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Unleash Your Inner Canine Confidence as a Product Designer
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Design Is Hard
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Open to New Roles and Opportunities
John Wayne Hill – Product Designer John Wayne Hill is an experienced product designer with a career spanning over a decade and a half. With a wealth of experience gained through his work with Ancestry, Twitter, True, Idean/Frog, Stimulant, Punchcut, Mozilla, and IU Communications, Hill
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Space Mandala Illustration
I’m learning some illustration techniques via SkillShare and created my first illustration today using Procreate. I can’t believe how powerful that tool is on the iPad. I’m going through a class by Cat Coquillette and while it’s a bit slow, it’s really great. My goal
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Hello Again!
A new blog about all things design from the mind of John Wayne Hill
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Artifact – Portraits
Weeklong collaboration with Artifact for a new Portrait-specific landing page and purchase/question flow. Exploration started with conversations and google docs. I then explored early thinking via Figjam. I then designed wireframes, created a prototype, and ultimately designed the final mockups.