IG Live can be pretty hit or miss. But what makes it miss? During quarantine, we watched a ton of our friends, families and colleagues take to Live and took notes on what did and didn’t work. There are some user-behaviors we saw we could streamline, but the actual user interface was an obstacle in itself too. We took time to design around the issue and were able to produce a fun IG Live show that was sharp and entertaining to watch.
And if you haven’t already:
Write-up & Video by Kuya David
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“Crash Course” – A Prose Essay by Daniel Hees
In this essay, Daniel recounts the life-changing accident that brought him to the edge of death and back.
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Let’s Design Poetry: How to Make Visual Art From Poetry
Originally live-streamed 5th of August 2019, we took the text of a poem and went through the design and build process of turning poetry into a visual for Instagram. This was our first time live-streaming a Photoshop work session, so we’re still learning how best to present and record this type of content. That being said, thank you for bearing with the low-res footage and look forward to us doing this again hopefully on a weekly basis!
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Tutorial: Photo Editing & Typography Basics + Adding Handwritten Text In Canva
In this poetry poster tutorial, we’ll cover some Canva basics such as editing a photo, selecting a proper font, and adding text. To take it up a notch, we’ll also add REAL handwritten text!
