👋 I’m Janet Danforth, designer and illustrator in Durham, North Carolina. I’ve been drawing ever since I was a small child with marker-stained hands. I draw interfaces, diagrams and charts for data-dense applications as a user experience designer. My UX work transforms complex data into accessible visuals through deep analysis and user research.
Some of my collaboration partners:
I work in a lot of different mediums as an illustrator:
✏️ pen and pencil
🖍️ oil pastel
✂️ mixed media collage
🖌️ watercolor, acrylic and oil paint
🕯️encaustic wax paint
💻 digital vectors and pixels
Selected UX case studies
What my UX process includes:
RESEARCH
- User Interviews
- Competitive Analysis
- Heuristic Evaluation
- Survey Development
BRAINSTORM
- Sketching
- Storyboards
- Axure Wireframes
- Paper Prototypes
DISCOVER
- Usability Testing
- Customer Feedback
- A/B Testing
CREATE
- Information Architecture
- Content Strategy
- Visual Design
ANALYZE
- Google Analytics
- Heatmaps
- Site Recordings
My design philosophy
Good design comes from good understanding. Before jumping to a design solution, I’m excited to learn as much as I can. I immerse myself into the problem: analyzing data, observing and talking with people. This knowledge informs what ideas and concepts I experiment with in my UX projects and my illustration collections.