[farlington]

I like timelapses like these, because often, finished work can appear obvious to people who aren't designers. They can't imagine that it would take several hours to complete something seemingly simple or minimal. But watching a designer work reveals interesting parts of the thought process and the myriad decisions involved.

[celoyd]

It’s a lot like programming in that way. I’ve done enough of both that it bums me out when I see programmers looking at designers and saying “what’s the big deal, it’s just drawings” and designers looking at programmers and saying “what’s the big deal, it’s just logic”.

Simple stuff tends to be hard because tiny mistakes are easy to spot.