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Hello! I wanted to make this post without a specific design to share.
I know that's not the norm here, but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate this space. It feels genuine and authentic seeing creative people and entrepreneurs share their work, what they've learned, and ask for feedback.
I started posting on LinkedIn because we all need customers to keep our businesses running, but I find that place tough. It often feels like everyone is a superhero who knows everything and is always sharing updates about the countless courses they've taken, even when they didn't learn much from them. It can feel pretty intimidating.
This platform feels very different. And while I don't have anything to show you today, I wanted to say thank you and encourage you to keep building. I love seeing what you create.
Next week we'll be back to our regular programming with some new designs to share. Have a great day or evening, wherever you are!
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Hi Contra! 👋
Confession: I've been here almost a month and still haven't introduced myself. Classic designer – I'll redesign a button five times but write my own bio? Terrifying. So, hi. 🫣
I'm Nina, a web designer from Dnipro, Ukraine 🇺🇦 15 years in.
About 5 of those were fintech – senior product designer inside a bank, where every pixel had a compliance officer watching it.
Good training. Not my happy place.
My happy place is the bright, creative stuff: brand identity, landing pages, projects where I actually get to play with color and personality. So that's what I'm chasing here – founders and small teams who want their thing to look alive, not just functional.
I came to Contra to work with people, not just win bids. Radical idea, I know.
If you're building something you're excited about, come say hi 👇 I promise I'm faster to reply than I was to write this.
Partnered with Envato and Contra on this one. Envato is running a $50k creative challenge called Human By Design, and I made a short video breaking down what it is and why it's worth entering.
The brief: use Envato's stock assets and AI tools to build a creative project, then show the human decisions that shaped it. Not just the final render, the judgment calls along the way.
You get a free month of Envato Plus just for entering. If you've been looking for a reason to ship something and potentially get paid for it, this is a good one.
#EnvatoChallenge #HumanByDesign #AIVideo #MotionDesign #Envato #Contra
Let's go! 🌟
Two weeks ago, I decided to take Contra seriously. For a long time, my profile was just... there. I kept waiting until my portfolio felt "ready enough." Joining a two-week community challenge gave me the push I needed to stop overthinking and start showing up consistently.
Over these two weeks, I've:
published 10+ posts and projects;
improved my portfolio;
connected with talented designers from around the world;
and, most importantly, built the habit of sharing my work instead of keeping it in drafts.
Looking back, I'm not most proud of the number of posts. I'm proud that I finally stopped waiting and started sharing my work. This is just the beginning, and I'm excited to see where this journey on Contra takes me. Hopefully, my first client is not too far away
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