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I want to make a masterpeice

Literacy. Scrolls. Printing Press. The Computer. The Internet and the Smartphone.We are all diving head first into the information age.At first humanity developed tools to tend to their crops and built buildings for shelter. But moving forward, we are tending to information itself, shaping ideas and reality as we know itBut one slight problem - the tools we use to do that, the computer and its sib...

I need your help with my assessment!

I'm studying Digital Media Design with Business for Startups on the side. My task is to research and start constructing a new, upcoming techology startup "Simple Tech”.Would you mind filling in a quick ~2min survey to help with my research?Here's the link to that: https://forms.gle/5UjzCYfvxsMhBHEX8More details and context within.I appreciate your time so much! Thank you.

August 2022 Update

Hey all, I've been struggling to be active lately but I bet you all are wondering whats going on.Basically I'm back to studying after a break year so time is tight.Yes, there have been a lot of projects and due dates.I've been focusing on self improvement and professionalism, social media profiles, website and portfolio etc.Theres also beginning plans for a tech startup, wish me luck! ...

📦 Personal Goals Wall Planner

Life is hard and I couldn't get my head around it.So here's my attempt to get my head around it!This is a downloadable, printable wall planner for your life. well, my life, originally, but I tried to make it work for your life too.Print it out, stick it on your wall, and start filling it in!I'm not sure how correct or inspiring I am, but I sure do hope it will be indeed inspiring and m...

May Update

It's been a slow two weeks but I've been working on a few things in the background!WebsiteI've been working on my own personal website!What you see there is a prototype I hardcoded with HTML and CSS. I've been trying to get it working with Wordpress, a backend software that lets you publish and manage posts.So far it's proving tricky though, it'll need a lot of work.I'm...

📦 Minim - iPod Mini Support!

Minim adds support for the iPod Mini!And some small refinements with that.This version, most of the work went to the iPod Mini adaption.• Hold screen now switches style based on weather the iPod is playing music or not.See the picture above!• Some improved alignment for the icons on the USB screen• Other than that, the code behind the scenes was cleaned up.You might see references to "Be...

📦 Minim Beta 3

Minim Beta 3 adds some "colour" through animations,Along with newly designed Lock and USB screens.↑USB and HOLD (from main menu) screens have improved design. Remember the vote?• Battery Icon fixed, and should display status more accurately. It also animates!• Hard drive activity animation addedThe While Playing Screen also has improvements• Added a jumping volume meter for songs w...

Sneak Peek

Stuff I been working on 👀They mockups for now they don't actually work yet ahahHope to keep working to make them a reality!

Which one would you choose?

Not sure what kind of clock I should use for the upcoming MINIM theme for greyscale iPods.Take your pick!(the quality of the images within the iPod is fuzzy and dark because they're image mockups, quality and contrast should improve in the real thing.)Scroll down to vote.You don't need to be a patron subscriber to vote. If you don't have a Patreon account, just DM me, cuz making accoun...

Made a start on MINIM for mini!!

📦 Minim Beta 2

Minim beta 2 improves the main menu experience with new designs for various screens.These screens have improved design:• Quick Screen (Hold Menu)• Context Menu (Hold Centre on an item or file)• USB screen (though 3rd gen rockbox doesn't support usb, maybe it would benefit 4th gens)• HOLD (Get a clock on HOLD screen)• Settings Chooser (You'll get popup-style option chooser when hi...

📦 Minim Beta 1

Try out a new theme, "Minim", for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and greyscale 4th gen iPods!Minim seeks to refresh these older models with a design that takes advantage of the nostalgic calculator-LCD display.Offering charming full-width album art tastefully overlaid by the LCD's pattern dithering, and edge-to-edge margins which makes the screen feel bigger,Try out my go at leveraging this old but sti...

Something new is in the works.

A new theme for 1st to 4th gen grayscales!Work in Progress.

AquaTouch updated to v3.6.9

My TouchBar UI Redesign, AquaTouch, has been updated to version 3.6.9 featuring fixes to bluetooth widgets among other stability refinements, while adding quick shortcuts to iCloud Keychain and support for Firefox and Firefox Developer EditionSee here to learn more about AquaTouch!https://yuuiko.github.io/AQTOr, if you have a TouchBar and you're ready to give it a go, see here!https://communit...

February Update

Aaaaaaaaannnnddd another month passes way too quickly. Thought it would be great to make an update on how things are going.I have had some things happening in the background, though I've also been caught up trying to manage life this past year. Hopefully I can get to creating all day soon.iPod 3rd gen conceptMystery ConceptsThese will probably take a long time to develop though, but they'r...

Trying my hand at art

As much creative designs I do, i’ve never really done anything that expressed myself.I’ve always wanted to get into art, but never really had much will to go for itPerhaps that was because I had a lack of emotion.But through my journey to find myself, I may have found someSo here’s a start, a little work-in-progress. A sort of first try, and yes, I'd love to make more in the future.

📦 Hiragana Memory Chart Posters (Japanese)

I was always saying I wanted to learn Japanese, but now I'm actually making a start.So, I decided to map out and create this hiragana chart, aiming to make something that looked nice, highlighted the pretty elegant grid-geometry of Japanese and also served as a practice piece."Hiragana" is the "main" alphabet of Japanese, the first out of three.From what I've read, it's...

Design I did for a university club

They hit me up to design their membership card.I thought I'd update you all on what I've been up toI didn't make the art, but I did do the layout and graphics! (petals too)Hopefully will get them in production soon. Quite exciting.

WiP Shots of my "Modern iPod" Concept

Just casually working on this one.Would like to get a collection of nice images by the end! perhaps a website for it for design practice maybe?

Tiers changing soon!

Did you see the new upcoming tier changes in this post?Basically, I planned to change the tiers around here in order to add benefits and become more clearly labelled.The change will mostly effect newcomers though! so for those already subscribed, there will be nothing but positive changes.I'm aiming to get these changes ready by tomorrow night, so if you want that OGs tag get in soon! You'...

📦 List Calendar

A calendar you can actually write in.The standard ol grid calendars have always annoyed me because of their super limited space. How on earth are you supposed to write anything into those tiny cells???Hence why I set out to try and make a calendar that had more space to write in. I also wanted it to be minimalist and still a single compact thing you can stick on the wall.Procrastinating from my sc...

New look, New tiers?

Hello patrons!!Did you notice the new look around here?? I wonder what you think about it!This is the beginning of my self-improvement journey. I wish to be more emotionally connected, engaging and social, while also developing my skills as a designer (and kind of artist too).Rethink Myself.I'm still trying to figure out how I should go about doing things, which is why things are still pretty ...

🏠 Homepage.

AquaTouch — Touch Bar, Vastly Improved.Works on MacBook Pros with TouchBar. Visit Page → LinearFolders — Minimalistic folders for your desktopWorks on MacOS. Visit Page →[New] Minim — Nostalgic, but modern theme for Mono iPods.Works on iPod Mini and 1st gen to 4th gen iPods running RockBox. Visit Page →FreshOS — A fresh design for iPods.Works on iPod Classics running Rockbox.Light Ve...

Have December free!

I've been struggling for time with work and life matters, compounded by most my tech not working aahah, apologies again for the lack of content. To compensate, you won't need to pay this month for December access!I'm trying to polish up that calendar and life planner to send off for you guys to use, you might have seen pictures of within my posts.Just a little small something to keep a...

Personal Updates & Break - No October Payment.

Hey all patrons!Sorry for being a little late to post as I’ve been so busy, sorry about that!I’m not sure if you all saw my post on discord, but i’ll repost it here for you below. Most of you are probably here for iPod themes, so the first part may not be of much relevance as it was targeted at those who use my AquaTouch Touch Bar redesign. It was an update on what will happen to it now that...

📦 Infomatrix Plus - So much new!

Finally.Infomatrix Plus.New File Info Screen.New Quick Screen.New, More Helpful Manual.New Backgrounds.New Customisation PresetsDownload the new Infomatrix Plus special for all you patrons!

📦 Linear Folders

Clean up your desktop with Linear Folders for MacOS! They should also match the new iMac colours 👀Haven't tried on PC but it might be possible to use this with windows too, you'd need to convert the icons yourself though

Taking a "break", payment cycle paused for this month!

Lately I've been undergoing a lot of personal development.I've been trying to make my character a bit more open, friendly and outgoing, trying to get out more transparency and emotion out as well.I've also been looking to polish up the presentation of the things I've made and link them together / brand them, so that well, a wider amount of people can understand my "Usable Conce...

📦 Infomatrix U - iPod Theme Complete!

After a long long delay due to my iPod breaking I've finally completed Infomatrix U!Here's an early access just for you patrons!AboutInfomatrix was, and still is, focused on putting as much information I could think about on screen, while still trying to be elegant.Infomatrix U adds new designs for the home, USB and a new lock screen, the same great font from FreshOS (which can render many...