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Grace Ling 🎨 Designer & Artist

@candyleaf_

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My art playground!
Founder @design.buddies • UX Designer • Illustrator • Runner
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I drew this by hand with wood (pyrography), not AI.

As a kid I wanted to be an anime artist and drew daily

But went to school for bioengineering and computer science engineering instead

Decided I didn’t like it and worked in the gaming industry as a designer after school

Drew every day when the world shut down during covid again

Quit my job 2 years ago to do content and Design Buddies community full time

Low key discouraged to draw bc of all the AI stuff and how I must explain how my art isn’t AI

But this was fun and I should draw more. And you should too. We should art maxx again. Gonna do more art and share on @candyleaf_

Thank you @priscilla.png and @kiramadethis for hosting creator craft night at @match_and_melt_craft_bar & @jiaqis_mochi !!

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Hoppy Easter, every bunny!!

What other drawings would you like to see? :D

I’ve been drawing kawaii art since I was a kid~

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Offering: UX design work for select startups!!

Anyone building a cool startup and need UX design work done? We’re recruiting project partners again at Design Buddies/UXGO for our next design project cohort which starts Jan 15, 2025.

More info here, please fill out the form here: https://www.designbuddies.community/project-partner

What kind of products are you building? 👀

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If you are learning UX design: We are also launching our next 10-week design project cohort after filling up our last one.

Learn UX design from coaches who are designers in big tech. Work with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders. Ship a real product that would make your portfolio ready to land job interviews!

It starts Jan 15, 2025. Apply today! We’re accepting on a rolling basis:

tinyurl.com/design-cohort

For UX beginners, university students, master’s students, and new graduates lacking real-world internship, project experience, or aim to land a competitive big tech role.

Thank you all and happy holidays~! taken in San Francisco, California by @candyleaf_

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2 years ago

Spilling some tea on unconventional skills you can have to land your dream design job in 2025!!

We dive into:
- How to use AI to write your cover letters and more for you!
- Taking advantage of LinkedIn
- Working on projects in emerging tech
- How to gain experience without a job, so that you can get a job
- How to build a portfolio that slaps
- Networking hacks
- More

Read! on our free newsletter: https://designbuddies.substack.com/p/design-job

Written by Grace Ling @irungracepace on a 17-hour flight from Bangkok to Lisbon

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By the way we are also launching our next 10-week design project cohort after filling up our last one.

Learn UX design from coaches who are big tech designers. Work with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders. Ship a real product that would make your portfolio ready to land job interviews!

It starts on Jan 15, 2025. Apply today! We’re accepting on a rolling basis: https://www.ux-go.com/uxgo-2025/10-week-internship-course Unconventional ways to land a UX design job in 2025 laptop on cruise ship in the Caribbean taken in San Francisco, California by @candyleaf_

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Pocky but make it Pawky because we love bunnies 🐰

Featuring Fluffle from @design.buddies ✨ taken in Bangkok City, Thailaind by @candyleaf_

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Autumn vibes~ What are your favorite things to do in Autumn?

Also, I’m going to draw more again👀

What should I draw next? Autumn fall cute kawaii art taken in Bangkok, Thailand by @candyleaf_

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2 years ago

Drew some dinos and Fluffle bunnies from @design.buddies and @uxgo.design 😄

Also we’re launching something new!!
Our 10-week design project cohort is our new program that we specifically designed for students to work on real-world projects.

In 10 weeks, you’ll build your UX design skills from scratch by instructors from big tech companies while working on real projects with startups! You’ll come away with a case study that you can use on your job interviews or a job offer with the startup you work with.

Learn more here and apply as soon as you can: https://www.ux-go.com/uxgo-2025/10-week-internship-course

We’re offering $1000 off in our first cohort starting Oct 18, 2024! Kawaii dinosaurs taken in Worldwide by @candyleaf_

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2 years ago

Designing some @design.buddies Fluffle bunny stickers! Part 1. Will be animated and available for you to use on your favorite chat apps soon ✨ drawn on the flight from San Francisco to Seoul!! Kawaii design bunny stickers tech UX taken in Seoul, South Korea by @candyleaf_

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Thank you all for coming to our launch party (@design.buddies and @uxgo.design ) and my birthday party in Seattle!!

We had a wonderful time. I’m honored to meet so many long time and active members of our community in person for the first time!

Up next we have some exciting things launching:
- World tour
- 10 week internship cohort
- Fluffle membership for personalized career advice
- Student ambassadors
- Startup partners
- Creator program
- Expanding our team
- More merch designed by me!!

Let’s help more designers land jobs!!

Thank you @jordanredila for the amazing photos 🤩 Seattle launch party designers taken in Seattle, Washington by @candyleaf_

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2 years ago

Ever since I started building my first UX design portfolio, I’ve been manifesting a tool that could instantly turn my Figma designs into live sites 👀

Found a plugin that converted my Design Buddies landing page design in Figma to a live site in @framer with just a click of a button. So lit, no cap.

It’s also free :O we love working smarter, not harder!

What kind of website would you like to see me design next?

And be sure to check out Framer to build the most beautiful websites, landing pages, and marketing campaigns~ https://tinyurl.com/framer-grace

#landingpagetips #framerpartner taken in San Francisco, California by @candyleaf_

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2 years ago

Drawing a new comic: Legend of Long Bunny, the goddess of AI. Heavily inspired by San Francisco AI startup culture.

Hand drawn on the airplane :D

What are your biggest pet peeves in the startup world?

Stay tuned for volume 2! Long Bunny Loves you taken in San Francisco, California by @candyleaf_

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