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James McDonald

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I run a tiny design studio @wireframe.

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When you toggle the lights, the entire page dims to create a more immersive sense of the lighting Such a great design detail 💡

When you toggle the lights, the entire page dims to create a more immersive sense of the lighting Such a great design detail 💡

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✨ It's been so much fun animating these illustrations!

✨ It's been so much fun animating these illustrations!

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Worked on a fun lil side-project over the weekend.

Worked on a fun lil side-project over the weekend.

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Working on something fun for Wireframe Design Studio

Working on something fun for Wireframe Design Studio

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📇 Expand at your pace.

📇 Expand at your pace.

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❌ ok... going to bed now

❌ ok... going to bed now

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✨ Working on the website for Onlight. All of this was done in Blender. I asked Astra to create two different scenes so I could transition between them. Really happy with how they turned out 😝

✨ Working on the website for Onlight. All of this was done in Blender. I asked Astra to create two different scenes so I could transition between them. Really happy with how they turned out 😝

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I’m excited to share that I’m joining the team at Lovable ✨ I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work with this unbelievably talented team—and I can’t wait to show everyone what we’re working on!

I’m excited to share that I’m joining the team at Lovable ✨ I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work with this unbelievably talented team—and I can’t wait to show everyone what we’re working on!

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Used up half of my weekly tokens this weekend working on more fun things for Wireframe Design Studio.

Used up half of my weekly tokens this weekend working on more fun things for Wireframe Design Studio.

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✨ Introducing Nestle Bring your Ring devices to your Mac’s menu bar. Still polishing a few features, and aiming to ship v1 soon. →

✨ Introducing Nestle Bring your Ring devices to your Mac’s menu bar. Still polishing a few features, and aiming to ship v1 soon. →

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Dusted off Claude to animate these icons 🧭

Dusted off Claude to animate these icons 🧭

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Being able to build ideas like this in 20 minutes with Claude feels like a superpower. Last night I had this idea for a new hero I’m working on for MindCloud. A few prompts later, I had something that was 90% ready to present.

Being able to build ideas like this in 20 minutes with Claude feels like a superpower. Last night I had this idea for a new hero I’m working on for MindCloud. A few prompts later, I had something that was 90% ready to present.

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Added some extra lil' details to this 🍋

Added some extra lil' details to this 🍋

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At last, Wireframe Design Studio is live 🎉 For the last few months, I’ve been designing and building a new home for Wireframe Design Studio—marking a new chapter for what the studio is. Collaborating with great people and working on fun projects. It’s very much a work in progress—and will continue to be. I’ve built some really unnecessary things on the site, but it’s been so much fun along the way. ↓

At last, Wireframe Design Studio is live 🎉 For the last few months, I’ve been designing and building a new home for Wireframe Design Studio—marking a new chapter for what the studio is. Collaborating with great people and working on fun projects. It’s very much a work in progress—and will continue to be. I’ve built some really unnecessary things on the site, but it’s been so much fun along the way. ↓

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🔥 Whoever at Attio is responsible for this... I salute you. Beautifully done!

🔥 Whoever at Attio is responsible for this... I salute you. Beautifully done!

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Finally found an excuse to use Jakub Antalik border beam component somewhere! 😎

Finally found an excuse to use Jakub Antalik border beam component somewhere! 😎

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Spent a few hours in Claude Code again this morning working on a new design for Wireframe Design Studio. I didn't write a single line of code.

Spent a few hours in Claude Code again this morning working on a new design for Wireframe Design Studio. I didn't write a single line of code.

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Trying to do something a little more difficult each time in Claude Code. Focusing on animation stuff right now and its so much fun just seeing this shit come to life.

Trying to do something a little more difficult each time in Claude Code. Focusing on animation stuff right now and its so much fun just seeing this shit come to life.

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Spent last night playing around with a new idea for Wireframe Design Studio

Spent last night playing around with a new idea for Wireframe Design Studio

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Spent all of today in Claude Code again. Working on a redesign of Wireframe Design Studio This animation has taken me about 4 hours. LOL

Spent all of today in Claude Code again. Working on a redesign of Wireframe Design Studio This animation has taken me about 4 hours. LOL

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💡 Introducing Onlight A native menu bar app for macOS that makes it easy to control your Philips Hue lights. Download it for free here: →

💡 Introducing Onlight A native menu bar app for macOS that makes it easy to control your Philips Hue lights. Download it for free here: →

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🥳 Onlook — a beautiful new way to view your Ring devices on Mac, right from the menu bar. It's free and available now. ˗ˏˋ ˎˊ-

🥳 Onlook — a beautiful new way to view your Ring devices on Mac, right from the menu bar. It's free and available now. ˗ˏˋ ˎˊ-

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My favourite Figma tool is the pattern feature. It lets me quickly fill large areas and explore different shapes and colour combinations to create strong visual motifs for hero sections and other parts of a design. Excited to see this new design come together for @yourmindcloud

My favourite Figma tool is the pattern feature. It lets me quickly fill large areas and explore different shapes and colour combinations to create strong visual motifs for hero sections and other parts of a design. Excited to see this new design come together for @yourmindcloud

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Had fun putting together a new section on Onlook: Ring devices on your Mac ✨ getting ready for launch.

Had fun putting together a new section on Onlook: Ring devices on your Mac ✨ getting ready for launch.

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Recording and watching these speed runs is so satisfying 😅 thx for the suggestion Vlad Moroz ✌🏻

Recording and watching these speed runs is so satisfying 😅 thx for the suggestion Vlad Moroz ✌🏻

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Here it is... ✨Added some extra lil details, but these exercises are so much fun! You learn a ton. 😅 You can find the finished icon in the tweet below this...

Here it is... ✨Added some extra lil details, but these exercises are so much fun! You learn a ton. 😅 You can find the finished icon in the tweet below this...

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🪩 Introducing the brand new Clerk ‣ Our entire team has been working tirelessly for the past few months to completely revamp the marketing site. I'm super proud of it and everyone involved in getting it out the door!

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🥳🏡 Never in a million years thought that drawing rectangles for a living that I’d be able to buy my own house, never mind and investment property. Excited for the next few years! 💙

🥳🏡 Never in a million years thought that drawing rectangles for a living that I’d be able to buy my own house, never mind and investment property. Excited for the next few years! 💙

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Anyone else getting this weird palette UI in Figma?

Anyone else getting this weird palette UI in Figma?

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🔊 Sound on! Hacked together some open-source sound effects...

🔊 Sound on! Hacked together some open-source sound effects...

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💸 Designing this pricing page for AccessGrid was tricky because it doesn’t fit the conventional layouts you typically see elsewhere. We wanted it to feel snappy and intuitive, so you can quickly glance at the costs for your specific use case.

💸 Designing this pricing page for AccessGrid was tricky because it doesn’t fit the conventional layouts you typically see elsewhere. We wanted it to feel snappy and intuitive, so you can quickly glance at the costs for your specific use case.

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Another hour spent in Claude playing with silliness.

Another hour spent in Claude playing with silliness.

17,759 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

🔥 One of the last projects I worked on was to redesign the components section on the homepage. I absolutely love how this turned out! Big props to Brad Cornes you nailed it with this 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

🔥 One of the last projects I worked on was to redesign the components section on the homepage. I absolutely love how this turned out! Big props to Brad Cornes you nailed it with this 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

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How annoying is it when you can't find a company's logo in SVG format? I use a quick hack in Figma that lets me easily change the logo's color to whatever I need. 1. Add a rectangle layer on top of the logo layer. 2. Right-click and create a mask for the logo layer. 3. Voilà.

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New animation work for our client AccessGrid. They turned out great. As always! — Animation work by Alex Krasikov 🔥

New animation work for our client AccessGrid. They turned out great. As always! — Animation work by Alex Krasikov 🔥

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A few things added to this silly experiment for the Wireframe Design Studio design. • A few new colors added • Keyboard shortcuts • Alt+drag to pan • Multiplayer (kinda half built) ...still having lots of fun.

A few things added to this silly experiment for the Wireframe Design Studio design. • A few new colors added • Keyboard shortcuts • Alt+drag to pan • Multiplayer (kinda half built) ...still having lots of fun.

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Any time I try to add a video to a shape in Figma I get a black image? Anyone any ideas how to fix?

Any time I try to add a video to a shape in Figma I get a black image? Anyone any ideas how to fix?

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Late night tinkering in Claude. Redesigning Wireframe Design Studio

Late night tinkering in Claude. Redesigning Wireframe Design Studio

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Almost went right on my arse! 🤣

Almost went right on my arse! 🤣

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🥳 New project — Alex Krasikov and I joined forces to design and build Finta, a platform helping startups with bookkeeping and tax filing. 🚀

🥳 New project — Alex Krasikov and I joined forces to design and build Finta, a platform helping startups with bookkeeping and tax filing. 🚀

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