three month long break; using a mug that's been lying on my shelf unused since forever; making some progress on my reading; creating my portfolio

i have about three months before my masters begins, and i want to use it extensively to learn subjects that i don't get to study academically or professionally. i'm also planning to learn sanskrit. i don't have a lot of confidence for it, but i'm gonna try anyway.

self study requires so much discipline. being a designer, my graduation in the design field didn't require me to "study" as much. in fact, i've not had a written exam in like 6 years. i did have a lot of presentations, case studies and juries though, which seems worse to me. but i think that's a classic case of the grass being greener on the other side.

my neurodivergent brain created a massive list of hobbies to pursue, subjects to learn and books to read. i'm really excited for the next three months though, it's all about how i plan and prioritise the things i want to do. (i won't, it's gonna be a chaotic hot mess but let's humour my enthusiasm).

[galina]

I love her and I love the Design Museum 🥰

[roselyn-writing]

I mentioned that Selviya has Lin Kuei outfits in ‘Ice Goddess and her icy warrior’ fanfic. Here are some the designs I made. All made with picrew/meikers. Kuai is very proud of her and he cannot focus in his training lol 😂 Btw, Her code-name is ❄️🩵Blanche🤍🧊

[naomimaria]

A special little something for a special big someone made on my smaller Line-O-Scribe. I didn't have quite enough of the font to do the whole thing in one go, so I had to set type for one half, print that, and then print the other half. Worked out well enough!

Copy is abridged lyrics from the song Bedroom Eyes by The Knocks.

I also sewed a little envelope out of mulberry paper:

[harpersbizarresketchbook]

Shop update!

New stickers for all of the exhausted designers out there... it's just how we are.

FIND THEM HERE AT MY FUNKY LITTLE SHOP

[tofulearns]

Studyblr reintro

Hi! I'm Tofu (he/him or she/her) and I am not a student. I graduated four years ago. I got a job adjacent to my degree subject that I really enjoy. Things are almost great! Except I'm still restless and unfulfilled and I miss uni life.

Turns out learning is not just the means to a perfect end, but is something I absolutely need to keep doing to thrive. So we're back to studyblr to help me work on a mix of professional and personal skills.

It's been a while since I was here and most people have graduated and moved on, so I'm looking for new people to follow, especially if we share goals!

WHAT I'M LEARNING/WANT TO LEARN

☀️PROFESSIONAL Excel, HTML/CSS, Blender

☀️PERSONAL Digital art, gamedev

☀️LANGUAGES Dutch, Japanese

☀️OTHER Healthy eating, easy workouts, organic modern design, literally anything that catches my eye for the week

[art-school-anxieties]

Jan 6th 2023 ˑ I studied and completed the Conditionals module of the syllabus on my JavaScript self-study course. ˑ I started brushing up on my foundational math. ˑ I'm taking a yin-yoga class later tonight to release some of the tension in my body.

Wishing you all a wonderful and peaceful weekend 🌿

[photolable]

Northern love at night.🫶

[strawberry-scented-creations]

Another poster! The backstory to this one is I keep calling the woods the forest 🤦‍♀️

[mensfrightsactivist]

[mangotalkies]

currently reading (at snail’s pace)

i’ve never juggled between such vastly different, yet equally heavy genres before. one boggles my mind with yet another unexplored aspect of indian history, another makes me realise how little i know about the world, and the last one could’ve just been a twitter thread.

“we said goodbye to our mothers. they’d been around all our lives, but we’d never properly seen them. they’d been bent over washing tubs or cooking pots, their faces red and swollen from heat and steam, holding everything together while our fathers were away at sea, and nodding off every night on the kitchen chair, with a darning needle in hand. it was their endurance and exhaustion we knew, rather than them."

- we, the drowned by carsten jensen

[galina]

In Hato Store there’s a tiny but playful collection of zines and design-led books!

[tomatoluvr69]

Wonder if either of my roommates will abuse their work printers fo print this out in black and white for me so I can nail it to my wall and have it be my only decoration for a few months. Bonus points for those lines jt gets when the printer’s running out of ink

[naomimaria]

The best part of having printing presses in your living room is sometimes you can just print swear words when you’re having a bad day.

[harpersbizarresketchbook]

I haven't done packaging design for a long time, but I really wanted to do this one. Maybe 2024 is my year to focus on more projects like these?

[mackydesigns]

Adjust your perspective. 2019 @mackydesigns