Robert Vidaure

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A New Chapter Shifting from Curation to Conversation

Shifting from curation to conversation.

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For the Love of Craft: Vectorize Images in Figma Design and Draw | Figma Blog With our new AI image editing tool, Vectorize, you can turn raster images into editable vectors, allowing you to tweak, refine, and scale designs directly in Figma.

It could use a few more path adjustment slider options, but overall great for on the fly stuff.

Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI | TechCrunch Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.

Adobe Animate shutting down doesn’t surprise me at all. They haven’t made any serious updates in years, and now there are quite a few free and open source alternatives that are better. techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/a...

Today’s weather prediction.

Always be building.

The problem isn’t a lack of training, it’s a lack of humanity.

Happy Friday. Stay optimistic.

Stand with Greenland.

An MLK quote that constantly reminds me to be resilient for what’s right.

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It’s always fun connecting my local creative people.

If this represents the future of Apple’s new UI design language, then I’m all about it. 🙌🏼

Hot take: these are the best icons Apple has done in awhile.

Do we all really care about the design of app icons that much? 🤔

The new realfood.gov website is failing some basic accessibility compliance requirements. I’m not crazy, right?

Perspective: You have this much time left of 2026.

Happy New Year everyone one. Don’t stop creating. ✏️

2025 Recap Moving Forward in Uncertainty

A brief reflection.

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For a radical, wasteful ‘diversity font,’ Calibri sure is easy to read on screens and documents. Who else is on Team Calibri?
#typography #graphicdesign

Apparently Calibri is woke and Times New Roman is fascist. 😑

I'm honored to share that two of my logos were selected for inclusion in #LogoLounge Book 15, chosen from over 30,000 submissions worldwide. Grateful for the recognition and excited to be featured alongside so much inspiring work. 🙌 ✨

RIP Frank Gehry.

Sometimes random notes on the sidewalk can be encouraging.

This year is almost over…

All my prints are on sale today! #smallbusinesssaturday

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So. Cal Texture Pack Introducing the So. Cal Texture Pack. This pack features 20 natural textures from various locations around Southern California. From the beach to the desert to the mountains, this pack highlights the…

Small Business Saturday: Get my California texture pack for $1!

California’s 74 degree winters are special. 😊

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