Design Better Than 99% of UI Designers

I didn't think I needed to watch this one, but I'm so glad I did. Designers can 10x their design skills with the principles you covered here. I'm going to start using opacity from now on. Thanks for another bang on the money, valuable and entertaining video.

Hi Tim, thanks for the guide - I've found it incredibly useful! I don't usually comment on videos, but thought I should on this one because you obviously put a lot of effort into editing and finding relevant examples. The side-by-side comparisons you do are also very practical - keep up the good work!

Great tutorial, thanks! The only thing that I don't quite agree with are those AI generated images after 12:36. The isometric one at the top is cool, but the rest of them look hideous, even though they match the website's pallette better then those photos from the "before" shot.

Watch it anyway because this doesn't really show how useful it is. 1 Typography 2 Spacing 3 Grids 4 Kill monotony 5 Colors 6 Visuals 7 Details One point for example, the concept of a wave for placement is pretty cool and it is something I myself have never even considered - I am a backend guy so not really designing a shed-load of websites - but it is something so glaringly obvious that I mentally kicked myself.

Great tips! But in guideline 6, please don't see a lower opacity for smaller (sub)text, just use a darker shade of your neutral color.

Don't use opacity for your final colors - it's too dependant on the background it's placed on, you don't have a solid hex/hsl to work with, and highlighting the text once it's on the website looks different to other text. Instead, play with the opacity to find the right look and convert it to a solid color without opacity.

You helped me revisit the fundamentals, even after designing for 20 years, thanks man

this was best tutorial ever seen it has anything I need for design in 15 min

Watched a first time. Just watching. Then a second time while writing notes on specific points. And that's when it started becoming clear. This is a gem. The last 2 sections especially cleared up so many things I see and wonder. Thank you Gabe.

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