YouTube Recreation

The Reason

This time, I wanted to focus on a simpler design approach rather than the flashy designs I've been showcasing. While knowing how to appeal to a younger audience is great, I realize that my portfolio was not showcasing my fundamental skills. This design took me five hours to complete which included creating all of the icons used from scratch, finding photos, and organizing the design.

The Process

When creating icons for a project like this, I tend to focus on the basic shapes. For example, the icon beside “Your Channel” was created with a square, a half-circle, and a full-circle. The most complicated icon to make was the bell icon, created with three half circles, two squares, and one triangle. Since I am not sure what font YouTube uses, I wanted to find fonts that were similar in style. For the YouTube logo, I went with Antonio in the weight of bold. All of the other text that appears in the design are Roboto with various weights. Most of the photos used in the design are created and owned by Freepik and are linked below. Other photos used are Youtube account profile pictures and the name is listed next to it in the design. There are a few photos that were found for free online.

The Result

I am self-learning how to do design and I have realized that colors and shapes aren’t the only reasons I love design. It’s finding the right way to combine all of those elements in a way that can touch users. This project was my reminder of what matters to me as a designer at the end of the day. I hope you enjoy the design!