brian benitez

founding team @opacityhq · founded (acquired) · founder @forum_tokyo · designer / builder in japan

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

it's OFFICIAL, @forum_tokyo is back after selling out last year. 🇯🇵

mark the date:

February 17th-19th back in Trunk hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo. this time a slightly bigger venue to fit more attendees.

if you came last year, there's a surprise for you...

...you're a founding member.

and founding members today can secure their tickets before it opens to the public.

clink the link below 👇

https://t.co/FAgMxTMQO5

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@aub haha so cool. it was fun, late nights just going deep on some random thing that would never see the light of day 😅

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

i've been copying other people's work since second grade.

freehanding the nike swoosh in my spiral notebook, italic letters and all.

then every tutorial on psdtuts.

then dribbble. i'd see something sick, put the original on top as a hidden layer and try to match it pixel for pixel. reverse engineering layers from a flat image. "ok, this blur isn't the same as that blur, so it's a different effect."

same reason an engineer takes apart an alarm clock. how did they get from a blank canvas to this?

take killer work and redo it yourself. just don't post it as your own.

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@unprofeshme this one blew my mind 😅

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

or shoot me a dm here! 🫶

[Tokyo Design Forum @forum_tokyo]

A few of you have asked about buying passes for a group, or sponsoring a pass for a designer who couldn't make it otherwise.

You can do both now! Email (hello@tokyodesignforum) or DM us and we'll send you the details 🙏

[Tokyo Design Forum @forum_tokyo]

A few of you have asked about buying passes for a group, or sponsoring a pass for a designer who couldn't make it otherwise.

You can do both now! Email (hello@tokyodesignforum) or DM us and we'll send you the details 🙏

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@GreysonSofia 🫶

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

boy oh boy…the game’s about to change 😏

[Zoah (formerly Opacity) @OpacityHQ]

No handoff. No rebuild. Your codebase, on the canvas.

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@TheRyanHofmann thanks dude! built a crazy animation tool—did a little write up on the build. will share soon! 🫡

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@nickbakeddesign too slick! 🔥

[Michael Flarup @flarup]

Keepsweeper winning 2nd place in Best Game at @RevenueCat’s Shipaton: $10,000.

Sharing it with my 12-year-old son and co-designer: priceless.

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@gabrielvaldivia whoa what a throwback! thanks man!! 🙏

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

just a peek. 👀

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

i film from my desk often.

i have multiple cameras and lights and stuff—the annoying thing is, they all had different apps to control them.

so, I’m building a little thing to tie them all together into a nice little package.

more soon. 👀

(also, just wanna say: what a time to be a designer. you can just build stuff.)

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@jptksc 🙏

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@pablostanley huge news! congrats! 👏

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

you can just build things...

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

just a peek. 👀

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@baranwang whoa, nice work! how you liking it? has it replaced your other email app(s)?

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

what's the best mac native email app these days?

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@patrikinzinger @heyhey whoa, that looks wild!! thanks, hadn’t seen this!

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@brian_lovin refreshing to hear honestly...will give this a try. thanks for the rec!

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@brian_lovin whoa just saw that it uses google api instead of imap. what does it for you? agentic capabilities?

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@JuanArreguin

[brian benitez @NotoriousUSB]

@tobiasnegele @mimestream thanks for the rec! is it only gmail? what do you like about it?