WhatsApp keeps asking me to allow it full access to my contacts, and I'm torn...

Andy Carolan :prami:

@globcoco I think it's a great idea to use visuals to get the message across... I've seen people use them to great effect.

I'm not familiar with those apps, but do occasionally use Procreate

Andy Carolan :prami:

@hypercube As I said, I just don't trust WhatsApp. It's annoying that so many people use it. I prefer to use Apple Messages, but it leaves out so many people. Although that said, the addition of RCS helps a bit. @GrapheneOS

Coralie Renée

@andycarolan

Have you seen my post where I put them?

Which apps do you normally use?

Andy Carolan :prami:

@globcoco No, I haven't seen it! Do you have a link?

The apps I use are mostly Adobe CC (Illustrator and Fresco), but also Procreate, and I did have a play with Linea, which is very nice and great to just jump into and sketch.

Coralie Renée

@andycarolan

Coralie Renée (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images This next month, the focus group are baaack! 🥳 If you want your New Year's wishes and resolutions to really come true, come and join me in December to launch your project. We will celebrate it as we should at the end of the program. 🥰 (DM me to book a 30mins chat to see if we are a good match) Sharing will help reach the ones who need it so go for it. 🤗

La Quadrature du Net - Mastodon - Media Fédéré (mamot.fr)

Disclaimer: it was to promote what I do.

But if you want I wrote a while ago this post: https://coralierenee.com/blog/what-is-sketchnoting

Coralie Renée

@andycarolan

That's it! Affinity Designer.

tekphloyd :neobread_laptop:

@andycarolan yeah, Meta needs to know with whom you’re talking to, when, which groups, what are your interests and more! Meta won’t give you anything for free!

Aaron :apple_inc: :isles:

@andycarolan Absolutely do NOT trust them.

Andy Carolan :prami:

@globcoco Ooh, those are really good! I love them!

As you can imagine, I work visually, so I find visual notes WAY better than a page full of text.

Andy Carolan :prami:

@globcoco Affinity is really good... if I didn't have to use Adobe CC for work (for compatibility reasons), I would probably pick Affinity. I do have it installed, and I dip into it occasionally. Need to upgrade to the newest version though.

Andy Carolan :prami:

@tekphloyd Meta scares me... they seem to be somewhat unstoppable, and without any kind of moral compass.

Andy Carolan :prami:

@Aaron 100%

tekphloyd :neobread_laptop:

@andycarolan yep! That’s how they have been since the Facebook website went online. It’s a shame that so many people and businesses depend on Instagram and WhatsApp.

Coralie Renée

@andycarolan

I definitely heard a lot of good stuff about it. Pity I cannot use it on my tablet or on Linux though

Andy Carolan :prami:

@tekphloyd Yup, 100%. I gave up on IG as the engagement was minimal... and got worse when Meta turned it into a shopfront.

Andy Carolan :prami:

@globcoco I imagine theres some awesome apps on Linux though.

Coralie Renée

@andycarolan

Well there is mypaint which is fine. But the truth is that I have been much more on my tablet to do my sketchnotes.

Coralie Renée

@andycarolan

How long have you been a graphic designer and illustrator?

Do you have a website btw?

Andy Carolan :prami:

@globcoco Tablet is definitely more natural to work on... especially for sketch notes I’m sure!

Andy Carolan :prami:

@globcoco Since 2007, so a bit of a while now lol.

Yes, I do have a site... it's at https://andycarolan.com