Playing around more with the "Vectorization" of Pixel Marmot. Privacy Mode: On (Default)

What if I told you that you could listen to both? (Click & Zoom for Details) Just having some fun with the "Self-Sovereign Mix Tapes" last night after the Marmot Community Call. Marmot + Nostr ecosystem is heatin' up! @V E C T O R @White Noise

My favorite Group Chat avatar on Vector is the Vectorized Marmot. GIF Avatars look so good.

New design concept for @V E C T O R Something about the merging of worlds between physical and digital makes the virtual experience so much more immersive and engaging. The idea is to be able to allow people to download and have an image they can share on other platforms or elsewhere on the web, as well as their digital profile on

Vector

Vector - Private Messaging

Vector is a free and open-source private messenger app that allows users full end-to-end encryption and transfers encrypted data via a secure, glob...

In the future, we will likely allow for further customization so people can make their profile "ticket stubs" exactly how they want—like if you were to purchase physical tickets, you are given templates, can changes colors, text, etc.

Thank you for your last PR to @V E C T O R 🙏

⚙️One Critical Design Step: Iterate One is not enough. Create. Fail. Learn. Grow. Do not cling on to one style or one idea you think is the best. Some of your best, unexpected work can come out through the process of iteration. I used think that I've worked so hard on one design it has to be near perfect, I'm even afraid to alter it and lose it progress. This is an illusion and will prevent you from growing. Recreate it from scratch. You did it once, now do it again and learn along the way. There are cases where you don't even have to recreate like for design you can copy + paste. Iteration has never been made easier. Repeat: Do not cling. Iterate. So many times where I thought I was a good designer and had a pretty good eye for things—visually I could imagine what would look good and what would look bad. WRONG. Not that you are wrong about some of your assumptions, but your mentality and perspective is wrong. I have had situations where random people I've worked with or 100% non-designers have suggested something and if I was close-minded I would've stuck to my guns and just said, we're not going to try that because it would be ugly, inconsistent, break the style guide, etc. and whatever other reasons I wanted to justify. Instead I ended up just trying it to literally just see... you never know. Surprisingly, it actually worked and I preferred it more. In other cases, that specific idea may not have been good, but it got me to reevaluate the design from a different point of view, which lead to new ideas and progressive updates. I think one of the biggest benefits in this mentality shift as well is that often times we can't decide from the gate which option is best, but simply using the process of elimination it helps us to build confidence in our remaining choices, which eventually leads to your main choice. You now have logical reason why this design choice is superior, at least compared to your other iterations. This took me so many years to even open up to. I was so focused on being a perfectionist with the current version I had, it stopped me from experimenting and expanding my mind. Just let it riff.

Grade A Irony — Censorship 101 Speechless 🤣

Fun day today working on these cute little pixel marmots, inspired from last nights community call from Marmot Protocol by WhiteNoise and @JeffG Think we need some more pixel art here on Nostr, maybe I should ramp that up a bit haha. If anyone is looking for a fun, free, and open-source pixel art app, highly recommend Piskel. I've been using them for years. There aren't as many design flow optimizations like with Aseprite, but if you're not a hardcore pixel artist it's a great place to start.

Nostr is great. All of its social media platforms suck chode. Cancel me.