The trouble I have is that as a developer first and a designer second (if at all) I have trouble making nice graphics to promote my stuff (kudos to you by the way, the rando.js graphics are gorgeous).
I recently made a website Mix Capsule (auto-generate time-capsule playlists on Spotify) and added as much styling/branding as I could to the website and the repo but am struggling to make it as nice as some projects I see here. I'm wondering if people have general tips for programmers turned designers or anything specific to my case?
Thank you! If creativity is the problem, I would suggest finding styles you like on a mix of other sites and basically copying them while tweaking things to match your own brand. At that point, it's just a matter of being good enough with CSS and whatever graphic software you use to get the job done. It's really nice if you can find a designer to work with so you only have to worry about the technical application, but you can scrape by without one.
Something like this (not mobile responsive)? I could help out more with the frontend if you'd like it or not if you prefer to do things yourself! Seemed like a fun thing for my free time.
Wow that's quite the makeover thanks! I especially like the svg waves and animated logo, definitely not things I would have thought to do myself. I think I can take it from here, but I'll certainly use yours as inspiration if you don't mind.
The trouble I have is that as a developer first and a designer second (if at all) I have trouble making nice graphics to promote my stuff (kudos to you by the way, the rando.js graphics are gorgeous).
I recently made a website Mix Capsule (auto-generate time-capsule playlists on Spotify) and added as much styling/branding as I could to the website and the repo but am struggling to make it as nice as some projects I see here. I'm wondering if people have general tips for programmers turned designers or anything specific to my case?
Thank you! If creativity is the problem, I would suggest finding styles you like on a mix of other sites and basically copying them while tweaking things to match your own brand. At that point, it's just a matter of being good enough with CSS and whatever graphic software you use to get the job done. It's really nice if you can find a designer to work with so you only have to worry about the technical application, but you can scrape by without one.
Thanks for the advice! I'll poke around and see what I can find for inspiration.
Something like this (not mobile responsive)? I could help out more with the frontend if you'd like it or not if you prefer to do things yourself! Seemed like a fun thing for my free time.
Wow that's quite the makeover thanks! I especially like the svg waves and animated logo, definitely not things I would have thought to do myself. I think I can take it from here, but I'll certainly use yours as inspiration if you don't mind.
Good luck with it; I'll check back at a later date to see how the project's growing!