30 days of design challenge

In order to broaden my graphic design skillset, I decided to do a 30-day design challenge over the month of April.

“Start copying what you love. Copy, copy, copy, copy. At the end of the copy you will find yourself.” – Austin Kleon

For this challenge, I drew from a range of graphic design trends that I admire and wanted to learn from.

Although I learned a lot from analyzing the structure of these trends, I also learned that style is style. The biggest lesson I’ve taken from the last 30 days is how to better use my design apps. I’ve become faster and more confident with Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Procreate, and Apple Keynote.

Each entry below includes a reference image, my recreation, and a link to the original designer’s work.

Entry 1

Reference: Leslie Olson
Skills: Pen tool, quick design execution, colour pairing

Entry 2

Reference: Society6
Skills: Shape tool, layers, colour pairing

Entry 3

Reference: Colourpin
Skills: Logo design, branding, text on curves, masking

Entry 4

Reference: Issuu
Skills: Magazine layout, font pairing

Entry 5

Reference: Evgeny Tutov
Skills: Pen tool, blending, layers, intersect tool, typography

Entry 6

Reference: Daily Minimal
Skills: Layers, pen tool, opacity, textures

Entry 7

Reference: Jay Fleck
Skills: Foreground/background, textures, colour palettes

Entry 8

Reference: Jason White
Skills: Shape tool, design theory, layout, font pairing

Entry 9

Reference: Night Blue Graphic Design
Skills: Lighting, depth, shadows, pen tool

Entry 10

Reference: Dustin Haver
Skills: Logo design, typography, colour

Entry 11

Reference: Sarah Ann Design
Skills: Logo design, packaging, typography, font pairing

Entry 12

Reference: Yoga Perdana
Skills: Logo design, shapes, pen tool

Entry 13

Reference: Pinterest
Skills: UI design, icon design, shapes, pen tool, layout

Entry 14

Reference: ColibriPrint
Skills: Vector illustration, layering, subtract tool, pen tool, colour pairing

Entry 15

Reference: Charly Tudor
Skills: Logo design, typography, text on a curve

Entry 16

Reference: An Introverted Spirit
Skills: Pen tool, weighting, duplication, layout

Entry 17

Reference: Rebecca Lee Creative
Skills: Logo design, shapes, colour palette

Entry 18

Reference: Syahidah Asma Amania
Skills: Pen tool, logo design, pattern design, layering, typography

Entry 19

Reference: Instagram
Skills: UI design, logo design, layout, shapes

Entry 20

Reference: Aditya
Skills: Logo design, negative space

Entry 21

Reference: Omnium
Skills: Icons, pen tool, shapes

Entry 22

Reference: Patoo Design
Skills: Logo design, mock-ups, packaging, pen tool

Entry 23

Reference: Adam Kwiatkowski
Skills: Depth, shadows

Entry 24

Reference: Laracon EU
Skills: Shapes, gradients, depth, poster design, layout

Entry 25

Reference: Graphic Mama
Skills: Affinity Photo, select tool, masking, typography

Entry 26

Reference: Medha Prasad
Skills: Pen tool, shapes, depth, layers

Entry 27

Reference: Made Thought
Skills: Photo editing, Affinity Photo, poster layout

Entry 28

Reference: PicsArt
Skills: Photoshop, poster design, photo editing

Entry 29

Reference: Affinity Photo
Skills: Affinity Photo, logo design, mock-ups, packaging, patterns, lighting

Entry 30

Reference: Christmas Drawing
Skills: Affinity