Alex's Wonders

       Hey y’all, welcome back to another design blog. This week I ended up revisiting something that felt weirdly full-circle for me Adobe Illustrator. I came across a video I actually watched for the first time last year , right when I was just starting out and trying to figure out why everything I made either looked off or took way longer than it should’ve. Watching it again now, with more experience under my belt, hit completely different. Stuff that flew over my head back then suddenly made sense, and it really showed me how much small habits and shortcuts can change how confidently you work. One of the biggest takeaways from the video is how important it is to understand shapes before anything else . Early on, I treated Illustrator like Photoshop and expected brushes and effects to carry the work. The video really pushes the idea that everything in Illustrator comes down to simple shapes and paths. Once you get comfortable building things from rectangles, circ...

  Hey y’all, welcome back to another weekly blog. This time around I wanted to slow things down and mess with a creativity exercise that proves you don’t need more freedom to be creative sometimes you need less . This one pulls from that famous Ernest Hemingway idea: tell a full story using only six words. No fluff, no explaining yourself, just straight to the point. I gave myself about 30 minutes , set a hard rule of six words only , and challenged myself to jump between totally different topics. What surprised me most was how limiting the word count actually made me think harder about meaning, tone, and what not to say. Every word had to earn its place. Here’s what I came up with: Camera clicked. Moment gone. Memory stayed. He packed dreams heavier than clothes. Coffee cold. Deadline closer. Brain panicked. She smiled. Silence answered everything. New city. Old fears. Fresh beginnings. Controller down. Victory felt strangely empty. Rain stopped. Streets breathed ...