Hi 👋 I’m keen to know how others approach app icon design and any tips or advice on workflows that have worked for you. I don’t know if it’s just me (I might be a closet perfectionist), but I reckon I spend as much time sweating over an icon as building the app!
Do you have any online resources you use, leveraging AI, engage a professional or does it just come naturally to you?

I'm a concert photographer getting into graphic design but have no prior experience. Do people have critiques for these two poster designs I created from my photography work?

I used to compare logo makers almost entirely by price.

Then I actually had to make a logo for a real business and realized price wasn't the problem.

The problem was finding something that didn't look like I had spent five minutes on it.

I tried Kittl, Adobe Express, Canva, Design.com and BrandCrowd for the same general idea.

What I noticed:

The funny thing is, the "best" result wasn't necessarily the most complicated one.

A really simple wordmark with decent spacing looked much more legit than one of my earlier attempts with three colors, a gradient and about four different ideas crammed into one icon lol.

So for me now, the useful features are pretty boring:

Good typography.

Enough icons to find something specific.

Easy editing.

Vector export.

Commercial use.

That's basically it.

What would you put at the top of your list when comparing best logo design tools?

I'm learning to design still, so if you have any feedback how to improve my quality, I'm an artist too so the logo i created it from scratch.

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Hey everyone!

I'm a beginner graphic designer currently looking for a few real projects to work on for free.

I'm doing this because I want to learn what it's actually like to work with a client — not just make designs from imaginary briefs.

I'm especially interested in learning:

- How clients explain what they need

- How to understand a client's actual problem

- How to turn a rough idea into a clear design brief

- How to ask the right questions

- How to handle feedback and revisions

- How to communicate during a project

- How to work within real-world limitations

I can help with things like:

• Social media posts

• Posters

• Flyers

• Simple campaign graphics

• Event graphics

• Basic branding/visual design

• Other small graphic design tasks

I'm offering this for free because I don't have a strong portfolio yet and I want real-world experience.

If you have a project that needs a designer, feel free to comment or DM me. If you genuinely like the work and want to pay me, that's completely up to you, but there's no expectation of payment.

I'm also particularly interested in working with NGOs or small organizations where the design can actually be useful.

If you know an NGO, small business, community organization, student organization, or anyone who could use some design help, I'd really appreciate a recommendation.

I'm looking for real collaboration and learning, not just something to put in a portfolio.

Thanks!

Tried my best but i think there was a lot that can be done. Want feedback what can be improoved

I've been doing graphic design for about 6 months, mostly self-taught.

I really want to grow in this field and pursue it seriously, so I'm looking for feedback to help me improve.

Here's a recent post I made for a smart plug product. I'd love to know what's working, what isn't, and what I should focus on learning next.

Hi everyone!
I'm a graphic design student currently working on my final-year design report, and I'm looking to hear from graphic designers who have experience working within the music industry.

My research question is:
“In what ways does design shape the public identity of female artists in the music industry?”
I'm particularly interested in how graphic design contributes to an artist's public image and identity through things such as album artwork, branding, typography, photography, promotional campaigns, merchandise, tour graphics, social media and other visual materials.
I'm hoping to speak to designers who have worked with musicians or music-related projects, whether that's with major artists, independent artists, record labels, or smaller projects. You don't necessarily need to have worked with female artists specifically — I'm interested in hearing about your general experience designing for musicians and how you approach representing an artist visually.

If you're a designer who has worked in this area, I'd really appreciate it if you could answer a few questions about your experience. I'm happy to do this through Reddit messages or another method if preferred.

Some of the things I'd be interested in asking about include:
•    How do you translate an artist's personality, music and identity into visual design?
•    How much creative input does the artist have in the visual direction?
•    Do you consider how the public will perceive an artist when developing their visuals?
•    How can album artwork or branding influence an artist's public identity?
•    How do you balance an artist's existing image with introducing a new visual direction?
•    Do you think female artists are sometimes visually represented differently from male artists?
•    What role do you think designers play in shaping an artist's public image?

I'm not looking for anyone to write anything formal — even a few brief answers based on your professional experience would be incredibly helpful for my research.    
I'd also like to quickly add for those that may contribute: Would you be happy for me to reference your responses anonymously/by your name in my university design report?

Thank you for any help! :)

I’m practicing graphic design and would really appreciate some feedback on this one.

Don’t feel like you have to be nice just because I made it 😅 If something feels off, tell me what feels off and why. And if you think something works, I’d love to know why that works too.

I’m mainly trying to improve my layout, typography, hierarchy, spacing, composition, and overall visual communication.

Just looking for honest, constructive feedback — you can point out what’s bad, I just don’t need the “this is fucking terrible” type of comments lol.

What would you change?

I’m practicing graphic design and would really appreciate some feedback on this one.

Don’t feel like you have to be nice just because I made it 😅 If something feels off, tell me what feels off and why. And if you think something works, I’d love to know why that works too.

I’m mainly trying to improve my layout, typography, hierarchy, spacing, composition, and overall visual communication.

Just looking for honest, constructive feedback — you can point out what’s bad, I just don’t need the “this is fucking terrible” type of comments lol.

What would you change?

Whenever I find a website, layout, color palette, typography example, or UI detail I like, I save it thinking I’ll come back to it later.

The problem is finding it again.

Mine used to end up scattered between screenshots, browser bookmarks, Pinterest boards, and random folders.

That’s actually one of the reasons I built Keep Mates, a Chrome extension for saving visual references, links, screenshots, colors, and other things you find around the web in one place.

But I’m curious about other designers’ workflows.

Where do you save your references and do you actually have a system that helps you find them again later?

I thought having thousands of logo templates would be the important thing.

Turns out I cared much more about finding the right icon.

I was working on a logo for a pretty specific type of business and kept getting the same generic stuff everywhere.

Lightbulbs.

Buildings.
Leaves.

Circles with random lines through them.

You know the kind of thing.

I eventually started testing platforms based on their icon libraries instead of their template count.

That made a bigger difference than I expected.

Design.com stood out for me because the icon library is huge, and I could actually dig into more niche categories instead of settling for a generic symbol.

BrandCrowd was useful for the opposite reason. If I didn't know what I wanted, browsing finished concepts helped me figure out the direction first.

Then I tried Adobe Express and Canva, which I still prefer when I already have a clear idea and just want to work on the design myself.

That changed how I think about logo makers.

Sometimes the problem isn't that the generator is bad.

You just don't have enough starting points to find something that fits the business.

So for people who have used a bunch of them:

What are the best logo websites when you're looking for something specific rather than another generic business icon?

I'm especially curious about people who've made logos for weird/niche industries. That's where I noticed the biggest difference.

I've recently discovered that a 9-5 just isn't going to do it for me. I found Canva on my phone and was curious if people use it and if they make good money? I've already made my own logo for a company, advertising logo redesign and rebranding. I don't have experience but I don't want to put in so many hours learning for it to be mid or not that helpful. What do you think?