Complete Web Design
from Figma to Webflow to Freelancing

This one is a little gem >

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

The tutor Vako Shvili is really good. He takes you through essential design theory and then teaches Figma and Webflow.

Webflow academy is free and is very good. Obviously it's all centered around their tool Webflow.

I cannot possibly recommend you a school, but I can definitely recommend you a great book — Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan. There's also Udemy's fairly decent course Complete Web Design: from Figma to Webflow to Freelancing

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

You may also want to look into UX design blogs on Medium.

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

Recently completed this course and found it super useful and fun. If you don't want to buy it, it's on skillshare as well so you can sign up using a free trial.

Search for some beautiful designs on Behance, Dribbble etc.. Take one or two designs as inspiration. Here is an example.

Choose a pre made color palette. Its hard to nail colors when you are new to design. An eaxmple.

In long term, its best to take a design course, to understand fundamentals of design, like - Layout, Typography, Color, Empty Space, Consistency etc. I do not know any mobile design course, I loved this web design course. I believe the fundamental concepts will be same for mobile or web.

>https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

Thank you for this sir. I think I will start with this one for now as it seems much more affordable and has a lower barrier of entry. Thank you for sharing your journey as well. It's very encouraging.

I started doing webflow + design with this Udemy course about 6 weeks ago: https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

Now it costs around 15 USD for a lifetime access and I can assure you that it's enough to launch you on your journey, especially if you combine it with the completely free material found on Webflow university (and other free resources, like YT videos and the Webflow/Reddit forums). I always go back to these fix points whenever I want to learn/understand something better/more.

I haven't done any design per se or development previously, except for some basic PS. And getting going with Webflow was definitely a challenge, as the way it (and webdev in general) thinks was waaaaaaay less intuitive to me than working with Figma and PS which are like expert MS Paints. But now I'm at a level where I enjoy it as much as or even more than design, it makes me think differently, and the outcome of being able to have something "tangible" other than a blueprint is definitely worth it. So do it and don't let the first few difficult challenges stop you.

Hey there!

The below course in Udemy really provided me with a lot of help and insightful information/resources :D

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

I hope it may help you too!

Currently learning myself too and I’m going through this one:

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

But Webflow University has beginner to advanced classes.

There’s also this one https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-webflow-bootcamp-from-figma-design-to-development/

Love your username, because…. mood. I took the google UX course on coursera and it was very helpful in learning the basics (enough for a junior position I think, especially with how similar UX is to architecture conceptually). So I totally recommend starting off with the google course. But I have also subscribed to Medium newsletters focused on UX / UI and joined groups on LinkedIn and they constantly post helpful articles so I continue to learn. Ideate labs also has a lot of learning resources. I also bought a couple courses in Udemy (when they discounted the courses), I haven’t started them yet but I saw them recommended on Reddit somewhere:

https://www.udemy.com/course/learn-ui-design-all-you-need-to-start-a-6-figure-career/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=udemyads&utm_campaign=LongTail_la.EN_cc.US&utm_content=deal4584&utm_term=._ag_81829991947.ad_532193842043.kw__._de_m.dm__._pl__._ti_dsa-1007766171592.li_9003507.pd__.&matchtype=&gbraid=0AAAAADROdO1vp8L18DgnJwn_7mgrNQEzd&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_8OPBhDtARIsAKQu0gakM66SKjLYcV-kWgKeVu-kp_HLrq88BJNSRAvRNxRevLMjnbrAG5kaAu4uEALw_wcB

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=udemyads&utm_campaign=LongTail_la.EN_cc.US&utm_content=deal4584&utm_term=._ag_81829991947.ad_532193842043.kw__._de_m.dm__._pl__._ti_dsa-1007766171592.li_9003507.pd__.&matchtype=&gbraid=0AAAAADROdO1vp8L18DgnJwn_7mgrNQEzd&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_8OPBhDtARIsAKQu0ga28SOogyZKKye6nzsjiVxSvNMU2K-2XbwsT2nHN_JGpvMp4pAfq-saAutEEALw_wcB

You have 2 whole months. Take advantage. Put in as little time as you possibly can in your current position and develop your marketable skills. My employer caught me working while travelling abroad and I got laid off the next day. I forced myself to learn the Webflow platform, leveraging my previous web dev experience and now I have multiple clients on Upwork. Wordpress has a much lower ceiling in terms of your billing rate, so I'd suggest looking into it.

These are the exact 2 online courses that helped me start the journey-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC72-AA-1Kg&list=PLPmnoMVpkxfjW_j5sjGSkNUtjRQl9E8vl

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money

GL

https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/program/design

I would consider a program like this. Tech companies are hiring a lot of UX Designers and York's program is one of the best in the industry.

https://www.sheridancollege.ca/programs/bachelor-of-interaction-design

https://ischool.utoronto.ca/current-students/programs-courses/programs-of-study/master-of-information/user-experience-design-uxd/ (this is a master's program you can consider doing after your undergrad)

There are also lots of online programs you can do on the side.

https://www.refactoringui.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fB7zlk8Ie0

https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-web-design-from-design-to-development-to-making-money/

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/

Some additional good advice here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/userexperience/comments/1ugdlv/how_can_i_get_into_the_ux_field/cei72kr/

https://www.reddit.com/r/userexperience/comments/1uvqyt/i_want_a_career_in_ux_and_im_starting_from/