https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/fontguessr

https://youtu.be/4CZwOPWttJw?si=xSgFevBtdajxSanu

https://www.figma.com/community/file/1258765867218511354

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/crystal-ball

https://www.templatesbyliz.com/product-design

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/2.-the-anti-rules-of-typographic-style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Op1UAvtTM

how the art of visual design (elizabeth's version) represents a culmination of my years of learning design, teaching design, and designing for learning.

it all started with lalizlabeth graphix

https://designisaparty.com/lalizlabeth-graphix/

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/4.-methods-for-decision-making

A fun and interactive visual design course for designers of all levels, filled with rainbows, sparkles, and a sprinkle of sass. I'll teach you all the rules, but just so you can break them all later. Learn how to define your own aesthetic and work toward a ✻ standout ✻ design portfolio.

The Art of Visual Design (Elizabeth's Version)

Everything you need to know about creating your UX or product design portfolio!

Elizabeth's portfolio guide | UX & product design

I'm doing an open house for a few days to share a peek at what you can expect.

The Art of Visual Design (Elizabeth's Version): Open House

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/open-house/welcome

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/3.-eyes-for-design

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/aesthetic-quiz

https://youtu.be/NLrTapEzyxk?si=C_bfngmvZ6F0ekc2

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/welcome

my process for creating the curriculum for "the art of visual design"

how to teach everything without being everywhere all at once

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOp53gpFCII&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmHTCQJ6oE0&t=1s&ab_channel=ElizabethLin

i'm working on a new series for my students called "how i designed this." the first episode is about designing a blog layout.

first, i record a video of me designing the blog from scratch (with no prep or practice beforehand!) students can watch my full unedited process.

my 2-course series ✨ the art of visual design (elizabeth's version) ✨ is complete! to celebrate, both courses will be on sale for this week only. thanks for all your support over the last year 💕!

👉 enroll now: https://artofvisualdesign.com

👀 i've been working on a couple of side projects. here's a sneak peek of my define your aesthetic quiz~

(it actually works 😇)

i made a lil typography game called fontguessr! you can test your font guessing skills while learning some type anatomy basics. the levels progress in difficulty from a paragraph of text -> one word -> two letters 😈!

try it: https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/fontguessr

i just dropped a new video for my series: ✨ learn how to design fast ✨! i find that designers fixate on figma for scalability too soon: components and variables are only useful once you're out of the iteration phase: 

➡️ https://youtu.be/4CZwOPWttJw?si=xSgFevBtdajxSanu

finished my figma jeopardy game that's powered with variables! the categories, questions, answers, team names, and colors can all be edited with variables 🫨! i also added a lil points tracker.

It's live in the community~
https://www.figma.com/community/file/1258765867218511354

i built a little tool 🔮 elizabeth's crystal ball that will .•*• reveal your design destiny •*•. you can check it out here: https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/crystal-ball

reply below with your favorite prompts~

📓 elizabeth's declassified guide to product design is live! this was a ton of work and i'm really proud of it 🥹. the book contains all my honest thoughts on breaking into product design (in 24 chapters!)

➡️ https://www.templatesbyliz.com/product-design

it's been 1 year since i launched ✨ The Art of Visual Design (Elizabeth’s Version) ✨. to celebrate, I’ll be running a little sale starting next wed, nov. 20th. you'll also have the option to purchase just one course~

so proud of the students for their unique styles~

🥸 i’m doing some research on design portfolio review processes at companies.

1. how does your design team review portfolios? 

2. Who reviews the portfolio? a designer, a design manager, or a recruiter? 

3. how do you decide who to pass on to the first round phone screen?

🏡 open house day 2: in “the anti-rules of typographic style,” you’ll use what you know about type hierarchy, but apply it in ways you traditionally are told not to.

lesson lives here: https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/2.-the-anti-rules-of-typographic-style

i just dropped a new video on how i find and use design inspiration ✨! in the video, i share some of my favorite sources for inspo and also walk through my raw process of using the inspo!

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Op1UAvtTM

i wrote a little bit about how the art of visual design (elizabeth's version) is a culmination of my years of learning design, teaching design, and designing for learning 💖

➡️ https://designisaparty.com/lalizlabeth-graphix/

organized a little community design challenge for the art of visual design with the prompt: design a button inspired by pizza 🍕

here are the results~

kicked off a workshop today with a "plot yourself" activity! i love how everyone gravitated toward the bottom right corner~

i'm hosting a free live event tomorrow at 8:30pm est called "the anti-elements of typographic style" 🥰

➡️ rsvp: https://lu.ma/6n6uoh1z

🧐 how do I know which design is better? in this open house lesson, we talk about the qualities of a good visual design and you'll learn how to assess different variations of your design work.

check it out~ https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/4.-methods-for-decision-making

✨ the art of visual design (elizabeth's version) is officially launching on wed, november 8th!

i updated the landing page to include some new details about the curriculum & what to expect:
https://artofvisualdesign.com

i can't wait to share it with you all 🥹

absolutely blown away by how beautiful my student maddie's moodboard is for the color project 🥺💖

visited the moma library yesterday to do some research on design education history! it's such a great resource for design books that are hard to find~

the art of visual design discord is alive 👀! these are screenshots of activities from the "developing taste" section.

i've loved seeing the variety of styles and anti-styles from each student in their inspo boards 🥰

i've reviewed (+ rejected 🫠) thousands of portfolios for product/ux design positions. 
recently, i’ve been getting an influx of review requests, so decided to make a guide with my advice to help you on your portfolio journey~

🪩 https://www.templatesbyliz.com/portfolio

all 4 lessons of the art of visual design open house are live!
1. eyes for design
2. auto layout isn't that scary
3. layout basics
4. presenting your work

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/open-house/welcome

✨ here's a peek at a portfolio revamp challenge i did yesterday! i asked my instagram followers to nominate a style or adjective. i challenged myself to redesign the original portfolio in a few minutes using their nominated words~

for my latest portfolio review, i shared some small ideas for improving the presentation of this designer's work.

here's an example:
1. connected the rectangles for more cohesion.
2. reduced space between text for connectivity.
3. increased contrast for dramatic effect.

i'm hosting a 2-night online "figma for beginners: workshop next week on 4/30 and 5/1! eventually the content in this series will become a self-paced course 🥰

➡️ learn more and sign up: https://lu.ma/psygs1pd

🥳 the art of visual design (elizabeth’s version) is live! 

it's an ✨ all-inclusive ✨ fun and interactive learning experience for designers and non-designers of all levels.

➡️ sign up now: https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/

p.s. to celebrate, it will be on sale this week!

👀 over the weekend, i had the sudden urge to make a new portfolio! i had so much fun prototyping the hover state & i'm feeling nostalgic after browsing folders of screenshots from previous roles.

➡️ https://www.lalizlabeth.com/

can you spot the mistake in the design below? 

today's open house lesson "eyes for design" is part of a section called "developing taste" in the art of visual design 💖

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/3.-eyes-for-design

i took an intro to riso printing class at sva's risolab this fall! for my final project, i combined my love for music & design by creating a visual dictionary of music words 🎶

this class was so much fun! i felt like i was living my hs dream of going to graphic design school 🥺

i'm so proud of my students 🥺✨. here's a snippet of marena's final project where she created 101 iterations of the same design!

It’s giving magical ✨early internet✨ vibes. Congrats on the launch @lalizlabeth ! So excited to dive in!!!

👁️ one of my goals as an educator is to help every student develop their personal style. to help them on their journey, i made a quiz called ✨ discover your design constellation ✨.

i hope you enjoy the designer-coded questions! https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/aesthetic-quiz

i started the "exploring color" workshop with an exercise where students made gradient orbs representing how they feel today~

what does the average design portfolio look like? 

i've done so many short-form portfolio roasts on tiktok and instagram over the last year! this time, i decided to change it up a bit and share a 10 min review:
https://youtu.be/NLrTapEzyxk?si=C_bfngmvZ6F0ekc2

🤩 results from the make comic sans look luxe challenge i ran this week!  

some discoveries…

i'm hosting an open house where you can try some of the lessons in my courses for free! 

the 1st lesson is all about type hierarchy. this one highlights the hands-on activities you'll experience~

👉 https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/welcome

the unique buttons everyone made during my workshop today 🥰

i wrote about my process for creating the curriculum for ✨ the art of visual design ✨. It’s been challenging to fit my ambitious dreams into a digestible format! 

https://designisaparty.com/how-to-teach

People! get in on this and tell your friends ✨

👀 btw a few of my lessons are available for free til wednesday!
1. type hierarchy
2. the anti-rules of typographic style
3. eyes for design
4. methods for decision-making
✨ hope you enjoy~ 

https://www.artofvisualdesign.com/preview/welcome

Had tons of fun at your layout workshop. Thank you for hosting the event!

i'm featuring some student work from "the art of visual design"! this is ashley's digital mood ring, a project that’s all about exploring color and shape and how it relates to our emotions.

i love how she explored color and built a beautiful prototype 💖.

✨ today's the last day to register for the art of visual design (elizabeth's version) before the sale ($200 off) ends! 

➡️ register: https://artofvisualdesign.com

i get a lot of 1-1 requests for design feedback and thought it would be beneficial to turn these into learning for more people! 

the series is called "crits by liz" and you can watch the first one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOp53gpFCII&t=2s

👀 sharing some student work today from alden and marc! we begin the shape module with an exercise of exploring how using black and white shapes can depict a feeling. the feelings depicted below are joy, lost, stressed, and secure.

so excited for this event on discovering  your personal aesthetic that i'm hosting later today! we'll all be going through a series of exercises that help us find styles that represent us~

the collaborate figma file looks so intense when i zoom out 😈

i also decided to test out the crystal ball by doing 5-minute design challenges! (yes, it was a little stressful 🥲)

if you want to see my unedited process, watch me complete 3 prompts in 15 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmHTCQJ6oE0&t=1s&ab_channel=ElizabethLin

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