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Spencer’s taking all the four-letter words.

Oh for sure. You're preaching the choir here. I'm posting this partly as a reminder to myself.

I think the big thing for people who want to do the same thing:

- Figure out the elements you can repeat. (Color, texture, etc.)
- Experiment in small doses. Change 1-2 things at a time.
- Ignore "correct." If it works, it works.

By the time I finally have an article, the thumbnails are the relaxing part. I get a lot of joy out of depicting the article in as few pieces as possible. The goal is to use my brand colors for >50% articles.

Sometimes the images are literal. Sometimes they're metaphorical. A few of my favorites:

The writing is the hardest part. I spend probably 2x if not 3x times as much time trying to say the same thing as other writers.

The thumbnails take ~30-60 minutes. Most of it is brainstorming. I use Adobe Illustrator, the pen tool, roughen, and texture vectors. Most thumbnails are 5 layers.

It's funny for you to say honored when I consider you to be one of the best, if not the ultimate, example.

Awesome. Yours was one of my favorites, so I'm happy to see future issues come out. If you want any feedback from one of your readers, shoot me a message.

I’ll clear my cookies and see if that fixes it.

I'm not sure why, but I haven't been able to access your site the past few days. I'm getting a "This site can't be reached" error ("ERR_Name_Not_Resolved").

I checked several other devices and browsers. Same results. Is anyone else having this issue?

Now I'm starting to think about how unsatisfying moments in play can sometimes be an example of this principle "big consequence = big button" not being followed.

Like when your table spends a lot of time and effort on something that fundamentally doesn't matter or isn't interesting.

Thanks!

Perfect.

I think you're describing it well. The effort and time spent translates to intentionality. You're encouraged to focus on harm and recovery because the system keeps you actively thinking and working on it.

I think you're right about the layout! Mike's comments on this post illuminated how much procedure performs a similar in play.

Yeah, when I say obtuse I don't mean tedious. Another good example is the factory reset button you need a paper clip to press. It's not that the designer doesn't want users to press it, it's that they want the pressing to be intentional.

Urgency of said button determines the obstruction.

Now we’re cooking.

"I'm going to potentially mess up everything."
"Grab the grapefruit-sized d20."

I look forward to sharing more of your stuff in the future.