Design – Blog | Justyna Fryczak

Reflections on participating in Arctic Game Jam

by justyna on May 13, 2021 in Game Design, Reflections with 0 Replies

Last weekend I participated in a game jam and it’s no I want to write my reflections and learnings here. This post will be just about the experience of participating in the jam, and later I’ll write another post about our project later. It’s been quite a while since the last time I did a […]

Breaking down Devil May Cry combat system

by justyna on April 22, 2021 in Design, Game Design with 0 Replies

Some months ago I was asked to break down a system in an existing game as an exercise. Today I’d like to feature some parts of that exercise here. Despite currently working on a mobile game that has no enemies or power-ups, my passion really lies in action games with strong narrative. I’m a massive […]

Making exhibition models

by justyna on May 28, 2018 in Design, Side Projects with 0 Replies

In the last few months I was part of preparing the exhibition happening at Sliperiet on the topic of innovative building methods, mainly 3D printing houses and large structures. Now things are coming together, and I’m happy to have contributed to 5 of the project models in some way! And being mentioned on 3 tags […]

Creating visual theme for Umeå Global Game Jam 2018

by justyna on January 21, 2018 in Graphic Design with 0 Replies

Since 2015 I’ve been the main organizer of Global Game Jam in Umeå. The idea to do that came quite unexpectedly from an acquaintance from another city who used to organize it there. After a bit of hesitation I decided to go with it. It seemed to include all the things I liked to do […]

Building Officer Vi gauntlet

by justyna on November 3, 2017 in Cosplay, Design with 0 Replies

Halloween at Umeå Institute of Design is a big thing. The talks of Halloween costumes start a month before the actual event. After all we have all those amazing industrial design students who have amazing skills in making incredible product models, and we also have an amazing workshop that allows us to build those models. […]

Featured past project: CSS tutorials

by justyna on August 11, 2017 in Side Projects with 0 Replies

Not everything can make it into the portfolio. General rule is said to be that “your portfolio is only as strong as the weakest project“. But there is some pretty cool stuff I’ve done in the past and I’d like to feature it somehow, even if I can’t put it in the main portfolio. So […]

Summer project: practicing video editing

by justyna on August 2, 2017 in Side Projects with 0 Replies

Since I started studying at Umeå Institute of Design I was bombarded by videos left and right, product videos, process videos, “for fun” videos. I haven’t really been doing much with video in the past, and I finally got inspired to change that this summer! First up was finishing the Global Game Jam 2016. I […]

Making stuff with my hands

by justyna on April 18, 2017 in Design, Reflections, Side Projects with 0 Replies

Around July 2016 I picked an interest in coloring books. I’ve always liked coloring, it’s like revisiting the childhood, but with all the new skills and way more control over my hand. Strangely enough, I don’t like drawing, it’s never been an appealing activity for me. (And here I am, studying design!). Filling things with […]

Working with textiles and music

by justyna on March 17, 2017 in Design, Graphic Design, School with 0 Replies

As I said in my intro entry (that happens to have been written nearly a year ago), I plan to write on the current and recent project on this blog, and everything else I might find important or meaningful to share, but mostly projects still. There’s only so much that makes it into a portfolio, […]