Practice motion, web, 3D and AI design with small projects
The tools in our carousel cover different skills; choose a finished exercise for each one.
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Our design-skills carousel grouped tools into motion design, web design, 3D work and AI-assisted creation. Learning a tool is easier to assess when you finish a small project with it.
Four areas to practice
For motion, the slides named After Effects and LottieFiles. Adobe describes After Effects as a motion-graphics and visual-effects tool [1]; LottieFiles supports creating and implementing animations [2]. Try a short transition with a clear beginning and end.
For web work, the slides paired Figma and Wix. Figma supports design and prototyping [3], while Wix provides website-building tools [4]. Design one page, then check how the implemented version behaves on a phone.
The 3D slide showed Blender and Unreal Engine. Its Blender label incorrectly said Figma; Blender is the 3D tool pictured. Blender supports modeling, animation and rendering [5]. Start with a simple object and inspect it from several angles.
For AI-assisted work, the carousel named Midjourney and Kling. Give a tool one visual task, then review whether the output communicates the intended idea.
Judge the finished work
Keep the source files and a short note explaining what you changed. A finished, readable page or clear animation says more about your progress than a list of installed applications. Add complexity after the small version works.
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Sources
- Adobe: After Effectsadobe.com
- LottieFiles: animation toolslottiefiles.com
- Figma: design and prototypingfigma.com
- Wix: website builderwix.com
- Blender: featuresblender.org
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