The most successful part of this design process was User Testing. Unlike previous projects, Bookworm was created without extensive initial User Research. Once my designs were released into the world for Users to assess I received an enormous amount of feedback that helped refine and reiterate Bookworm.

Skills:

Prototyping | User Testing & Feedback | Iterative Design

Processes:

User Centered Design

Solution:

Utilize User Testing throughout entire design process

My biggest challenge right now is the use of color within my designs. User feedback has helped me pair down my use of color throughout an app in order to create a more appealing and accessible visual design.

Skills:

Color Choice | Iterative Design

Processes:

User Centered Design

Skills Gap:

Color Theory | Accessibility

Solution:

Seek out additional reading as well as video tutorials focused on Color Theory & Accessibility in design

One of my biggest opportunities is expediting my work. This was the first project I began dabbling with Figma. Adobe XD has been my tool of choice and although it functions well in most aspects, there are times where its functionality is so lacking that I have to redo work to make it work the way I want it to.

Skills:

UI Design | User Flows | Prototyping

Processes:

Utilizing more industry standard design tools

Solution:

Continue learning Figma a piece at a time until I'm confident enough to make the switch entirely