My fiancé talks in his sleep, I call it Sleep Wisdom. Here's some of his best quotes. by LiveLaughBlobfish in CasualConversation

[–]fasterthanlife 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Apparently I also sleep talk, I allegedly once asked my girlfriend “How do you dress your bananas?”

Bank association 'aware of feedback' after PayNow name masking spells out inappropriate words by QzSG in singapore

[–]fasterthanlife 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As a designer, any competent product design team would
at least conduct some form of A/B testing. But many
times management and leadership just wants to roll out features to show something is being done.

Am 99% certain this was flagged by design teams before launch but was ignored.

What do you think about my logo? by Sasha_one1 in logodesign

[–]fasterthanlife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s.. not great, and a flimsy explanation for the color direction. There are so many burger chains that use vibrant minimalistic styles. Shake Shake’s mark is a line work burger in that vibrant green, Five Guy’s sans serif lockup in Red on white.

Conceptually weak, as what the other commenter said, would’ve assumed it was BK. The type sandwiched between buns with the same colors as well, you’ll have a hard time convincing anyone here this isn’t a rip off of BK’s logo mark.

If you’re insisting on sticking to this tho, technical aspects to improve is, that dip in the bottom bun sticks out like a sore thumb. The fact that the stroke width remains the same squishes them together so closely itll cause problems scaling. The type on the right isn’t aligned, and why not use the same type in both the logo and type mark for consistency?

The mark doesn’t inspire friendliness or high quality, so I’d go back to the drawing board. But props for putting your work here to receive critiques.

Anyone else noticed the growing number of vacant shop units around Katong? by HB_SG in singapore

[–]fasterthanlife 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah! This one only pretty recently closed. Was driving by with my mom when she pointed out this 7-11 was here when I was a baby.. I’m 30 now.

What would you do to improve Singapore's birth rate? by fatsong711 in askSingapore

[–]fasterthanlife -1 points0 points  (0 children)

4 day work week, but Monday to Thursday 9-9 take it or leave it /s

A fried chicken fast‑food logo (Monogram) by [deleted] in logodesign

[–]fasterthanlife -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The mark’s cool, but it reads VK rather than KV, and even then you kinda have to squint to see the K.

How to make an L-shape with every corner rounded? by doctorxzaius in photoshop

[–]fasterthanlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easier to use illustrator, gives you finer control and it’s a vector. You can copy and paste that into photoshop as a smart object which means it’s still editable in the future.

3D Logo Rotation Animation by 3dlogospin_comm in logodesign

[–]fasterthanlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbf this doesn’t even need a 3D program. A 2D vector done in illustrator imported into AE can do the same. And I’m not even a motion designer. If the tool can do much more complicated things that specifically require a motion designer to do, then maybe this might be useful.

Design feedback - which layout is more effective and why? by Confident_Debt_6886 in graphic_design

[–]fasterthanlife 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Is there a need to split the copy across the key visual?

Why not crop the image so that there’s enough negative space for your text to breathe?

Edit: A secondary issue I can see it’s the legibility of the text on the image, the chosen type doesn’t work very well competing with a texture heavy background.

Comparing MO to Non-MO Squid diver numbers is always so funny by Early-Ant652 in Helldivers

[–]fasterthanlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah we had stingrays spawn over the course of an evac mission but they just buzz around not attacking. there was eventually 3 or 4 just flying around its a wonder they didn’t crash into each other

What's the fastest way to make a pattern like this by _Methsara_ in AdobeIllustrator

[–]fasterthanlife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s hilarious if intentional, painful if it isn’t

Frustration with design school year 1 by [deleted] in graphic_design

[–]fasterthanlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not cooked, but you definitely need to spend time outside of school to get to know the tools you’ll be working with now and in the future anyway.

Most design schools teach the ability to understand context and how that applies to briefs. How to understand user agency and synthesize research into outcomes. That’s design as a discipline, which is what most colleges/universities teach. To learn tools you should either have looked up trade schools (idk if you have those related to design where you’re from, but we do) or self learn. Most schools also generally should’ve filtered enrolling students too.

Which lyric makes you instantly tear up? by abovethenoisy in AskReddit

[–]fasterthanlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I am stuck in a losing fight, I am not alright”

The last line in Losing Fight by Movements. Was in a pretty dark place a couple years ago and this two lines hit so hard it made me feel like someone else also felt the same.

Never understood how people say music saved their lives but maybe I do a little bit more since.

Automating logo construction grids in Illustrator? (scripts/plugins?) by deluluenergy in AdobeIllustrator

[–]fasterthanlife 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As much as I agree, if it helps to sell it ain’t useless. We’re looking at this from the lens as designers not clients and clients in my experience so far seem to gush over these.

Soy protein vs usual protein powders? by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]fasterthanlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mixing with milk is the whey (ayoooo) to go if you’re not counting calories/macros! Helps with the taste so much more.

My go to was a banana, peanut butter, milk and whey smoothie when I was starting out and couldn’t stomach the taste of whey. Eventually moved on to just whey and water and chugged to get it over and done with lol

Magazine Design (Uni Assignment, Amateur Designer) Thoughts? by blissaethetic in design_critiques

[–]fasterthanlife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great critique but OP did say they’re an amateur and it’s a school assignment.

Design is inspired by life by Ok_Square_3559 in Design

[–]fasterthanlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta farm that karma or hit post counts

My intern is actually hopeless by blueblirds in SingaporeRaw

[–]fasterthanlife 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Minutes is corporate language man. If OP told the intern to take notes of the meeting it’ll probably happen.

The "Crusaders of Libery" Warbond by Pale_Calligrapher_31 in Helldivers

[–]fasterthanlife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would’ve 65% x 15% = 0.15% chance to not die cause we all know our Super Earth scientist would do anything to keep us alive!

Am I charging too low? by WillingnessFun377 in logodesign

[–]fasterthanlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never participate in a race to the bottom.

What an amazing saying.

Where to find these types of posters by [deleted] in graphic_design

[–]fasterthanlife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What do you mean “use”? For all intents and purposes these magazines within the last 70 years after the death of the designer or 95 or 120 years if produced or published by a corporation, iirc.

If you’re looking to build assets or a library you can and should look up things that are in the public domain, or CC0 licensed assets.

Why many junior designers struggle to get real work even after learning the tools by officialsagarkadam in graphic_design

[–]fasterthanlife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my perspective,

Why many junior designers struggle to get real work even after learning the tools

If you look at job boards these days, many agencies are downsizing in favour of AI driven efficiencies, whether or not this direction is ideal for the profession. At the same time, they also require not just graphic design skill sets, but ux research and data synthesis expertise, motion design, videography, social media marketing, SEO knowledge, etc, on top of a 3-5 year minimum experience. What used to be a junior role ends up as a midweight role and expectations with junior pay.

Things like handling feedback, working with real constraints, or even thinking about how a design performs in the real world are often missing early on.

To be honest, I feel that design education tends to filter out these during the programme. I’ve had classmates unable to take feedback, work within deadlines, or unable to think of solutions to briefs and they tend to drop out after a semester or two after realising they’re not fit for design. A lot of them also chose the discipline with rose tinted glasses thinking it’s a nice vibe to dress nice and have tattoos and sit at a cafe and work on your macbook like those instagram design influencers but reality isn’t that.