Balan Liviu · UX/UI & creative dev

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Who am I

Hi, I'm Liviu. A visual & UX designer who usually goes the other way.

Romania

Eight years of still life

I went to art school because I loved art. After eight years of drawing the same still life over and over again, I never wanted to touch a pencil again. By 10th grade the passion was gone. I wanted work that gives me options, not the same repetitive thing forever.

Art school, Romania

Belgium

Devine, Howest

Devine threw everything at me: UX, code, motion, 3D, branding. After eight years of one thing, that was exactly what I needed.

Howest, Kortrijk

Now

If it's creative, I'm in

The moment a brief lets me be creative, I'm all in. Not on every project, but when I have the time and I think it will make the experience better, I go past the brief and add things that weren't asked for.

Lately that's been UX, motion in After Effects and 3D in Blender. Where I'm heading: UX engineer, the person who designs it and builds it.

Me, now

I come up with a lot of concepts, some good, some bad. Then I filter and criticise until I end up with a good one. That's just how I'm wired.

What I learned

Software Figma Miro Excel HTML/CSS JavaScript PHP Astro

Software React Vite FigJam After Effects Illustrator Photoshop Blender

Skills UX/UI Design Responsive Design Motion Design Typography Front-end / Back-end Development Prototyping Ideation User Research More-than-Human Design Creative Brainstorming