Fears

the cover

/process

1. Mapping personal fears

I started this project when I decided to begin sharing my design work publicly on social media. However, as soon as I considered the idea of being visible, I was flooded with doubts. So I started writing down my real fears. Then I loosely categorised them into two groups: external fears relating to self-presentation and internal fears concerning creative identity and self-worth. I wrote myself mini-reminders for each fear, things that could help me overcome them

screenshot from Notion

2. Structure in Figma

Then, in Figma, I created a flow for the presentation, assigning a slide to each fear and adding titles

3. Style development in Procreate

I work with a variety of illustration styles, so I had to find something that would convey the mood without detracting from it. I settled on a minimal, softly-edged style, reminiscent of a child's picture book, but with an air of quiet heaviness, muted tones, simple compositions and stillness. Once the style had been chosen, I created each slide in Procreate, focusing entirely on emotion, silence, and internal pressure

screenshots of the canvas in Procreate and speedpaint

4. Final touches

I simply copied the layers from Procreate and pasted them into Figma. Then I chose a font that conveyed the mood well, complementing the illustrations nicely without drawing too much attention to itself. I blurred it to create a backlight effect. The presentation was ready

screenshot from Figma

/final_result

You can view the full presentation via the link. Some of the slides are shown below

/reflection

This wasn’t a design exercise, but it was a personal release. While I didn’t care about achieving a polished look, I did care about being honest. And I like the result, even if it's not perfect