What motivates you to build your product? For me with @Bitgrain, it's my passion for creating with graphics. I needed a tool to make grunge posters myself, so I built one, and figured, why not share it with everyone else? What's yours ??
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I love the "scratching my own itch" approach—do you find you're own toughest user?
@grayson_butler1 ofc, every day I spend a considerable amount of time on using my own product, whenever i feel a friction while using, well, that's something I usually work on again until that friction is gone!
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@diptanshu_mahish Did you always have that grunge aesthetic in mind or did it start out as something cleaner?
@matilda_hazel well, yes there are too many design tools, for sure. I did a deep analysis for all and found out they were all going towards three major categories 1. The AI race. 2. Two difficult to use. 3. Too expensive.
I found out there is a huge chunk of people who don't specifically love too much AI built stuff, so my audience, and again all tools that I saw are a mix of point 2 or 3, so that's what made me feel that there is a very narrow and specific market gap. That's how @Bitgrain was born, initially I too felt that it will be "just another design tool" but somehow it gained quite a traction!
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@diptanshu_mahish How long did it take from the first poster you made to actually turning it into a real tool?
@elodie_harper Well, I made my first poster, 3-4 years back, but this idea came like a month ago, and it took like 15 days to build to a real tool ( although, I won't say it's already perfect, every now and then I'm pushing updates)
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@diptanshu_mahish I'm curious if the grunge look was hard to automate without it looking too repetitive?
@uriah_david@uriah_david Well If you go to @Bitgrain Studio you will find quite a lot of other stuff already available, such as invite cards, social media posts, Certificates and so much more!
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@diptanshu_mahish What was the one feature you absolutely had to have for yourself before you shared it?
I’m working on a piano learning app. For me, the motivation was seeing how many people start learning piano with excitement, then quit because practice feels frustrating or hard to stay consistent with. We wanted to make piano learning feel more approachable, fun, and habit-forming.
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I love the "scratching my own itch" approach—do you find you're own toughest user?
Bitgrain
@grayson_butler1 ofc, every day I spend a considerable amount of time on using my own product, whenever i feel a friction while using, well, that's something I usually work on again until that friction is gone!
@diptanshu_mahish Did you always have that grunge aesthetic in mind or did it start out as something cleaner?
Bitgrain
@naomi_ford Well I love a bit of extremes, hence I love both, the grunge aesthetic and minimal. Btw Bitgrain does with both now : )
@diptanshu_mahish Did you ever feel like the market was too crowded with design tools, or did you just not care?
Bitgrain
@matilda_hazel well, yes there are too many design tools, for sure. I did a deep analysis for all and found out they were all going towards three major categories
1. The AI race.
2. Two difficult to use.
3. Too expensive.
I found out there is a huge chunk of people who don't specifically love too much AI built stuff, so my audience, and again all tools that I saw are a mix of point 2 or 3, so that's what made me feel that there is a very narrow and specific market gap. That's how @Bitgrain was born, initially I too felt that it will be "just another design tool" but somehow it gained quite a traction!
@diptanshu_mahish How long did it take from the first poster you made to actually turning it into a real tool?
Bitgrain
@elodie_harper Well, I made my first poster, 3-4 years back, but this idea came like a month ago, and it took like 15 days to build to a real tool ( although, I won't say it's already perfect, every now and then I'm pushing updates)
@diptanshu_mahish I'm curious if the grunge look was hard to automate without it looking too repetitive?
Bitgrain
@sawyer_benjamin the effect is applied via image pixel transformation directly, so it doesn't get repetitive, as every image is almost unique!
Do you think you'll keep it focused on posters or expand into other types of graphic design?
Bitgrain
@uriah_david @uriah_david Well If you go to @Bitgrain Studio you will find quite a lot of other stuff already available, such as invite cards, social media posts, Certificates and so much more!
@diptanshu_mahish What was the one feature you absolutely had to have for yourself before you shared it?
Bitgrain
@callum_robert well, simple. This tool started as a simple dithering tool, so it was the least for this : )
Honestly just being tired of opening apps without even meaning to 😭
I’d start focusing, switch apps “for one second,” then suddenly the session was gone.
Most focus apps just count time.
I wanted something that reacts when your attention starts slipping.
That eventually turned into @Cognifocus
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@qasim_khan23 All the best for the launch man!
@diptanshu_mahish Best wishes to u too buddy, Thanks :)
I’m working on a piano learning app. For me, the motivation was seeing how many people start learning piano with excitement, then quit because practice feels frustrating or hard to stay consistent with. We wanted to make piano learning feel more approachable, fun, and habit-forming.
Bitgrain
@hoanganalyst97 yes, I myself learnt piano the hard way haha, curious to see how this app solves it!
Does bitgrain work better for print or is it mainly for digital and social media stuff?
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@isaac_dominic1 Both : )