User Interface Motion Prototype

Objective

Duolingo is one of the most popular language learning apps available. Duolingo users are loyal to Duo and to expanding their language learning skills.

The goal for this motion prototype for Duolingo was to offer the app's language learners a user-friendly way to deepen their level of understanding by incorporating a vocabulary menu.

Solution

Adding this vocabulary page and menu gives learners the ability to listen more closely to new vocabulary words and improve pronunciation skills.

The end result of this project is an animated GIF demonstrating the new user interface prototype in action.

Process

After identifying an opportunity for Duolingo's app to enhance user's experience, I began researching their brand identity and core values. This information was used to create a creative brief as an overview of the brand, their audience, and my objective for this prototype.

Once I had created wireframes exploring multiple ideas and iterations, I came to the final decision and used this as the outline of the high-fidelity wireframing.

The high-fidelity wireframe gave me an opportunity to see the brand's identity and layout in great detail, which resulted in a smooth transition to the designing and animation.

Adobe Illustrator was used to hand-draw all assets and graphics to be placed in the mock phone screen in Adobe After Effects. I added motion to these graphics and assets using animation fundamentals to create a final product of an animated phone screen demonstarting the new interface.

Tools

Adobe After Effects | Adobe InDesign | Adobe Illustrator