Maya Barkai, 2012

I'm making a plugin for AE to display these bezier controls and I'm confused on what to call each part.
I mean the center point that has the actual vector point (1) I'd call just "point" and the points that we push and make the curve (2) are "handles"? Does the line (3) between those 2 points have a name?

I'd love to hear your view on something that happened this week and left me really wondering about the big picture consequences of using Generative AI on our work, not only as designers but also developers, artists and in this specific situation, writers.

I had a post removed from an online platform because, according to the moderators, it was AI-generated. Well, for obvious reasons,I am sure that the copy and screenshots in that post were authentic and human-made.

So, what happened there? After some research across similar decisions in that platform and others, I've spotted some of the "identifiers" that lead moderators to assume posts like the one I published are AI-generated:

- They're structured in short and clear paragraphs.

- Language and syntax are accurate and purposeful.

- There are no grammar issues or misspelled words.

- They include bullet points 🤔.

- The tone is cheerful or empathetic (this one is a blast!).

- Repetition is used as a stylistic device.

Is there irony or tragedy in this? Rationally thinking, this is what's happening:

AI models learned by reading millions of online posts written and published by human beings. Therefore, AI copy sounds human. Therefore, if we write as human beings we sound like AI slop. Therefore... what? We have to sound like a machine to convince people we're human? > Therefore, we need to:

- Use awkward paragraph structures?

- Use slang or speak like our knowledge merely scratches the surface of things?

- Throw grammar or spelling to the bin?

- Just shove stuff randomly into a text, using very long sentences?

- Show no emotional connection or tone?

- Stop thinking about pace or rhythm when we're writing?

In conclusion, if we keep on using AI to think and write for us, are we falling into one of the most terrible traps we could possibly imagine? Losing our identities? Having to "dumb down" our work so other people don't think, say, or judge it's AI-made?

I'd love to hear what you think and if you've ever felt the same. Cheers!

I turned 12 of my favourite analogue photographs of Berlin into little calendar for 2027.

Buongiorno,
sono una ragazza che ha studiato comunicazione e poi ho fatto un corso di grahic design base presso JobFormazione( su Photoshop, Illustrator e Indesign), che è stato parzialmente utile.
Ora lavoro come grafico impaginatore (con CorelDraw principalmente) ma l’ambiente di lavoro non è per niente creativo nè stimolante e non so come fare per cercare un nuovo lavoro.
Ho provato a mandare curriculum e portfolio un po’ ovunque specificando che ho bisogno di formazione ma ovviamente non ha prodotto risultati; non nascondo che sia abbastanza frustrata da questa situazione.
Mi sono imbattuta in una masterclass di Grafigata “da 0 a designer” e non so se cominciare questo percorso (tra l’altro abbastanza dispendioso).
Qualcuno conosce questa masterclass e sa dirmi di più? O in generale consigli su come sbloccare la situazione?

Grazieee :)

I find myself having a lot of ideas, screenshots, etc but not being able to organize it properly, I don't like notion and manually organizing things. Idk none of the saving tools have worked well for me, does anyone have a solution for this? Like an actually useful Pinterest? An organization tool for creatives that actually works..

EDIT: Thanks for all the quick responses!!! I try to be very intentional as the media rep for our band, which leads me to overthink very easily. I really appreciate all the answers to my question/concern. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something that designers secretly hate (like dumping a "for here" latte with beautiful art into a to go cup without even taking a sip lol).

Tried to search this but I kept getting black and white answers and I'm hoping for more nuanced answers from designers.

I own the logo to my band and paid a local artist in my city to make it for us. It's primarily black and white with the words in one color. I'm not looking to permanently change the color, I just find it's nice to match the color to certain situations (like a Halloween flyer, making the letters orange). 9/10 I use the main color, but sometimes it'd be nice to play off different themes.

I have changed it to grey scale from time to time, but never messed with the actual "color" color. I also have the vectors so the color changing I'm not relying on AI to change anything either.

I know I legally *can* change the color, but what's the etiquette with this situation? I just want to make sure I'm respectful of the artist's work.

I just got into illustrating and I made this using Corel draw 2025, I've been using it for flyers and stuff but hadn't tried before to draw stuff . I'm really proud of this 🙂

Hi everyone 🙋‍♀️ I am starting a fully remote full time graphic design job at an agency. I wanted to know if you have any insights/ tips and tricks in surviving a design agency + working at home. Thank you!

Hi everyone, I’m a designer and I’m rethinking my view on AI. With Claude Code, my workflow has become incredibly powerful.

Until now, I’ve always shown my clients my work and the process behind it, step by step, directly in the software. With Claude there’s still a lot of work behind the result, and you need to know what you’re doing, but I don’t want people to think I only work with AI. The result is high quality and I’d like it to be seen that way.

I’m afraid clients will judge me. People who work in this field and follow AI updates see how simple and amazing it all is, but normal people don’t follow these things and don’t understand them.

What do you do? Do you show your AI process to clients, or are you starting to keep these things “hidden”?

Hi everyone, I’m new here. I’m an Italian product and media designer, recently moved to Switzerland, and I’m trying to build my own agency.

I studied product design at IED, and afterwards I also went deeper into media design: branding, graphics, social media, photography, web design.

If you work in this field, you know there’s always new software. I started with Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Then Figma came along, and for simpler tasks it was often easier. In web design I tried Webflow, but it felt too technical, and now I use Framer for my clients’ websites.

Lately, though, I’ve noticed something. People say Adobe is in trouble: they’re adding AI everywhere, and more and more free open source software keeps coming out. I pay about 70 francs a month for Creative Cloud and use Illustrator and Lightroom every day. The price is fair, but it scares me to think I’m using software that people might not know how to use in the future.

So my question is: do you think Adobe is done by 2030? Will schools and designers move to other software, maybe built with AI? That wouldn’t be wrong, I’m just thinking out loud. Is it only my impression, or do you see it too?

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hello, I've never used reddit but I need design advise. I have no idea what font would suit my comic inspired by well known xix century polish novel. In what subreddit should I post? I think that I would need help making the comic in the future too.

I've been struggling with communicating with clients who don't have a design background.

Like, they'll say they want something "minimal" or "premium," but when I show them the design, they're like "hmm not really what I had in mind."

But when I ask what they want changed, they can't really explain it either 😭

So I end up going back and forth, making a bunch of versions, and still have no idea what they're actually looking for.

How do you guys handle this? Do you ask a ton of questions upfront, use moodboards, or just keep trying until something clicks?

Hi everyone, I’m a product designer who grew up with the old Adobe methods and a design education. I’ve learned Adobe, Figma and many other tools. Adobe is great for me, it’s really strong and I’m not leaving it.

But since Claude Design came out, I feel like Figma isn’t needed anymore.

So I’m asking you: do you think Claude Design will kill Figma? Does it still make sense to learn Figma? Does it make sense to keep working in it and, above all, to keep paying for the subscription?

So after some years I've come to the conclusion that I am a hobbyist and not a professional designer. It is not my day job, I have never had a full time job in it over many years, I basically do it for the love of it and only specifically within my niche subculture. I spent many years pretending I was still in school when I wasn't to get a discount, threatening to cancel my membership to get discounts, now the last available option is to guinea pig some new software and I still only get it dropped to $50/mo. This just isn't sustainable in this economy. I know that affinity is free now, and I have also used open source freeware alternatives as well. I know the switchover won't be totally smooth, and that I'll have to relearn some things, but what I'm looking for is advice from people who have done this process about something I might be overlooking. Something I can be pretty bad about.

How does Behance work without an adobe subscription? Any issues? Is it free? Can I even use it without Adobe? What if I migrate my Adobe portfolio website to Behance before cancelling, will I lose it after I cancel? I'm sorry this seems like it should be a Google question itself but I'm literally getting conflicting answers from looking this up .

Theoretics aside, how can people with personal experience attest to the functionality of using Photoshop or illustrator proprietary files in free programs? What's the best thing for me to do about replacing acrobat?

Is it a huge pain to cancel and restart it again say I suddenly got called up to work full time or even on a contract but they required Adobe product usage for the work?

Most importantly what am I not thinking of? What's gonna hit me like a ton of bricks that you didn't consider til you thought you had this process figured out?

Thanks for any and all advice.

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Currently in the process of applying to my masters project - i learn design at university.

Would love to hear what sort of projects people got up to!