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Congrats on the $5k! Getting a glowing review from a client (even when that client is your mom) is still a real win. Happy client means referrals.
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I’m exploring two homepage hero directions for a Coffeebar concept and testing which one feels stronger for the brand.
Direction 1 leans more editorial and product-focused, with a cleaner cream layout, image grid, and a stronger emphasis on coffee culture and product discovery.
Direction 2 feels more immersive and lifestyle-driven, using full-bleed photography, darker overlays, and a warmer coffeehouse atmosphere to create more emotion and brand personality.
Both directions can work, but they communicate slightly different things:
Direction 1: clean, curated, product-forward
Direction 2: warm, emotional, lifestyle-focused
I’m leaning toward the second direction because it feels more human and memorable, but I’d love to hear which one feels stronger at first glance.
11 voted
41%
16 voted
59%
27 votes
Closed
Direction 2 for me — full-bleed photography creates that 'I want to be there' feeling instantly. Direction 1 is clean but Direction 2 has soul.
🏆 Well guys, the day before yesterday I won 1st place and $2,000 in the CapCut AI Design Studio Challenge 🎉 I can finally share it! Today is a new day and a new update on my growth journey.
𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟒𝟑 🎉 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗬 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧:
💎 +40 followers
💎 Most metrics stayed the same
💎 Profile quality grew by 1% — now it’s 62%
💎 Won 1st place and $2000 in the #capcutdesignstudio
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗬 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧:
✅ Participated in a challenge
✅ Shared my achievement on LinkedIn with my Ukrainian audience, which brought me quite a few new followers
✅ Left around 15 genuine comments on work I genuinely liked
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 196 / 1,000
𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁: 804 followers
Follow along if you’re curious to see whether it’s possible to grow on Contra from zero.
More is coming 🤓🤓🤓
🐐 + 💬 = ❤️
For the Config Makeathon, I built SleepDebt — a weekly sleep deficit tracker that shows you the real cognitive cost of lost sleep.
Most sleep apps track one night. But sleep debt is cumulative. 4 hours of weekly deficit impairs your cognition the same as a 0.05% blood alcohol level — every Monday morning.
SleepDebt makes that invisible cost visible through a cinematic landing page and a bento grid dashboard featuring real-time deficit tracking, cognitive impairment warnings, a clinical hypnogram visualization, animated sleep score, weekly ledger, recovery plan, light/dark mode, keyboard shortcuts, and wearable device integration.
Built entirely with Figma Make using iterative prompting — 5 rounds layering layout → animation → micro-interactions → personality → multi-page experience.
🌙 Track it. See it. Fix it.
Figma site link: https://tamp-cork-66390754.figma.site/
Video walkthrough: https://www.loom.com/share/3e7bc14c5f1e4509a933ab0693be8d58
Try it — check your sleep debt this week.
Love the visual direction here. The attention to detail really stands out.
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