Namasketch

Mini yoga session for beginners, told in doodles.

12 followers

Mini yoga session for beginners, told in doodles.

12 followers

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Namasketch is a short yoga session for beginners, told in doodles. This sequence consists of ten basic poses in a six-minute flow. The goal is to help you create a strong foundation and develop a love for yoga before you move on to the next level.

Launch tags:Web App•Health & Fitness•Productivity

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Musho

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Hey, hunters! I just want to share a bit of my process and the tools I used to make this app. I'm a designer, not an engineer, so you might find it interesting how I got to make a web app with no code. Ok, here goes! HTML5 I used Hype 3 to put together all the interactions, audio, animations, scenes, etc. and export it everything as HTML5. This app is awesome. It’s a mix of Flash and Keynote but in HTML5 😲. It has a graphic interface where you can manipulate all types of layers (text, basic vector shapes, images.) You can animate anything using a timeline, pretty similar to After Effects. You can create buttons, add HTML widgets, embed a CSS sheet, use video and audio, create different scenes, create different designs for different breakpoints, use auto-layout, and even use physics 🤯 You can create interactions adding “actions” to any layer. For example, you can create a rectangle and then add an action where “On Mouse Click” it “Start Timeline” or “Run Javascript” or “Play Sound,” etc., etc. I have used this app in the past only for prototyping—this is the first time I use it as a final product. The code is not beautiful, and it places everything in an absolute position. But if you want to create something small by yourself (without the need of coding), I highly recommend it. - Hype: http://tumult.com/hype/ ANIMATED DOODLES Photoshop and Adobe Draw. I drew most of the poses on an iPad app called Adobe Draw. This app is great because you can create hand-drawn illustrations and export them as vectors (resolution-independent, baby!) I animated the doodles using the “Timeline” feature in Photoshop. I pretty much made a different drawing for every frame, just like you would make old-school animations, and then put them together turning on and off each layer on different keyframes. The squiggly lines look like that because each frame is drawn individually (so they’re not perfect) creating that effect. I made a live stream where I share my process, in case you’re interested! - Adobe Draw: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/... - Livestream: https://youtu.be/qr2hgJRMQR4?t=3... DESIGN Sketch! I made my wireframes and initial prototypes on Sketch, before starting to implement on Hype. I also made the icons on Adobe Draw, then sent them to illustrator, and then copied it to Sketch. Once in Sketch, I exported them to SVG so that I could use them on Hype 😉 - Sketch App: https://www.sketchapp.com/ SOUND First, I have to thank Gabi Fox for helping with her energetic and soothing voice. You rock! I used a Zoom audio interface and a Shure SM7B to record the audio. Then I cleaned up the audio files with Adobe Audition. And finally, I used Adobe Premiere to edit them. I know “But Premiere is for Video!” I’ve been using Premiere for editing stuff for the longest time, so editing audio is pretty much the same. You can export every composition as an MP3 file too 😉 - Zoom: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QW... - Shure SM7B Mic: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002E... - Adobe Audition: http://www.adobe.com/products/au... - Adobe Premiere: http://www.adobe.com/products/pr... MUSIC I used Ableton Live to create the musical UI elements. I made the bell sound with a mix of Native Instrument’s FM8 and a Microkorg. I made a library for UI sounds that you can use on your projects! - Library: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i52dx... - Ableton: https://www.ableton.com CSS STYLE SHEET I love Sublime! This text editor is super simple out-of-the-box, but you can add packages to it that can make it powerful. My favorites are Color Picker, HTML-CSS-JS Prettify, Nodejs, SideBarEnhancements. - Sublime Text: https://www.sublimetext.com/ USER TEST FEEDBACK I mostly just asked friends to test the app for me. Some were on Slack video chats, some on Google Hangouts, some texting back and forth using SMS and FB’s messenger, some in-person—the old-school way. I took all of my notes on Evernote, and I would keep a checklist of bugs and usability stuff. That’s it. I hope this is helpful. I’m down to answer any questions!

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8yr ago

@pablostanley Dude you are simply incredible, good job to you two!

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8yr ago

@pablostanley This is such a great bit of info and resources. Good stuff!

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8yr ago

Ethr Design System Pro

@pablostanley Cool Stuff! Keep rocking Pablo :D

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8yr ago

@pablostanley this is pretty cool. I'd recommend this to any new yoga practitioners. It makes it seem more accessible.

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8yr ago

Insight Pipeline

Yoga is one of those things I'll get around to trying. Never has it been easier to pull a few stretches [?]. Beautiful webpage. Great audio.

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8yr ago

Musho

Maker

@fraserdeans Fraser, I'm in the same boat. I'm a total yoga noob. I seriously made this little thing because I have the hardest time remembering the poses my girlfriend has taught me. I'm at that age where I constantly need a good stretch, lol.

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8yr ago

Katalog

@pablostanley Namasketch looks simple and powerful! A perfect way to start every morning before hard working day. Congratulations on the launch! I’ve seen your video with a process of creating these doodles. It’s really amazing how much work is hidden behind every animation. In any case, I believe the end result worth it. 😊

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8yr ago

Musho

Maker

@geek_1001 That's really nice of you, man—it really means a lot. Haha, did you see my livestream where I spend almost half an hour on a single animation? lol. Thanks for watching too!

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8yr ago

What else can you recommend to your millennial friends and your grandparents at the same time, that you found on ProductHunt? :p

Pros:

Web application, can bookmark it for between sessions

Cons:

Actual names of the yoga poses maybe?

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8yr ago

Katalog

Simple and powerful application. No more words, just try it out 🙂

Pros:

1. Super simple to get started with yoga.

2. It's a web application so it works everywhere.

3. Animation & voice over. No mentor needed.

Cons:

No cons really

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8yr ago

Musho

Maker

Hey, Ahmed. Thank you so much for your feedback! I'm glad you found it useful. If you see something that could be improved or find any bugs, please let me know!

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8yr ago

Invoice generator

@pablostanley What I really like about your comment is the exact way how you've built it and what tools you've used. This is the super clear design without the unneeded elements. Congrats!

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8yr ago

Foreign Ipsum

Phenomenal work Pablo! I loved watching you draw the animations on YouTube and completely understanding your process. It truly helps me grow and learn as a beginning designer. The fact that it works everywhere whenever users have access to it is brilliant. I will be sharing Namasketch with my mom who loves yoga. Also, great pun in the name (I know how much you love Sketch) 😄

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8yr ago

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