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Mayte CG

• Feb 6

In this article I wrote for my newsletter (Entry State), I share how I’m approaching Scripting in Rive. Not from a “here’s the method” angle, but more like a set of messy field notes. I’ve been learning in a very exploratory way, and I wanted to share what’s been working for me so far. Inside you’ll find: ● How I explored different tools when AI credits ran out ● What helped me prompt better and spend fewer credits ● The fundamentals I’m learning and how I’m practicing them If you’re also learning Scripting, I hope you can find something useful! 👇

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/finding-my-scripting-workflow-rive-mayte-cg-smxye/?trackingId=w%2BvDHgq7y2HBUiPUBk6wmg%3D%3D

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Finding my Scripting workflow in Rive

A designer’s field notes A few weeks ago, I shared my first impressions of Scripting in Rive. In that post, I talked about what I called the “blind‑coding” stage — those first attempts where you throw ideas at the Agent, watch things appear almost instantly, and think: okay, this is both amazing and

Ayesha S

• 2d

made this character in rive with multiple expressions

2D Animation Animation Rive

Muhammad Aurangzeb Khan

• 1d

Creat Creative work:))

Révolté

pro

• Mar 27

Can an AI tool understand your aesthetic or just simulate it?

I fed Google Stitch one prompt. No code. No Figma.

Full dark UI. Filterable gallery. Cyber-brutalist system. Mobile-responsive. Figma export. One shot.

~70% of my vision. But the soul wasn't there.

I had to push it: → "More chaotic" → "Denser. Less whitespace." → "Typography more system-like."

Iteration requires taste. Taste isn't in the prompt.

Stitch is a validated idea machine. The Figma export alone is worth it for MVPs.

But the freelancers who win? The ones who know exactly what to ask and why.

The prompt is the brief. Write it like one.

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Akin Gundogan

• 1d

Wow, obviously design is awesome but I also liked what you're saying in the post "The prompt is the brief. Write it like one." that summarizes your approach!

Jere Diberto

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• Mar 27

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