๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐. ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น. ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.
- Sajin Philip
- Oct 20
- 1 min read
8 years ago, I started a habitโdesign one UI screen every week, outside my day job.
No brief. No constraints. Just ideas to sharpen my UI skills and stay in touch with evolving trends
One week, I picked a topic: a car customisation app. I designed a few mobile screens and uploaded them to Dribbble.
That was it.
๐ก๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ด๐. ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ข. ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
Fast forward 4 yearsโsomeone from North America reached out.
They were searching Google for โCar Customisation Appโ andโฆ
Surprisingly, my old Dribbble shot showed up right at the top of image results.
That one screen led to a well-paid project I never saw coming.
"๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ, 8 ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃโ
๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ."
That small habit of uploading one design a week?
It fed me new skills, visibility, and even paid work.
So hereโs a reminder to all designers:
Your side work is often the silent portfolio that speaks when youโre not watching.
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐.
