![]() Prior to the recruitment, the team created a preliminary test plan that was used in the Pilot test with the two participants. The following timeline summarizes the methodology used in this usability study: Formulate design recommendations to improve the user experience of the pen tool for designers and non-designers alike.Generate insights in the form of the main key results of the usability tests.Observe and analyze session results thoroughly and without bias.Record usability test sessions in such a way that it captures all needed gestures and comments from the participant.Execute the test plan in an appropriate test environment.Create tasks that invoke natural interactions with the pen tool to draw and manipulate shapes.Identify adaptive tasks that will enable the participant to draw shapes using the pen tool regardless of their experience and background.The following were the main test objectives: Exploratory because we wanted to throw in some recommendations that might be able to create a better pen tool independent of the design tool. Verification because it was validating how users currently using the pen tool in two existing design tools: Sketch & Figma. PEN TOOL ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR VERIFICATIONThis usability study was a combination of a verification and an exploratory test. The pen tool is not intuitive to a beginner/novice user and the steep learning curve involved is often discouraging.The pen tool tool hasn’t changed much since its inception in 1987, and does not address the problems of modern-day designers.Well, the two most commonly cited reasons are: If it’s actually *that good*, why is it still so unpopular? Or at least until something even more easy comes along.Īdobe Illustrator way back in 1987 created the ‘pen tool’ which claimed to be the one stop solution for designers, but many novice designers till date do not yet utilize the powerful pen tool.īut what’s the reason you may ask. (I’m talking using shapes on our dear PowerPoint easy)ĭriven by this curiosity, I along with 3 fellow HCIM classmates decided to conduct an exploratory study to understand the problems related to the use of the pen tool, and with my observations and results finally offer some recommendations to the design tool gurus to make “the ultimate pen tool”. My interesting journey to discovering my own comfort zone has led me to want to find out what exactly is required for the pen tool to become extremely intuitive and easy to use. But I felt that I could finally tap into the power of the pen tool. I’ll be honest, by no means are they perfect and of course still take some time to master. I had almost about given up, but then Sketch and Figma happened, and once again I gathered some courage and tried using their respective Pen Tool, and voila! It was only a matter of time that I became irritated as to why ‘the one proclaimed solution’ to seamlessly create digital designs was neither user friendly nor convenient. Actually to be honest, I once did try but failed miserably…but why? Well, for one it was an extremely overwhelming process that I found could be entirely avoided if I instead used the option of shapes and figures to create designs. I have never used the pen tool on Adobe Illustrator. ![]()
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