23 comments

  • Pablo StanleyPablo Stanley, over 5 years ago

    I know this looks like it has NOTHING TO DO WITH DESIGN! But, before you raise your pitchforks, let me share with you the tools I used to create this little app with almost no code.

    HTML5

    I used Hype 3 to put together all the interactions, audio, animations, scenes, etc. and export it everything as HTML5. This app is awesome. It’s a mix of Flash and Keynote but in HTML5. It has a graphic interface where you can manipulate all types of layers (text, basic vector shapes, images.) You can animate anything using a timeline, pretty similar to After Effects. You can make buttons, add HTML widgets, embed a CSS sheet, use video and audio, create different scenes, create different designs for different breakpoints, use auto-layout, and even use physics.

    You can create interactions adding “actions” to any layer. For example, you can create a rectangle and then add an action where “On Mouse Click” it “Start Timeline” or “Run Javascript” or “Play Sound,” etc., etc.

    I have used this app in the past only for prototyping—this is the first time I use it as a final product. The code is not beautiful, and it places everything in an absolute position. But if you want to create something small by yourself (without the need of coding), I highly recommend it.

    ANIMATED DOODLES

    Photoshop and Adobe Draw. I drew most of the poses on an iPad app called Adobe Draw. This app is great because you can create hand-drawn illustrations and export them as vectors (resolution-independent, baby!) I animated the doodles using the “Timeline” feature in Photoshop. I pretty much made a different drawing for every frame, just like you would make old-school animations, and then put them together turning on and off each layer on different keyframes. The squiggly lines look like that because each frame is drawn individually (so they’re not perfect) creating that effect. I made a live stream where I share my process, in case you’re interested!

    DESIGN

    Sketch! I made my wireframes and initial prototypes on Sketch, before starting to implement on Hype. I also made the icons on Adobe Draw, then sent them to illustrator, and then copied it to Sketch. Once in Sketch, I exported them to SVG so that I could use them on Hype

    SOUND

    First, I have to thank Gabi Fox for helping with her energetic and soothing voice. You rock! I used a Zoom audio interface and a Shure SM7B to record the audio. Then I cleaned up the audio files with Adobe Audition. And finally, I used Adobe Premiere to edit them. I know “But Premiere is for Video!” I’ve been using Premiere for editing stuff for the longest time, so editing audio is pretty much the same. You can export every composition as an MP3 file too

    MUSIC

    I used Ableton Live to create the musical UI elements. I made the bell sound with a mix of Native Instrument’s FM8 and a Microkorg. I made a library for UI sounds that you can use on your projects!

    CSS STYLE SHEET

    I love Sublime! This text editor is super simple out-of-the-box, but you can add packages to it that can make it powerful. My favorites are: ColorPicker, HTML-CSS-JS Prettify, Nodejs, and SideBarEnhancements.

    USER TEST FEEDBACK

    I mostly just asked friends to test the app for me. Some were on Slack video chats, some on Google Hangouts, some texting back and forth using SMS and FB’s messenger, some in-person—the old-school way. I took all of my notes on Evernote, and I would keep a checklist of bugs and usability stuff.

    That’s it. I hope this is helpful. I’m down to answer any questions!

    12 points
  • Sacha GreifSacha Greif, over 5 years ago

    I love this but downward dog seems like a tough pose to start with, if this really is for beginners. At least I know it's one of the hardest poses to do for me especially with no prior warm-up!

    1 point
  • ja krish, over 5 years ago

    I would've written the same content as a medium story with a title "How to be a Product designer within a week of time?"

    1 point
    • Pablo StanleyPablo Stanley, over 5 years ago

      I don't know if you're being sarcastic, lol. But I like the idea of sharing my process on Medium, will give it a try. Thank you!

      1 point
  • André Moniz, over 5 years ago

    Loved it too! Ux and animations done right. My goal is to create stuff like this in the near future. Great thing sharing tech stack and process.

    1 point
  • Russ BrownRuss Brown, over 5 years ago

    I love this mate, well done

    1 point
  • Taylor Cooney, over 5 years ago

    So cool dude! I'm going to share on Facebook with some friends

    1 point
  • Edgar Chaparro, over 5 years ago

    you are the man!

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  • Surjith S MSurjith S M, over 5 years ago

    Great App!

    One suggestion: Why don't you add the real Yoga Name (Asana) along with the English Name?

    Eg: Cobra Pose is called "Bhujangasana"

    0 points
  • Shridhar Gupta, over 5 years ago

    Simple with a whimsical feeling :) Love it!

    0 points
  • Noel Ninal, over 5 years ago

    I like this. Thank's for sharing! I will send this to my gf and her friends. haha

    0 points
  • s0fa potato, over 5 years ago

    awesome!

    0 points
  • Matt Lewis, over 5 years ago

    Some nice twerking on these poses ;)

    0 points