After I received all the information, materials for the project from the client, I start gathering references to understand what functionality we can include in the project, what interesting solutions can be reworked and used in the project.

Next, I move on to the Art Direction stage, just to interact with the team and the client, brainstorming, discussion of elements. In general, the process involves experimenting with various compositions for the design to find a more suitable direction and then work with it on the final design.

Next comes the work on the design of the desktop version for all the pages, and responsive design for the mobile, and preparing styles and visual elements for development.

And I usually include UI animation either in the "Art Direction" stage because many clients can't understand how the final animation will look just from words or from super simple prototypes in Figma. However, sometimes I do the animation after the desktop version is fully completed. So, it always depends on the situation.