Slowly but surely, I am approaching the half way stage of my UI Snacks project. While I am not happy with the overall quality of my work, I am happy with the way things are going in general. Here are my thoughts on the experiment:

• Creating something I can be proud of on a daily basis has always been a struggle of mine and I most certainly am not satisfied with some of my illustrations. However, I am doing my best within my personal time constraints.
• I am happy with the improved speed at which I can now put together an icon or an illustration—during 160 days, I have improved my speed considerably which is a great bonus.
• Improved Sketch skills are also a big plus—I’ve taken my Sketch app speed and efficiency to a higher level.
• Sometimes, I can use a UI snack, or part of it, in my commercial work, which can be quite handy.
• Clients appreciate the fact I am adding to my skillset.
• I can recommend the experiment to everyone—doing something like this can only be a good thing.

As a small present from me to you, here is my Goodies page. It currently holds two .sketch files which I tend to use in my work. I’ll update it with more goodies in the future.

It’s been a while since I wrote an article about common UX mistakes web designers make, but I failed to inform you, the reader. So here you go, the article is live on Toptal and it’s called Are All Trends Worth It? Top 5 Most Common UX Mistakes That Designers Make. The article expands on the subjects I wrote about here, on my blog, and goes into detail how the mistakes in question can be avoided. I hope you’ll enjoy the read. As always, feedback is more than welcome.

Love this quote from Stephen Anderson’s UX Design, Role-playing & Micromoments:

Good interaction design is about attending to every moment that passes between a person and the device (or system, or service) with which he or she is interacting.

Fellow Croatian designer Marko Stupić is nearing the end of his amazing Icon-a-day project. He wrote about the experience in his article How to become an awesome designer in 365 days. I found Marko’s journey so inspiring that I’ve started a similar challenge a couple of days ago. I’m calling it UI Snacks and my aim is also to create something every day for 365 days. Each day, I will fire up Sketch app and produce an illustration of some kind. I’m super curious to see how my skills will evolve.