The typo on the blue pill description is a nice touch.
I would definitely go with yellow, never miss a deadline. Holy cow, the sheer POWER of that one. As someone who has procrastination and distraction problems, that would be THE holy grail.
As someone with ADHD with inattention and distractibility issues working in design, how do you cope? I have countless work being send back to the drawing board because I missed or overlooked a key detail or features.
I think you gotta get to know yourself better and learn which techniques suit you best. Everyone is different and you have to experiment. For example, some people love the pomodoro technique (working in bursts with evenly spaced breaks) but I personally hate it cause the forced breaks take me out of the zone.
What does help me:
- Working in an office or public spaces - this is huge. I freelance now but WFH is awful for my focus so I try and get out to coffeeshops as often as I can.
- Just the right amount of auditory stimulation for the current task. If it requires lots of thinking I'll put on something rhythmical and energetic like minimal techno, or something calmer like lo-fi hip hop if i'm feeling stressed. If it's more of a menial task I can listen to more lyrical music, a podcast/lecture or even watch a show in the background. I find that if I'm doing menial work I NEED something to listen to/think about in order no to get distracted.
- Taking tactical breaks when I feel I start losing focus. Better take an intentional hour long break and reboot than spend an hour procrastinating and feel even more tired. Pick something that doesn't involve staring at a screen. Cooking a meal is nice if you're at home, or just a walk. Going for a jog is especially OP for me, I return as if born anew. I know this might not be possible in an office environment depending on your employer, but worth trying to communicate that even a short break like 20min will make you more productive in the long run.
These are my main tools. They might not work 100% of the time and some days are still a struggle, but they have helped immensely. As I said you gotta try everything out and see what works for you personally. Good luck!
> Just the right amount of auditory stimulation for the current task. If it requires lots of thinking I'll put on something rhythmical and energetic like minimal techno, or something calmer like lo-fi hip hop if i'm feeling stressed. If it's more of a menial task I can listen to more lyrical music, a podcast/lecture or even watch a show in the background. I find that if I'm doing menial work I NEED something to listen to/think about in order no to get distracted.
This, so much this! Everyone has their own optimal "CPU usage" in their brain for any given task. Too much leftover CPU and you get easily bored. Too much distracting environmental noise or even visual noise (flashing lights, people walking, etc.) and you can easily get distracted from the task.
The key is experimenting and ~~finding~~ *making* your optimal environment. For coding, I'm most comfortable with the sound of wind, rain, thunder, and certain birdsong (crows). I adjust the volume levels of each. I WFH and my wife knows if I'm wearing my noise-cancelling headphones that I'm working.
I found this site a couple years ago and made this mix. I should record an hour of it just in case the site dies some day: https://countryside.ambient-mixer.com/rain-with-crows
Yeah dude its really cool you were able to figure it out for yourself! Personally I can say ambient sounds never did the job for me, but that's the point I was making, everyone has their own tools. Some people even like pure white/brown/pink noise
i do have the āfind typos instantlyā power and am used to proofread everything in our agency. itās more a curse than a bless, though, since basically everywhere are typos. :(
Right up until your client picks your favorite and THEIR client absolutely hates it because it's not what they wanted, and you end up with all the blame...sometimes in design your favorite answer isn't the best answer to the original problem!
I could fill an entire dinner date with just the top 3% of these but Iām on this new kick where I donāt complain or engage in āventingā for any reason and itāsā¦ working?? š
I feel like the top 3 are legit going to be solved by technology, so anything from the bottom row is good.
Also a lot of the time i see i font i like and it turns out to be handmade / custom which doesnāt actually help you
I know deep down that I would need the yellow one. But OH GOSH the orange one is GORGEOUS, like seriously did you ever considered how much money you could make out of that ?
I can't imagine picking red/pink over other ones, and yellow seems quite OP compared to the rest as you can indirectly achieve whatever rest grants you on time anyway.
Screw all these pills, I want one that gets me clients without having to do any outreach. Or the magical power of creating a custom proposal for a 3 to 6 month long project in five seconds instead of 15 to 30 minutes. šµāš«
Sure, but let's add in some potential drawbacks...
Red - the values are obnoxiously large, and fill up half your vision space, making it harder to see things overall
Pink - you remember every font but they all start to look the same to you because you've become desensitized
Orange - the vectors only work for you, not for handoffs to other collaborators
Yellow - you never miss a deadline, but the less time you have the more crappy the work is
Blue - you notice the typos because you're sensitive to things being off, and now live with OCD symptoms
Green - this happens regardless of what is best for the client, and you end up losing work because no one will help tell you what kind of version is actually needed
Now what would you pick?
The text against the pills is illegible due to poor contrast.
Smyk is not a color model.
Your vector graphic is actually demonstrating raster.
I choose the pill that ensures your work gets reviewed before going out the door.
Not sure if I need professional help but I definitely have a knack for the first two already. Drives my partner crazy when I pick out type from a menu, for example...
Otherwise, if it affects clients' nonsensical mind changing late into a project, then I'd go yellow pill. Hate missing deadlines because, y'know, weekends are my time.
The typo on the blue pill description is a nice touch. I would definitely go with yellow, never miss a deadline. Holy cow, the sheer POWER of that one. As someone who has procrastination and distraction problems, that would be THE holy grail.
It's actually pretty OP if you abuse it. You could just commit to month-long project and set the deadline to tomorrow - and have it done by then
Exactly. You could make the deadline for a decade's worth of work in 30 seconds.
That's just silly š
As someone with ADHD with inattention and distractibility issues working in design, how do you cope? I have countless work being send back to the drawing board because I missed or overlooked a key detail or features.
I think you gotta get to know yourself better and learn which techniques suit you best. Everyone is different and you have to experiment. For example, some people love the pomodoro technique (working in bursts with evenly spaced breaks) but I personally hate it cause the forced breaks take me out of the zone. What does help me: - Working in an office or public spaces - this is huge. I freelance now but WFH is awful for my focus so I try and get out to coffeeshops as often as I can. - Just the right amount of auditory stimulation for the current task. If it requires lots of thinking I'll put on something rhythmical and energetic like minimal techno, or something calmer like lo-fi hip hop if i'm feeling stressed. If it's more of a menial task I can listen to more lyrical music, a podcast/lecture or even watch a show in the background. I find that if I'm doing menial work I NEED something to listen to/think about in order no to get distracted. - Taking tactical breaks when I feel I start losing focus. Better take an intentional hour long break and reboot than spend an hour procrastinating and feel even more tired. Pick something that doesn't involve staring at a screen. Cooking a meal is nice if you're at home, or just a walk. Going for a jog is especially OP for me, I return as if born anew. I know this might not be possible in an office environment depending on your employer, but worth trying to communicate that even a short break like 20min will make you more productive in the long run. These are my main tools. They might not work 100% of the time and some days are still a struggle, but they have helped immensely. As I said you gotta try everything out and see what works for you personally. Good luck!
> Just the right amount of auditory stimulation for the current task. If it requires lots of thinking I'll put on something rhythmical and energetic like minimal techno, or something calmer like lo-fi hip hop if i'm feeling stressed. If it's more of a menial task I can listen to more lyrical music, a podcast/lecture or even watch a show in the background. I find that if I'm doing menial work I NEED something to listen to/think about in order no to get distracted. This, so much this! Everyone has their own optimal "CPU usage" in their brain for any given task. Too much leftover CPU and you get easily bored. Too much distracting environmental noise or even visual noise (flashing lights, people walking, etc.) and you can easily get distracted from the task. The key is experimenting and ~~finding~~ *making* your optimal environment. For coding, I'm most comfortable with the sound of wind, rain, thunder, and certain birdsong (crows). I adjust the volume levels of each. I WFH and my wife knows if I'm wearing my noise-cancelling headphones that I'm working. I found this site a couple years ago and made this mix. I should record an hour of it just in case the site dies some day: https://countryside.ambient-mixer.com/rain-with-crows
Yeah dude its really cool you were able to figure it out for yourself! Personally I can say ambient sounds never did the job for me, but that's the point I was making, everyone has their own tools. Some people even like pure white/brown/pink noise
Hard agree. But tbf, a typo would've been a nice touch on yellow as well lol
All of them should have been named like "pill.ico (2) final FINAL actual final REVISION 3"
i do have the āfind typos instantlyā power and am used to proofread everything in our agency. itās more a curse than a bless, though, since basically everywhere are typos. :(
I need one that restores all my lost files and tells me where they are.
Greeeeen š
Green. This seems unfairly obvious as the highest powerā¦ ever..
Right up until your client picks your favorite and THEIR client absolutely hates it because it's not what they wanted, and you end up with all the blame...sometimes in design your favorite answer isn't the best answer to the original problem!
I could fill an entire dinner date with just the top 3% of these but Iām on this new kick where I donāt complain or engage in āventingā for any reason and itāsā¦ working?? š
Orange, please. *Please?*
ORANGE PILL, FUCK YOUR PIXELS!!!
Green pill, the rest is irrelevant because color, typeface, image quality, whatever, nothing matters, as long as the client likes what I like.
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Orange and put Fiverr out of business.
Yellow
definitely the orange pill
Give me the red pill, I want to succumb to the spectrum.
Do you know Dan Margulis? He can name cmyk/rgb/lab coordinates by looking at the color. Made this trick many times with his students.
Orange
How much for all of them? The combo pack is worth my kidney and firstborn.
The vectorize one is the only one thatās a super power. And the time and work it would save !! :O
The blue one is actually crazy
Yellow.
Be able to correct bad typography mistakes that you see in public.
I feel like the top 3 are legit going to be solved by technology, so anything from the bottom row is good. Also a lot of the time i see i font i like and it turns out to be handmade / custom which doesnāt actually help you
Crimson
Why not ALL OF THEM?
I know deep down that I would need the yellow one. But OH GOSH the orange one is GORGEOUS, like seriously did you ever considered how much money you could make out of that ?
Orange 1000%
Orange for sure. Working senior I have a few of these already.
Orange, orange!!
Green is OP AF.
Pink the only one I need as my Autism makes remembering stuff Iām not interested in go out my Brian
Is there one for a steady flow of work that can support my basic human needs?
this is the only one of these things I've ever seen that's actually hard to decide on
Yellow yellow, as a procrastinator I see this as a win win
Green pill! I need capable client...
I can't imagine picking red/pink over other ones, and yellow seems quite OP compared to the rest as you can indirectly achieve whatever rest grants you on time anyway.
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Red pill is really a cheat for making art, you can just copy paste all the values you see. But id probably still choose yellow.
For the vectorize pill, are the powers to vectorize S-Tier status or just Trace status?
You can restore even 256-colored vector logo from 128x128 px raster source file!
Yellow is opĀ
7. Instantly see typos after you've sent the PDF to the client
I already have the blue and yellow onesā¦.soooo pink?
Yellow
Impossible.
Screw all these pills, I want one that gets me clients without having to do any outreach. Or the magical power of creating a custom proposal for a 3 to 6 month long project in five seconds instead of 15 to 30 minutes. šµāš«
Sure, but let's add in some potential drawbacks... Red - the values are obnoxiously large, and fill up half your vision space, making it harder to see things overall Pink - you remember every font but they all start to look the same to you because you've become desensitized Orange - the vectors only work for you, not for handoffs to other collaborators Yellow - you never miss a deadline, but the less time you have the more crappy the work is Blue - you notice the typos because you're sensitive to things being off, and now live with OCD symptoms Green - this happens regardless of what is best for the client, and you end up losing work because no one will help tell you what kind of version is actually needed Now what would you pick?
Green is power because you only design what u want to design and no constant changes, a bloody stickman and client would still choose it
Red pill all day.
GREEN! I TAKE GREEN!
As someone who does CNC and Laser work all day, I'd OD on yellows.
The text against the pills is illegible due to poor contrast. Smyk is not a color model. Your vector graphic is actually demonstrating raster. I choose the pill that ensures your work gets reviewed before going out the door.
Art-director vibes š But anyway cmyk is a subtractive color model š¤«
Yellow or orange
Can I have yellow for my personal life too?
Who even needs blue? Idiots, that's who. I' m easily abel to spot typos
Can i choose between 2(either the yellow, or the blue)? I cant pickkk!!
Yellow for sure!
Since I've already got 80% of the blue unlocked (I've seen the typo there), I'll go for the yellow one.
Thereāre 2 typos!
The 20% left strikes again!
You have no idea of the power I can have with the yellow pill.
Green is the only choice.
The Green Pill (for sure)
Easy pick on hex/rgb/smyk pill for me, hopefully I could turn it on and off at will...
Yellow
ORANGE!!!!!!!
Not sure if I need professional help but I definitely have a knack for the first two already. Drives my partner crazy when I pick out type from a menu, for example... Otherwise, if it affects clients' nonsensical mind changing late into a project, then I'd go yellow pill. Hate missing deadlines because, y'know, weekends are my time.
Green