Introductions (come in, say hi)

Hey, I’m Kartik Choudhary but you can refer to me as KC. I’m new here and I stumbled upon this community recently.

I am a developer first but I’ve always had a passion for design with some natural talent. Although I don’t have any professional experience in a design career, I do have some volunteering experience in branding, logo designs and creating graphics. Being a part of OSD would provide a sense of representation to me as a designer, a feeling of having a group to learn and grow with.

Love the work and opportunities you’re providing. I wish to contribute more to the community!
(Also would appreciate if you could get me started on some good opportunity to get involved)

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Welcome @Kai ! I would love to see some of the design work you’re refering too? We have a great supportive community here when it comes to feedback on work or just being supportive of design volunteering :slight_smile:

If you’re looking to get involved with more open source projects wanting design help the Jobs section is for sure the place to visit. The Open Source Design website could always do with more support for up-keep too! if you haven’t visited our repo yet https://github.com/opensourcedesign/opensourcedesign.github.io

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Hello there,
nice to meet you all!
I am Tomasz a UX Designer with a background in Architecture.
During these last years, I have had the chance to live and work in three different cultural backgrounds. I was born and raised in Europe :poland: :eu: , studied in the Middle East (Turkey), and worked in East Asia (China). This unique cultural background taught me great respect for cultural diversity. I believe that every human being is unique and worth to be listened to.

My way to User Experience Design was not straightforward. It was a long and complex process that allowed me to build my skill-set, learn empathy, gather multicultural proficiency, and find my true passion.
If you want to know something more about me please visit: https://heiux.com/about.html

I am here because I want to contribute my time and talents to the development of Open-source software.

If there are any projects I could contribute to, please do not hesitate to check out my GITHub: https://github.com/tomashei

Best Regards,
Tomasz

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What a great statement! Welcome :tada:

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Hello guys! I find this project/organization immensely cool! :grin:

I’m a freelance illustrator and designer from Norway that also do organizational and communication work for political organizations on the side.

I made the jump to Linux in 2017 when I sensed Windows 7 becoming quite outdated but not wanting go over to Windows 10 I instead opted to try Linux for the first time. I still use Linux to this day, with my current distribution being PopOS 20.04.

I’m heavily invested in ethical software and use nearly only libre software when making all of my art, Krita being my trusty main tool for making illustrations.

I have a website where I display my art among other things at https://christalleras.no/ and I’m also available on the fediverse at https://mastodon.art/@ChrisTalleras

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Great bio @christalleras

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Let’s connect Man
I am coming to your DM

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Hi, Everyone
Grant Here, I am new to open source design.
I am a designer from Nigeria, based in Abuja. Recently got interested in Open Source Design and decided to join an international community.
I am ready to learn and collaborate with ya’ll.
Cheers

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Hey folks! Mathew here.

I’m an illustrator and visual designer from the Philippines, based in Singapore.

I’ve joined the Open Source Design Community a while back, when my friend introduced this community to me. There are tons of interesting stuff that I’m discovering from this group and would love to learn more about the Open Source world.

I would love to be able to contribute my skills to this group and hopefully get to know more folks along the way.

Cheers!

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You are welcome Mathew-Wong

Your illustrations are great man. I’m playing around with Krita right now. Starting to get the hang of it.

Hi All, everyone can call me @raniaamina
Now i working as freelance designer and sometimes work on UI term.
I’m from Indonesia, currently i stay in Yogyakarta, a little city between middle java and west java. In this city, i met @jan, and he advice me to join OSD.

I active on several open source project both local on international as designer, i.e LibreOffice, GNOME, and openSUSE. In Indonesia, i handle a community called Gimpscape ID, it’s the biggest open source design community in Indonesia. Yeah, i think Gimpscape almost similar with OSD in some term.

Feel free to contact me, i active on Telegram @raniaamina , instagram, and at free time i write or make some video tutorial on my blog (raniaamina.id) and Youtube channel (https://youtube.com/c/raniaamina)

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Greetings all.
I just became a new Opensourcedesign user. After a recent completion of a UX certification program from www.springboard.com I am seeking for any opportunity to volunteer in a design. If there is a need for extra hands and brain to conduct UX research and design please contact me. My graduation portfolio is available upon request. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

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Welcome :slight_smile:

You’ll want to keep checking the jobs section of the website and forum for projects that you may want to pick up. https://opensourcedesign.net/jobs/

If you’re new to open source and how to contribute design to existing projects that aren’t on our jobs board then let me know, I have a couple of informal resources I can share.

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I’m Ubong Mathew a UIUX designer
A referral of @Erioldoesdesign. I’m supper excited to finally discover a platform for designers as for coders
I’m here to also contribute my quota to open source projects
Please do well to notify me if there is any available
And I’m new here so I might want a little walk through the platform

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Welcome :smiley: feel free to add in topics to the #lounge if you have questions or you are curious about anything. We’re a friendly bunch here :bouquet:

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I’m quite new to open source designs and will love to find my way through it and how to contribute

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Hi,
I’m Rajat a frontend-developer & a student.
I found openSourceDesign at github, and really want to become a part of it.
Please guide me to become a better developer,
Thank You.

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Hello all.
I’m a Product Designer from India. I’ve been (passive) part of this community for more than a year but now I want to participate in this pro-actively. I’m more interested in projects where I can conduct the research, own the Product, etc.
You can check out my portfolio here:

Thanks!

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Welcome! the data modelling exercise you did for the shipping company is particularly interesting to me. I’d love to hear more about that some time :slight_smile:

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