nice summary! it took me a long time to learn that your portfolio doesn't need to be "crazy". In fact, the more clean, simple and neutral you keep it, the wider the audience of people it will speak to and not distract from your work. I think especially new designers go into it thinking they have to reinvent the wheel and overthinking a lot of things. It really helped me to just look at some senior designer portfolios and build mine based off what I could see worked well.

This video is inspiration added to my list of inspirations, on to the next sources of inspiration 😂

In the portfolio that grey font is not visible. that is too light. So, you lost the accessibility.

You have a new subscriber! 🤍The content and explanations you provide are very refreshing for someone who is just starting out in design. Thank you very much for the tips and tools! Greetings from Mexico 🙏

Wow. How lucky to have stumbled upon this. I have been going through the EXACT same feelings as you when you were in Boston/New York. Thank you for vocalizing what has been tumbling in my brain for a while now.

Oh my god thank you so much for this!!

Hello, good afternoon, I have a question, I am from Colombia and I am studying ux ui and I know a little English but not enough to make video calls with users, would that harm me when it comes to getting clients?

11:33 The title of the block and the paragraph seems a little close.

These videos are great thanks!

Hi! Did you actually build the website from scratch on webflow or you imported it from your figma design?

Excellent advice. Subscribed.

Amazing video as always.... I first learned how to use figma and tried to get myself used to it before hoping into the UX part .... But yeah, wish I had come across your video at that time so I could speed things up for myself because I did all that on my own and it can get pretty frustrating in the beginning

hy sir i am currently leaning UI/UX design and like you told in this video to create effective UI you have to do practice now i am going to practive those but the feeling i am facing these days is if i learn anything it still feels like it is not enough it feel like you are not gonna make it in this field what can i do Now i am learning about typography but still i am confused 😔

YOU HAVE TO POST 7 TIMES A DAY!!! Loved this video, so detailed, thank you Leander😊

Nice video! thanks

Love from India, this was a superb video. Please upload more!

Could you make a video of creating a portfolio in figma, please

Good luck 🤞🏻

subscribed in starting 30 seconds 😅 OP intro

Exactly! although other says inspiration but to you is copy and I agree

less face, more ui

Hello Leander, very honored to learn from you. Im a beginner changing fields from Auto mechanic disabled,, to learning UI Designer ,AI skillls. Figma first understood. Where does Webflow fit in the process of things ?I ask because you mentioned Figma is the tool.. Please keep the training Videos coming , You do have students and subscibers out here. The shortcut buttons explained help out alot. Thanks ..Jay

I am very interested in the ux ui design but I don't have any experienced person or a mentorship. I really need help

Thank you so much for this great Tip... I am learning UX/ product design and m struggling in whiteboarding the thoughts .. please make a viedo on that. You are doing a good job by sharing these simple yet effective tips.. Thanks you once again

Thanks for suggesting Mobbins.. its cool. I signed up free version with your link to try.

This is great! I have copied a few screens before to practice using Figma but I like how you added a layer of asking yourself why and being able to learn from that angle too. Thanks so much :)

Do I need to have a portfolio website to showcase my work? Does portfolio document work equally effectively? I’m so confused as to what should be my medium 😭

Thank you for sharing.

Hi, I stumbled upon your video randomly. My ui designs suck making them unappealing to look at.This video shed some light on to focus my self more to UX.Thank you. I just have 1 question.It is just that I always seem to have a blank mind when it comes to looking for inspiration in web design.I feel like I’m cheating and don’t know how I should draw inspiration like do I copy the whole layout or the only the graphic elements only.Can you do a video on how to create a website by using inspirations like on exactly how should we draw inspiration with a example?

Great idea, I’ve started from today using this method. One question is that mobbin’s screen shots are large, would it be ideal to scale down to the base pixel size so you can assess their metrics better? E.g I went with a iPhone 13 & 14 frame size

Those intros are incredible haha

Ahhh its so hard to build your portfolio... Yesterday I bought a domain and hosting for my portfolio... decided on a Wordpress theme... and now I don't know where to start even with a template... I can't imagine how u did everything from scratch...

Where do you get some case study samples for guidance or inspiration??

We don't always have to reinvent the wheel...but we always want to make it our own.

great advise. I enjoyed it. Keep it up!

As an architect turning into UX design, I can’t underestimate the power of “copying” or what I like to call “replenishing my eyes” meaning we have to look at a lot of existing design, presentation styles, or concepts so we can come with our own. One thing I mostly do when I’m tasked with something I’m not yet confident in or what to get better, I do an exercise exactly like that. I take a photo/picture or model and try to copy it as mush as I can. Then I can learn new techniques or train my eyes to see different things that the pros do that I can incorporate in my future designs. I was already planning to do something like that when I’m doing the UI design of my very first concept app.

There’s some kind of comfort knowing that I’m not the only one procrastinating because I have a million ideas and don’t know which to pick hahahaha

it's certainly the most helpful and honest look on case study in real. keep goingggg!!

Hello, I will be joining as a software engineer at Ford. However, product design has really piqued my interest in the last few weeks. I find it more interesting and comes more "naturally" to me. Like, I've built several apps and released them on the Play Store and found the UX part to be more enjoyable than the technical decisions I make. However there is one thing really stopping me from switching. r/UXDesign and other UX related communities seems to be full of horror stories about the current market and I wonder if the job market will be similar to the pre-covid times ever again and how can I switch to product design. I am a bit confused about my long term career (whether I should stick to swe or transition to a product design role). Your inputs will be really helpful.

I kind of met the same fate. Joined GA bootcamp and they heavily advertise how much UX/UI designer can earn. The downside of a bootcamp is really just learning fundamentals of UX/UI and you're right on the cookie cutter portfolio 😅. Most recruiters will think twice hiring those UX/UI designers because of bootcamps as it is saturated.

You said it was hard learning webflow... have you tried the figma --> webflow plug in? I'm about ready to abandon framer, their figma plug in is awful. I really like the idea of designing the backbone or assets in figma and importing them in to webflow. Gonna give it a try tonight.

Thanks for sharing!

Hi, I’m a Graphic designer - I am going to move over.

Great video 👍

Thank you so much for sharing this video ❤

Never felt so seen by a KZbin video than that intro lol thank you for sharing!

Great video! thank you so much

Impressed with the content you are putting on. Keep up the good work, you have a huge potential to succeed on KZbin 💪

Thank you so much for this content it makes me think also that i need to step back and observe where i might mistaking. Got couple of ideas from your video. Again thanks.

I don’t get it, all so basic and simple but ok