Peter Nowell — SVG Sketch Workflows

Peter Nowell is an independent designer, whose clients include Apple, Flinto, and Juice Shop. Peter is also the creator of Sketch Master, a set of online video courses for learning Sketch app.

Peter Nowell is an independent designer, whose clients include Apple, Flinto, and Juice Shop. Peter is also the creator of Sketch Master, a set of online video courses for learning Sketch app.

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Time Jumps

3:30 Using Sketch instead of Photoshop in workflows.
10:45 What are your thoughts on training for the web?
14:39 I’m a big fan of exploring the tough bits of design.
17:00 Putting together a Sketch workflow course.
21:30 As humans we’re programmed to remember stories.
22:50 Why make your own SVG optimizer?
29:20 SVG is capable of so much more.
36:15 There’s a difference between tool based design versus marketing related design.
39:50 What would you recommend for people looking to move to Sketch from Adobe products?
46:20 It doesn’t look like a professional tool when you just open it up.
47:30 What Sketch plugins do you use day in/day out?
53:00 Abstract plugin for Sketch.
55:30 What are the advantages to using Abstract instead of using Github?
58:20 Sometimes the process shouldn’t be holy. It should be unique to each project.
1:00:00 The further along in a project I am, the less likely I am to add new code.

Links:

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Peter Nowell
Peter Nowell on Medium
Peter Nowell on Twitter
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SVGito - SVG Optimizer
SVG OMG
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Front End Masters
Google’s Guetzli Optimizer
Sketch Rename It Plugin
SVGO Plugin
Framer
Abstract Sketch Plugin
CodePen
Craft
Looper Sketch plugin
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