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Criss-Cross Game

Miguel builds a criss-cross game with a single frame and Interactive Components.

Interactive Components in Figma bring so much potential for prototyping interactions.

Sign up for the beta here! https://t.co/d4xztICaFA

This is one frame 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/XKmgEr4FKj
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) February 25, 2021

Creating overlapping animations

Miguel shows how to create bouncing circles animation with different timings.

Hi everyone! Wanted to share something I'm excited for w/ interactive components in @figmadesign, overlapping animation!

Here I have three different interactive components using delay interactions to make bouncing circles with different timings. Let me know what you think! pic.twitter.com/xg6Dy3zmCP
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) February 26, 2021

Why Interactive Components are important for design system teams

See how Interactive Components can dramatically reduce the number of connections you create.

Interactive components are here my friends.

Here's a quick run through of what they mean and also why it's important for design systems teams.

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Sign up for the beta here: https://t.co/PYXoKapYVL pic.twitter.com/dZdqJ1fhDd
— luis. (@disco_lu) February 25, 2021

New macOS icon

Ryhan shows the process of creating a new Big Sur-ready icon for Figma desktop app.

Small update — today we’re rolling out a new macOS icon that’s designed to feel at home on Big Sur. pic.twitter.com/yWRPwslpkC
— Ryhan (@ryhanhassan) February 25, 2021

3D illustrations

Timo Lins makes impressive 3D illustrations with Figma components.

I suck at 3D. But thanks to @figmadesign, I'm able to create illustrations like this. pic.twitter.com/6JqeDew2G0
— Timo Lins 🎨🛠 (@timolins) February 10, 2021

Issue #33
Feb 19, 2021
#Made in Figma

Visualizing lunchboxes

A creative way of using components to create custom graphics.

Here is like 10% of the design system for my client. In this example, I have 2 components with the shape of lunchboxes + a few for details (like stickers) and inside those lunchboxes, I have variables with different foods :) so I can prepare graphics soooo fast :) pic.twitter.com/zfHNL3fIpx
— Arkadiusz Palki (@arkadiuszpalki) February 2, 2021

List of objects beneath your cursor

A good tip from Miguel – Command-Click on an object to show a list of all layers below.

Here is a micro #FigmaTip for your hump-day! Easily select something in @figmadesign by holding ⌘ (Mac) or Ctrl (Win) when you right-click. This will pull up a list of objects directly beneath your cursor.

This is where naming your layers pays back dividends! 😊 pic.twitter.com/t4RNeGW9w7
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) February 10, 2021

Hide left sidebar

Command-\ hides all UI, while Command-Shift-\ hides only the left sidebar.

Need more real estate *and* the design panel in @figmadesign?

cmd+shift+\ to hide left sidebar!#figmatip pic.twitter.com/aWeBq1Bq0o
— Anthony DiSpezio (@adispezio) February 11, 2021

Issue #33
Feb 19, 2021
#Shortcuts

Use a 1×1 frame to add overlapping elements

A nice trick to work around some of Auto Layout’s limitations.

Auto Layout @figmadesign tip - use a 1x1 frame to add overlapping elements within a parent Auto Layout frame. pic.twitter.com/0dbJpeN8ri
— Gavin Nelson (@Gavmn) February 9, 2021

How to make a “Question Mark” icon

In this follow-up to a previous question, Steve Schoger shows his process for building one of the icons in Heroicons set.

How to make a “Question Mark” icon in @figmadesign.

🧵 thread 👇 pic.twitter.com/TV642bjec5
— Steve Schoger (@steveschoger) February 8, 2021

Steve Schoger looks for the best way to create a dot that responds to the stroke width. There are some creative solutions in the replies, but making a rectangle with width and height set to 0.001 is the best one.

How do you create just a dot in @figmadesign?

Every time I try to create one by drawing a point with the pen tool it doesn't get recognized as a shape and disappears.

I managed to create one once but I forget how and I've just been copy/pasting the same one ever since 😅 pic.twitter.com/11LdpcCPG0
— Steve Schoger (@steveschoger) February 6, 2021

What is one thing you wish Figma did and didn’t do?

Replies to this tweet by Sho Kuwamoto, Figma’s Director of Product, provide an interesting peek into the current state of things and what their team might work on next.

Hello folks! Quick question about @figmadesign.

What is one thing you wish Figma did?
What is one thing you wish Figma didn't do?
— Sho Kuwamoto (@skuwamoto) February 10, 2021

Issue #33
Feb 19, 2021
#App Updates

Flat image → interactive layers

I shared some of Jordan’s experiments before, but this one is truly magical. Let’s hope it will become a real plugin one day!

Flat image → interactive layers ✨

A Figma plugin to convert a flat image into text and shape layers on the canvas. pic.twitter.com/gQhpcu9UvD
— jordan singer (@jsngr) January 23, 2021

Some of the coolest design systems made in Figma

Mirko Santangelo collected great resources from Uber, Microsoft, GitHub, Spotify, and more.

Here's a 🧵thread featuring some of the coolest design systems made in @figmadesign. All available for download on the Figma community. 👇

1. Base Gallery by @DesigningUber https://t.co/uWdAGhvIEd pic.twitter.com/65VA6v12Qq
— Mirko Santangelo (@mirkosantangelo) January 25, 2021

Doge to the moon!

If you’ve been following the GME/WSB story last week, don’t miss this joke.

Here’s a Doge illustration in @figmadesign! To the moon!https://t.co/7Xt35kix3b pic.twitter.com/3pcT84PJlS
— Joey 🙃 (@mrhammn) January 29, 2021

Figma logo animation

Noah Jacobus pushes Figma’s capabilities beyond normal product design and uses it to draw, style, and animate the logo.

It’s no secret that I like @figmadesign a lot—it’s basically replaced my entire illustration & iconography pipeline. Even D&D maps! But I also try to push its capabilities beyond normal product design stuff and my own comfort zone.

Drawn, styled, and animated in the Big Fig™ pic.twitter.com/2uFgiiB47T
— Noah Jacobus (@Jabronus) January 28, 2021

Designing stained glass art

What an unusual use case for Figma, but the end result looks great!

One of the challenges in designing stained glass art is coming up with harmonious colour palettes and textures. Glass is expensive material. So - today I made a digital glass colouring book for our pieces (in @figmadesign), so we can collab on materials before we start building. pic.twitter.com/K03We2lfzz
— Nat Cooper (@natacoops) January 30, 2021

Issue #32
Feb 1, 2021
#Using Figma

Embed Figma files inside your PM tools

A nice way to share the always up-to-date versions of your designs.

Did you know that you can embed @figmadesign files inside your favourite project management tools?

Here's a little #FigmaTip to show you how it works in:

– Jira
– Asana
– Notion
– Dropbox Paper

📝https://t.co/XzxKL6iBm7 pic.twitter.com/wmiuA9i80A
— luis. (@disco_lu) January 29, 2021

Issue #32
Feb 1, 2021
#Embed

How to make dotted lines for illustrations

Come for the tip, stay for a beautiful demo.

Here is a #FigmaTip showing you how to make dotted lines for your @figmadesign illustrations. ✏️

Open the Advanced Stroke panel, set the Cap to Round, then add a 0.1 Dash and tweak the dots spacing using Gap.

Happy Friday! ☺️ pic.twitter.com/M5NomG6VLU
— Mirko Santangelo (@mirkosantangelo) January 29, 2021

More control over your Bezier handles

And another short video from Miguel, this time about Bezier curves.

Here is a #FigmaTip to give you more control over your bezier handles when creating vector illustrations in @figmadesign. 🖋

Use command + option when clicking anchor points to change the behavior of bezier handles and control them independently.https://t.co/rSbcUA1bTA pic.twitter.com/Lz5ozxN5pH
— miggi from figgi (@miggi) January 19, 2021